| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Venom}} Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | ''Venom''\ |
| 3 | [[Characters/MarvelComicsVenom The Venom Symbiote]] | [[Characters/VenomMainHosts Main hosts of Venom]] ([[Characters/MarvelComicsEddieBrock Eddie Brock]] | [[Characters/MarvelComicsFlashThompson Flash Thompson]]) | [[Characters/VenomOtherHosts Other hosts of Venom]] | [[Characters/VenomSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/VenomRoguesGallery Rogues Gallery]]\ |
| 4 | ''Symbiotes in General''\ |
| 5 | [[Characters/MarvelComicsSymbiotes Symbiotes]] | [[Characters/MarvelComicsSymbioteHosts Hosts to other Symbiotes]]\ |
| 6 | ''Other Symbiotes''\ |
| 7 | [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage (Character)]] ([[Characters/MarvelComicsCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]]) | [[Characters/MarvelComicsToxin Toxin (Character)]] | [[Characters/MarvelComicsScream Scream (Character)]]\ |
| 8 | ''Comics Characters Pages''\ |
| 9 | '''Carnage Characters Page''' | [[Characters/{{Toxin}} Toxin Characters Page]] | [[Characters/ScreamCurseOfCarnage Scream Characters Page]]]]-]]] |
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| 11 | [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]] is a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villain and the first spawn of ComicBook/{{Venom}}. The symbiote has bonded to a number of hosts over the years, and like Venom has accumulated a number of alternate-universe counterparts. |
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| 16 | !!Carnage |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[folder:Carnage]] |
| 19 | !!Carnage |
| 20 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carnagenew_3181.jpg]] |
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| 22 | !!!'''Alter Ego:''' Cletus Kasady |
| 23 | !!!'''Notable Aliases:''' The Red Slayer, Friendly Neighborhood Carnage, Poison Carnage, Prophet of the Void |
| 24 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 25 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #344 (March 1991) |
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| 27 | -->''"I'm chaos, Mistuh Kurtz, chaos--and the rest of the world won't admit that its just like me. And because of that the world is worthless, its dirt on my heel--its a planet full of mannequins filled with blood and they may as well be torn up and burst and stamped on because what else are they good for--apart from making noise and being nice and making more stupid little mannequins that sit still for lies and TV and kissy-kissy garbage."'' |
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| 29 | A psychopathic serial killer imprisoned for eleven consecutive life sentences, Cletus Kasady met [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]] when the latter, separated from the Venom symbiote by the toxic touch of the supervillain Styx, became his cellmate. Learning of Brock's grudge against Spider-Man, Kasady tried to convert him to his nihilistic philosophy, mocking Eddie over his claims to have once been the supervillain Venom. Repeatedly rebuked, Kasady decided to murder his cellmate, but before he could the Venom symbiote entered the cell and rebonded to Eddie. Venom broke free, leaving the terrified and jealous Kasady behind. Sensing his desire for the power Eddie possessed, a scrap of the symbiote left behind dripped onto Cletus' hand and bonded with him, transforming him into the monstrous Carnage. As Carnage, Kasady proved stronger than Spider-Man and Venom combined, and his symbiote was not only less susceptible to sonics than its progenitor but infinitely more difficult to remove, having bonded to his bloodstream. |
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| 31 | For more information on him, please refer to '''[[Characters/MarvelComicsCletusKasady his page]]''', and the adjoining '''[[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage symbiote]]''' page. |
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| 34 | !!Carnage's Hosts |
| 35 | |
| 36 | !!!Carnage's Main Hosts |
| 37 | [[folder:Cletus Kasady]] |
| 38 | !!Cletus Kasady |
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| 46 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Carnage; Poison Carnage; Dark Carnage; Devil Carnage |
| 47 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #344; ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #361 (as Carnage); ''Venomized'' #3 (as Carnage II and Poison Carnage); ''Web of Venom: Carnage Born'' (as Dark Carnage); ''Absolute Carnage'' #4 (as Devil Carnage) |
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| 49 | A psychopathic serial killer imprisoned for eleven consecutive life sentences, Cletus Kasady met Eddie Brock when the latter, separated from the Venom symbiote by the toxic touch of the supervillain Styx, became his cellmate. Learning of Brock's grudge against Spider-Man, Kasady tried to convert him to his nihilistic philosophy, mocking Eddie over his claims to have once been the supervillain Venom. Repeatedly rebuked, Kasady decided to murder his cellmate, but before he could the Venom symbiote entered the cell and rebonded to Eddie. Venom broke free, leaving behind a newly birthed spawn and a terrified and jealous Kasady. Sensing his desire for the power Eddie possessed, the spawn of the Venom symbiote dripped onto Cletus' hand and bonded with him, transforming him into the monstrous '''Carnage'''. |
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| 51 | -> See [[Characters/MarvelComicsCletusKasady his character page]] here. |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Ben Reilly]] |
| 55 | !!Ben Reilly |
| 56 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spider-carnage_169.jpg]] |
| 57 | !!!'''Alter Ego:''' Spider-Carnage |
| 58 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1, #145; ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol., 1 #410 (as Spider-Carnage) |
| 59 | |
| 60 | -> ''"I am reborn in BLOOD and AGONY! I am remade into a bringer of DEATH and DESTRUCTION! CHAOS is my only love - and CARNAGE is my name!"'' |
| 61 | |
| 62 | One of the two clone "brothers" of Peter Parker created by the Jackal, Ben Reilly believed himself to be the original Spider-Man and convinced Peter to retire, taking over the identity for a time. |
| 63 | \ |
| 64 | When Ben learned that Carnage had escaped Ravencroft, an investigation revealed that the symbiote had left Cletus Kasady and taken over security chief John Jameson. During their fight, the Carnage symbiote left Jameson and latched onto Ben, bonding with him and transforming him into "Spider-Carnage". Spider-Carnage was stopped from killing Peter Parker by Ben's willpower, but after learning his friend Seward Trainer may have been behind the clone debacle, the symbiote overwhelmed him and set out to take revenge. Ben regained enough control to seek out Cletus Kasady, who the symbiote tried to return to when it realized that he was dying due to their separation. To stop this from happening, Ben elected to contain the symbiote within his own body and remain in Ravencroft. The symbiote left Ben when John Jameson flooded his cell with microwave radiation; but before it could be captured, it escaped through the room's sink and reunited with Cletus. |
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| 66 | * BadassBoast: After successfully taking Ben over, the symbiote lets out the header statement. |
| 67 | * BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Ben was continually fighting the symbiote for control of his body, and eventually managed to expel it. |
| 68 | --> '''Cletus:''' You can't beat it. You can't control it. It's a disease--a cancer growing inside you--spreading its fingers throughout your brain--altering your perceptions--twisting you into what it wants to be!\ |
| 69 | '''Symbiote:''' And I want you to be a bloody piece of meat that I can play with! I want you to be small! Give in to me!\ |
| 70 | '''Ben:''' [[UnusualEuphemism Rub a lamp]], pal--this is my head--this is my mind--my will against yours--and I won't be cowed in my own head! |
| 71 | * BreakoutVillain: Despite only appearing in three issues, Spider-Carnage has appeared in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', ''VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows'', and ''VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''. |
| 72 | * CloneAngst: Both Peter and Ben believed themselves to be the original Spider-Man, although Ben had convinced Peter to retire as Spider-Man. The discovery of a skeleton wearing the charred remnants of a Spider-Man costume threw them both into a second round of existential crisis because it was found in the same smokestack where Spider-Man had cremated his apparently-dead clone.[[note]]The body found was actually that of a fourth Spider-Man clone that the Jackel killed and left in Ben's place specifically to {{troll}} them both.[[/note]] For Ben, this was only made worse when he learned that his best friend Seward Trainer was involved with the bad guys responsible for the whole Clone Saga debacle. Add the [[AxCrazy Carnage symbiote]] to the mix, and it's a recipe for disaster. |
| 73 | * ConsultingAConvictedKiller: In a desperate bid to learn how to control the symbiote, presumably to see if he can possibly use it for good, Ben breaks into Ravencroft to see Cletus. |
| 74 | * DemonHead: An in-universe example occurs when Ben forms one to tell a couple he saved from some muggers to get away. |
| 75 | * FireAndBrimstoneHell: The mental plane Ben fights the symbiote on is depicted as this. |
| 76 | * FightingFromTheInside: Ben struggled to overcome the symbiote's control of his body, and ultimately succeeded in expelling it. |
| 77 | * IAmLegion: After arguing with Peter about Seward Trainer, Ben angrily swings away, and refers to himself with "we" while doing so. |
| 78 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Peter tries this on Ben. It works, but barely. |
| 79 | --> '''Peter:''' Ben... don't... don't do this.\ |
| 80 | '''Symbiote:''' I'm sorry... Ben is not available at the moment... please leave a message at the sound of the tearing flesh and he'll try to get back to you. |
| 81 | * IndulgentFantasySegue: While using his new powers to stop some muggers, Ben envisions ripping them apart, and very nearly does so. |
| 82 | * JaggedMouth: Like the original Carnage, Spider-Carnage had black fangs that blended into his mask. |
| 83 | * LegacyCharacter: The Carnage symbiote ditched Cletus and took over John Jameson before jumping to Ben Reilly and bonding to him. |
| 84 | * PaintTheTownRed: The symbiote declares this to be its intent during one of its mental arguments with Ben Reilly. |
| 85 | --> '''Ben:''' No... leave him alone. Let him live.\ |
| 86 | '''Symbiote:''' Be quiet, Spider! Can't you seem I'm trying to work! Now shut up... you lose! I'm in control of this body now! And, as my old friend Cletus taught me... it's time to start painting this town a lovely shade of red. |
| 87 | * PowerFist: The symbiote forms a hand out of Ben's chest to try and punch its way into Cletus's cell. |
| 88 | * PowerLimiter: The symbiote merging with him dulls Ben's Spider-Sense, but doesn't completely remove it. |
| 89 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: In ''Spider-Man'' Vol. 1, #67 the blue areas on Spider-Carnage's arms and legs were colored black. |
| 90 | * RooftopConfrontation: Spider-Carnage fights Peter, John Jameson, and the Ravencroft crew on top of a hospital. |
| 91 | * SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Ben regains control long enough to tell John Jameson to stick him in a Ravencroft cell, fully intending to spend the rest of his life in it if it means keeping Carnage contained. |
| 92 | * SuperPoweredEvilSide: When symbiote successfully took over Ben it caused him to behave exactly as Cletus had, though he tried to fight its influence. |
| 93 | * TaintedVeins: The blue areas of Ben's Spider-Man costume are covered in red veins. |
| 94 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Ben was only Spider-Carnage for three issues before the symbiote returned to Cletus. |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:Norrin Radd]] |
| 98 | !!Norrin Radd |
| 99 | [[quoteright:246:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carnage_cosmic_4221.gif]] |
| 100 | !!! '''Alter Ego''' Carnage Cosmic |
| 101 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' #48; ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1 #430 (as Carnage Cosmic) |
| 102 | |
| 103 | -> ''"My mind is aflame with MADNESS! OUTRAGE, WRATH, and CHAOS now smolder within me! I long to give vent to my most wanton desires and my basest emotions! The Silver Surfer is no more! In his place soars... THE CARNAGE COSMIC!"'' |
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| 105 | The cosmically-powered Norrin Radd -- alias the Silver Surfer -- is the former (and sometimes current) Herald of Galactus. |
| 106 | |
| 107 | In an effort to cut costs, the new chief of security at Ravencroft weakened the microwave radiation keeping Carnage in his cell. Naturally, Cletus promptly escaped and headed to the Daily Bugle to pick a fight with Spider-Man, injuring Martha Robertson in the process. Spider-Man came out of retirement to do battle... and the Silver Surfer crashed the party. The symbiote recognized him as a Herald of Galactus and abandoned Cletus in terror, later ambushing the Surfer and bonding to him. Cletus revealed that he had terminal stomach cancer the symbiote was keeping in check, and was hospitalized. While Spider-Man tries to rally the superheroes against the threat of a cosmically-empowered Carnage, the Surfer flew out into space to try to suppress the symbiote, but was taken over and returned to Earth. Upon learning that Cletus was dying without it, however, the symbiote ditched Radd and returns to its original host, and the Silver Surfer imprisoned Carnage in an inescapable energy prison... [[CardboardPrison from which he later escaped]]. |
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| 109 | * BreakoutVillain: Not to the extent of Spider-Carnage, but enough that he received a WhatIf comic where he fights the Avengers before committing suicide, and cameoed in ''Superior Carnage'' #5. |
| 110 | * CurbStompBattle: The combined power of the Carnage symbiote and the Power Cosmic completely overwhelms Spider-Man and the Avengers in ''WhatIf... The Avengers Battled The Carnage Cosmic?'' It's only Radd regaining control of himself long enough to commit suicide that stops him from killing everyone. |
| 111 | * DrivenToSuicide: In the ''What If'' comic that showed what might have happened if the symbiote had decided to stay with the Silver Surfer, Carnage Cosmic almost kills the Avengers. Norrin regains control of himself long enough to [[DrivenToSuicide fly himself]] and the symbiote [[HurlItIntoTheSun into the sun]] to keep it from hurting anyone else. |
| 112 | * FightingFromTheInside: Norrin flies himself and the symbiote into space to stop it from killing innocents while he tries to fight it off. It succeeds in breaking him and returns to Earth... only to find that Cletus is dying without it. |
| 113 | * AGodAmI: Carnage really enjoyed having access to the Power Cosmic. |
| 114 | * HumanoidAbomination: Radd by himself is a god-like entity due to the Power Cosmic, and the already Lovecraftian symbiote taking over him results in a threat the likes of which even the Avengers couldn't stop. |
| 115 | * ICannotSelfTerminate: Radd asks Spider-Man to kill him before the symbiote takes him over completely. |
| 116 | * JaggedMouth: As with most depictions of Carnage in the 1990's, he has black teeth that blend into his face. |
| 117 | * LegacyCharacter: The symbiote ditches Cletus out of terror and jumps Norrin in an alleyway, only returning to Cletus when it learns that he'll die without it. |
| 118 | * MindRape: The symbiote forces Cletus' memories onto Radd in an effort to break him. |
| 119 | * MonstrousMandibles: Carnage Cosmic had four decorative spiked projections extending from his cheekbones and jawline. |
| 120 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: ''Almost'' averted, as aside from his face and teeth, Carnage Cosmic is completely red. |
| 121 | * SealedEvilInACan: After returning the symbiote to Cletus, Norrin traps him in an inescapable energy field. |
| 122 | * SkySurfing: Carnage Cosmic uses the Silver Surfer's Cosmic Surfboard covered in the symbiote's biomass. |
| 123 | * SpikesOfVillainy: The main thing differentiating Radd's Carnage form from other hosts - aside from the giant surfboard - was that he was covered in huge spikes. |
| 124 | * TakingYouWithMe: At the end of his ''WhatIf'' comic, the Silver Surfer commits suicide by flying into the sun, and takes the Carnage symbiote with him. |
| 125 | * ThatManIsDead: Proclaims "The Silver Surfer is no more!" when revealing himself to Spider-Man. |
| 126 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Silver Surfer was only Carnage Cosmic for two issues (and a non-canon ''WhatIf'') before the symbiote returned to Cletus, but he was acknowledged by Klaw as one of its four major hosts alongside Cletus, Ben Reilly, and Tanis Neives. |
| 127 | * WhatTheHellHero: In an effort to make him think he's not that different from Cletus, the symbiote dredges up memories of all the planets he callously helped Galactus devour, including one that had been conquered by symbiotes. |
| 128 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The ''What If?'' issue had Spidey guess that, like in the main story, the symbiote would eventually return to the dying Cletus. Instead, the symbiote shot down that assumption and revealed that it was just going to let Cletus die because of how pathetic a host he was when compared to the Silver Surfer. |
| 129 | [[/folder]] |
| 130 | |
| 131 | [[folder:Karl Malus]] |
| 132 | !!Karl Malus |
| 133 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supcar_7280.jpg]] |
| 134 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Superior Carnage |
| 135 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Spider-Woman'' #50; ''Superior Carnage'' #2 (as Superior Carnage) |
| 136 | |
| 137 | Growing up, Doctor Karlin "Karl" Malus was fascinated by the exploits of the Fantastic Four and graduated with a degree in biology, wanting to study the science behind superpowers. Unable to get money through legal means, Karl turned to crime and set up the Institute for Supranormality Research with backing from criminal organizations. Through illegal human testing, Malus developed supersoldier serums, but his desire to experiment on an already superpowered individual went unrealized until Richard Deacon, a supervillain called the Fly, came to him looking for a power boost. Malus' experiments brought him into conflict with Jessica Drew, the first Spider-Woman; and later Captain America. Malus was eventually hired by Power Broker, Inc. to supply superhumanly strong wrestlers for the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation, though this arrangement backfired when the serum he used drove most of his subjects insane and his spine was broken. Wheelchair-bound, Malus was later recruited by his old friend the Wizard, who sought his help in controlling Carnage... by forcibly transferring the symbiote to his body and controlling him instead. Resentful of the Wizard's trickery, Malus nevertheless was forced to become the "Superior Carnage", joining Wizard's attack on city hall and coming into conflict with the Superior Spider-Man. Malus ultimately lost control of the symbiote and killed Klaw, and was stripped of it and eaten by the symbiote-controlled Wizard. However, he managed to survive the experience, emerging and returning to his mad science career...and having gained a symbiote's powers in the process. |
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| 139 | * AdaptiveArmor: Under the Wizard's direction, the Carnage symbiote takes on the appearance of body armor to mock Agent Venom. |
| 140 | * BackFromTheDead: Malus survived being eaten by Carnage, "gestating" inside him for a while... and [[CameBackStrong emerging with symbiotic powers himself]]. |
| 141 | * BadassBandolier: Rocks one as part of his "superior" look. |
| 142 | * BadassLongcoat: Manifests one when the Wizard whines about too many superheroes and villains wearing PaintedOnPants and SensualSpandex. After taking control of Malus, the symbiote remarks that it thought the coat was a stupid addition until it realized it could [[CreepySouvenir accessorize it]] with the tongues of Spider-Man's {{Mooks}}. |
| 143 | * BlackEyesOfCrazy: As Superior Carnage, he has black sclera and glowing red pupil-less irises, though he has BlankWhiteEyes when the symbiote takes over. |
| 144 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: Forms a curved sword-like blade on his left arm when assuming his "superior" look. |
| 145 | * BoxedCrook: Malus kept finding himself in this situation whenever he was arrested, having his bail paid in exchange for access to his knowledge on superpowers. |
| 146 | * BroughtDownToNormal: After Malus loses control of the symbiote and kills Klaw, the shockwave strips Malus of the symbiote. The symbiote takes over the Wizard and promptly eats Malus. |
| 147 | * EatenAlive: Karl is eaten off-panel by a Carnage-controlled Wizard. He survives and eventually emerges as a human-symbiote hybrid. |
| 148 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Was a crippled MadScientist before bonding to the Carnage symbiote. |
| 149 | * EvilCounterpart: The whole point of Wizard recruiting Carnage was to create one for Agent Venom. Like Flash Thompson, Malus is wheelchair-bound without the symbiote, though rather than being from a military background he is a scientist specializing in superpowers. |
| 150 | * EvilCripple: He was wheelchair-bound thanks to having his spine broken by insane super-strong wrestlers he created for Power Broker Inc. |
| 151 | * FightingFromTheInside: Both Malus and the symbiote were ''very'' resentful at being forced to obey the Wizard and being separated from its favorite host respectively. Malus even warned Klaw that if the Wizard's control faltered for even a moment, the symbiote would take over and eviscerate them all in revenge for what they did to Cletus. |
| 152 | * FingerFirearms: Of a sort: Malus launched a flurry of shurikens formed from the symbiote's fingertips at Superior Spider-Man's Spiderlings, decapitating them. |
| 153 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Malus went from a relatively obscure Spider-Woman villain to the new Carnage. |
| 154 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red ones]] as Superior Carnage, though he has BlankWhiteEyes when the symbiote takes over. |
| 155 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Rather than dying after the Carnage symbiote ate him, Malus assimilated some of it into himself and was reborn as a human/symbiote hybrid. |
| 156 | * LegacyCharacter: When Wizard is unable to mind control the original Carnage due to Cletus Kasady being in a coma, he extracts the symbiote and stuffs it down his old friend Dr. Karl Malus' throat. |
| 157 | * LovecraftianSuperpower: Though his use of them is more sporadic than Kasady's, Malus uses tentacles to turn a flamethrower into an ArmCannon. |
| 158 | * MadScientist: Dr. Malus, inspired by [[ReedRichardsIsUseless Reed Richards]] of the ComicBook/FantasticFour, got a degree in biology from the University of California and once ran the Institute for Supranormality Research, experimenting on super-powered individuals and supplying the LA mob with PsychoSerum formulas. |
| 159 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Though they're not as pronounced as they are when the symbiote takes over. |
| 160 | * NoSell: Uses tentacles to turn a flamethrower into an ArmCannon, remarking that the symbiote doesn't mind the heat so much if it's the one dishing it out. |
| 161 | * NotQuiteDead: Malus was seemingly killed when the Carnage symbiote ate him, but was later revealed to not only have survived but to have assimilated part of it into himself. |
| 162 | * TokenGoodTeammate: While Malus is ''not'' a good person by any stretch of the word, he ''is'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards appalled]] by Klaw's drone-like obedience to Wizard and at his old friend's [[SanitySlippage decrepit mental state]]. |
| 163 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The symbiote becomes noticeably red-and-black again, and although it's subdued by the Wizard it's still plenty AxCrazy. |
| 164 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The first thing Malus does after becoming Carnage is try to kill the Wizard. |
| 165 | * SuperPoweredEvilSide: When the Wizard's mind control slipped up after being defenestrated by Spider-Man, the symbiote partially reverts to its original appearance and rampages. |
| 166 | * SuperheroPackingHeat: As Agent Venom's EvilCounterpart he is equipped with an arsenal of firearms, though the symbiote is markedly fond of disemboweling its victims instead. |
| 167 | * TakeThat: Malus proclaims that Kasady was a fool for being so obsessed with chaos when much more power could be attained with even a little focus. |
| 168 | [[/folder]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Norman Osborn]] |
| 171 | !!Norman Osborn |
| 172 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amazing_spider_man_vol_1_799_mcguinness_variant_textless.jpg]] |
| 173 | [[caption-width-right:300:Red Goblin]] |
| 174 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Carnage]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carnage_norman_osborn.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 175 | |
| 176 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Red Goblin I; Carnage |
| 177 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage, Dark Carnage |
| 178 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #14; ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #796 (as Red Goblin) |
| 179 | |
| 180 | A longtime enemy of Spider-Man, ComicBook/NormanOsborn -- aka the Green Goblin -- was stripped of his powers and AxCrazy split personality by Spider-Man following his attempt to take over New York as the Goblin King. Despite Norman initially revelling in his newfound sanity, he eventually realized he was at a disadvantage against Spider-Man and became increasingly desperate to reawaken the Goblin within. When science and magic failed to re-empower him, Osborn hired a pair of mercenaries to retrieve the Carnage Symbiote from the government facility it was being kept in and bonded to it, thinking that he could control its bloodlust. Despite its initial resistance to Osborn's attempts to control it, Carnage had discovered that it somehow liked the idea of slowly killing people instead of out-and-out insta-kills. Osborn convinced the symbiote to let him have "the driver's seat" in order to show it more of that sort of violence. The symbiote purged Osborn of the vaccine, and he took the Goblin Formula to become a symbiote-Goblin hybrid; kidnapping J. Jonah Jameson and re-discovering Spider-Man's civilian identity of Peter Parker. |
| 181 | \ |
| 182 | With this knowledge, Norman waged a war on Spider-Man by targeting Peter Parker's loved ones. While targeting Harry Osborn and his family, he also bonded his grandson Normie to a piece of the Carnage symbiote. Norman was eventually stopped by the combined efforts of Peter, his allies and Norman's own ego, in the end receiving brain damage for his efforts. |
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| 184 | * BigRedDevil: Norman seems to be going for a demonic vibe as the Red Goblin, being RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver and possessing fangs, claws, and a long tail with two serrations on the end. |
| 185 | * BioArmor: The Red Goblin's outfit strongly resembles a red-and-black version of the Green Goblin armor from Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy, with the addition of a JaggedMouth and a tail. |
| 186 | * BreathWeapon: His new abilities enabled him to breath flames, which he used as a weapon against Venom. |
| 187 | * TheCorrupter: He gave Normie some of the Carnage Symbiote, turning him into a smaller Red Goblin. |
| 188 | * CurbStompBattle: |
| 189 | ** Spider-Man is so terrified by the fact that Osborn has bonded to the Carnage symbiote that his brain almost shuts down and he flees without a single word besides "[[PrecisionFStrike #$%&]] [[OhCrap me]]." The Red Goblin effortlessly takes him down with a "Carnage-Bomb" and offers to let him live on one condition: Peter gives up being Spider-Man. |
| 190 | ** The next issue features him dishing one out to all of Spidey's closest allies. The only one who puts up anything resembling a fight is Anti-Venom, and even then only because the latter has anti-Symbiote powers. |
| 191 | ** The finale has him taking out both Venom and the Superior Octopus, though it didn't help that MJ accidentally had the symbiote deterrents on in Stark Tower and J. Jonah Jameson dropped in with a Spider-Slayer. |
| 192 | * DressedInLayers: Osborn puts a Green Goblin costume on over the Carnage symbiote. |
| 193 | * ExtraEyes: In addition to his yellow-and-red eyes, the Carnage symbiote's white eyespots act as the Red Goblin's BigOlEyebrows. |
| 194 | * FakingTheDead: Impaled by a girder, Norman pretends to be dying to troll Peter before revealing he's bonded to the symbiote and transforming into the Red Goblin for the first time. |
| 195 | * GoodCounterpart: ''ComicBook/SpiderManDeadpool'' #47 contains a brief appearance by a version of the Red Goblin who allied with Earth's heroes against the Manipulator. |
| 196 | * HealingFactor: Both the Goblin Formula and the Symbiote give you one so, yeah... Even if you can put as much as a dent in this guy, he'll heal in way that could give Wolverine a run for his money. Being impaled is no big deal anymore, at least. |
| 197 | * HellishPupils: The Red Goblin has yellow eyes with red vertically-slitted pupils. |
| 198 | * HeroKiller: He murders Flash Thompson for ruining his plan to torture Peter's friends and loved ones. |
| 199 | * HijackingCthulhu: Norman ''thought'' he could do this, but the symbiote initially took over him. He quickly persuades it to listen to him by offering to teach it new ways to make people suffer. |
| 200 | -->'''Norman:''' Stop! I am in control! Norman Osborn! The Green G-\ |
| 201 | '''Carnage Symbiote:''' G-g-give it up! There's no "I" here! And green is out! There's only red! We're making everything red! They'll be soaked in it! Drenched in it! And we are -- Carnage! Hahahahahaaaa! |
| 202 | * HomingProjectile: His Pumpkin Bombs are now oddly adorable "Carnage Bombs" that can follow and latch onto their targets by biting them. |
| 203 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: |
| 204 | ** Norman is impaled through the back by a girder and tricks Spider-Man into thinking he's dying before he unveils his Red Goblin form. |
| 205 | ** After Spider-Man saves Liz Allan from suffering Gwen Stacy's fate, Harry Osborn rams his father with an old Goblin Glider - impaling his chest in the same manner Norman had died the first time. |
| 206 | ** Inflicts this on Phil Urich after finding his treacherous protege raiding the Goblin cache he was residing in. |
| 207 | * JaggedMouth: The Red Goblin's mouth has serrated red teeth that blend into the rest of his mask. |
| 208 | * MindRape: Peter exploits Osborn's ego to trick him into rejecting the Carnage symbiote, then beats him to a pulp. When Osborn tries to rebond to the Carnage symbiote, Spider-Man immolates it and Osborn is hit with the full force of its dying agony, sending him into an AngstComa. He recovers... somewhat, as he's now stark raving mad and under the impression that he's Cletus Kasady and that Spider-Man is Norman Osborn. |
| 209 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In ''Red Goblin: Red Death'', even the psychopathic Norman Osborn is left horrified when the Carnage symbiote tricks him into letting it go on a killing spree. |
| 210 | -->'''Norman:''' How could I allow this to happen? |
| 211 | * NoSell: |
| 212 | ** He's strong enough to casually shrug off Miles Morales' Venom Strike, which has infamously struck down his Earth-1610 counterparts with ease. |
| 213 | ** He also resists a full power simultanious blast from Clash and the Human Torch - proving how he is completely immune to a symbiote's conventional weaknesses. |
| 214 | * OmnicidalManiac: Upon bonding to Osborn, the symbiote gleefully announces its intent to resume its mission to kill everyone in the world. However, Norman eventually manages to earn the symbiote's favour by showing it that it can possibly do more harm through more intricate means, speculating that the Carnage symbiote has actually gotten somewhat bored of mindless death and destruction. |
| 215 | * PartialTransformation: When interrogating Jameson, Norman is distracted by a rat and pounces on it. While attempting to use it as a DeadlyEuphemism, he eats it -- [[ShadowDiscretionShot his shadow shown sporting a fanged maw and claws]]. When he kills Phil Urich, he's similarly shown in shadow with only his arm transformed. |
| 216 | * PlayingWithFire: The Red Goblin was capable of creating explosive "Carnage Bombs", a flame-wreathed Carnage Glider, and breathing fire. |
| 217 | * PunchedAcrossTheRoom: When Osborn mortally wounds Flash Thompson, Symbiote Spider-Man Venomizes and punches him halfway across the city in a berserk rage. |
| 218 | * {{Pride}}: This is what ultimately defeats him -- Peter warns Osborn that if he kills him, he doesn't get credit for the kill; the Carnage symbiote does and thus Cletus Kasady. |
| 219 | * {{Sadist}}: Norman teaches the symbiote the joys of slowly torturing people to death, and offers to show it more nuanced ways to inflict death and suffering than turning people into confetti. |
| 220 | * ShockAndAwe: Due to wearing his Green Goblin costume under the symbiote, he's able to use his gloves' Sparkle Blasters to electrocute Flash Thompson. |
| 221 | * StoryBreakerPower: The Green Goblin formula? Turns you into a Spidey-level bruiser at the cost of your sanity. The Carnage symbiote? Turns you into a heavy hitter with a few specific weaknesses. The two ''combined''? Gives you a vastly-enhanced version of the Carnage symbiote's powers, and a combined HealingFactor that basically becomes Wolverine-Level, with ''none'' of the symbiote's weaknesses. Spidey's allies (including Miles and his infamously overpowered Venom Strikes, the Human Torch, and Agent Anti-Venom) drop like flies before him. |
| 222 | * ToThePain: The Red Goblin tells Spider-Man that he will kill everyone even tangentially-related to Peter Parker in ways too agonizing for him to comprehend if he catches him so much as wall-crawling. He keeps this promise by covertly slipping pieces of Carnage into them as seemingly nonlethal slivers in projectile attacks. He explains he can remotely will them to work their way up the victim's circulatory system to the brain, killing them in an unimaginably agonizing way. |
| 223 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: Peter takes up Osborn's offer to stop being Spider-Man because not only is he heavily outgunned at this point, he surmises that Osborn is ''completely'' underestimating who he is; he's so gung-ho on ridding himself of the Spider, he's completely ignoring the "-Man" part of "Spider-Man", thus he's going to fight him as Peter Parker. |
| 224 | * WreathedInFlames: The Red Goblin's glider is augmented by symbiote biomass and is wreathed in flames. |
| 225 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He rips off the symbiote (who tells him doing such is a ''bad idea'') when the opportunity to kill Spider-Man with his bare hands as the Green Goblin seems to present itself. |
| 226 | * YouNeedABreathMint: Noxious-looking fumes billow out of the Red Goblin's mouth whenever he speaks. It's presumably meant to be invocative of sulfur, given his BigRedDevil look. |
| 227 | [[/folder]] |
| 228 | |
| 229 | [[folder:Normie Osborn]] |
| 230 | !!Normie Osborn |
| 231 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/goblin_childeearth_616.png]] |
| 232 | [[caption-width-right:300:Goblin Childe]] |
| 233 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Red Goblin]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/redgoblin2_0.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 234 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Goblin Childe, Red Goblin II |
| 235 | !!! '''Host To:''' Norman Osborn's Carnage offshoot, Rascal |
| 236 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #263; ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #799 (as Goblin Childe); ''Free Comic Book Day 2022: Spider-Man/Venom #1'' (as Red Goblin II); |
| 237 | |
| 238 | The son of Harry Osborn and Liz Allan, Norman "Normie" Harold Osborn idolized his grandfather, resented his father's apparent preference for his younger son Stanley, and hated Spider-Man. Normie was bonded to a piece of the Carnage symbiote by his grandfather, taking up the alias Goblin Childe, but ultimately turned against Norman when he saw how much of a monster his grandfather really was. Dylan Brock later recruits Normie to assist him in saving his father Eddie, giving him a symbiote —that Normie later names Rascal— to become the second Red Goblin. |
| 239 | ---- |
| 240 | -> See Characters/RedGoblin |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | !!!Carnage's Other Hosts |
| 244 | |
| 245 | [[folder:John Jameson]] |
| 246 | !!John Jonah Jameson III |
| 247 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carnage_john_jameson.jpg]] |
| 248 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Man-Wolf; Carnage |
| 249 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage; Dark Carnage |
| 250 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #1 |
| 251 | |
| 252 | ---- |
| 253 | See Characters/SpiderManSupportingCharacters |
| 254 | [[/folder]] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | [[folder:Tanis Nieves]] |
| 257 | !!Tanis Nieves |
| 258 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1678871_carnage_vol_1_3_page_12_tanis_nieves__earth_616.jpg]] |
| 259 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Scorn, Carnage |
| 260 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage, Scorn |
| 261 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' #1 |
| 262 | |
| 263 | Inspired by a troubled childhood to want to help people no matter what, Dr. Tanis Nieves became a psychiatrist and was assigned to Frances Barrison -- aka Shriek. When a battle between the Spider-Doppelgänger and Hall Industries' Iron Rangers cost Tanis one of her arms, she was outfitted with a biomechanical prosthetic created using samples harvested from the Carnage symbiote. The symbiote seized control of Tanis' prosthetic and bonded to her, attempting to take over her mind. When Tanis refused to submit to it, the Carnage symbiote used her to locate Cletus Kasady and returned to him, leaving a newborn spawn in Tanis' prosthetic that matured into the Scorn symbiote. |
| 264 | ---- |
| 265 | -> See Characters/MarvelComicsSymbioteHosts |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Steve Rogers]] |
| 269 | !!Steve Rogers |
| 270 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_america_in_absolute_carnage_variant.jpg]] |
| 271 | |
| 272 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Captain America, Nomad, the Captain |
| 273 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage |
| 274 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' |
| 275 | |
| 276 | ---- |
| 277 | -> See ComicBook/CaptainAmerica |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | [[folder:Logan]] |
| 281 | !!Logan |
| 282 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Wolverine |
| 283 | !!! '''Host To:''' Tyrannosaurus; Mania; Carnage |
| 284 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Incredible Hulk'' #180 |
| 285 | |
| 286 | ---- |
| 287 | -> See ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} |
| 288 | [[/folder]] |
| 289 | |
| 290 | [[folder:Ben Grimm]] |
| 291 | !!Ben Grimm |
| 292 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fantastic_four_carnage.png]] |
| 293 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' The Thing |
| 294 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage, Unnamed Symbiote |
| 295 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Fantastic Four'' #1 |
| 296 | |
| 297 | ---- |
| 298 | -> See ComicBook/TheThing |
| 299 | [[/folder]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | [[folder:Clint Barton]] |
| 302 | !!Clint Barton |
| 303 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Hawkeye, Goliath, Ronin |
| 304 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage |
| 305 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' #57 |
| 306 | |
| 307 | ---- |
| 308 | -> See ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} |
| 309 | [[/folder]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | [[folder:Bentley Wittman]] |
| 312 | !!Bentley Wittman |
| 313 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bentley_wittman_earth_616_and_carnage_klyntar_earth_616_from_superior_carnage_vol_1_5_0002.jpg]] |
| 314 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' The Wizard |
| 315 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage |
| 316 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Strange Tales'' #102 |
| 317 | ---- |
| 318 | -> See [[Characters/MarvelComicsFrightfulFour Frightful Four]] |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Carla Unger]] |
| 322 | !!Carla Unger |
| 323 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carla_unger_earth_616_002.jpg]] |
| 324 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Carnage |
| 325 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage |
| 326 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Superior Carnage Annual'' #1 (April, 2014) |
| 327 | |
| 328 | ---- |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | !!!Dark Carnage's Other Hosts |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Eric Morrell]] |
| 334 | !!Eric Morrell |
| 335 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eric_morrell_earth_616_from_web_of_venom_cult_of_carnage_vol_1_1_001.jpg]] |
| 336 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 337 | !!! '''Host To:''' Dark Carnage |
| 338 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage, U.S.A.'' #1 |
| 339 | |
| 340 | ---- |
| 341 | [[/folder]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:John Jonah Jameson III]] |
| 344 | !!John Jonah Jameson III |
| 345 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/john_jonah_jameson_iii_earth_616_from_absolute_carnage_lethal_protectors_vol_1_3_001.jpg]] |
| 346 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Man-Wolf |
| 347 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage, Dark Carnage |
| 348 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #1 (March, 1963);[[note]]As Jameson[[/note]] ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #124 (September, 1973);[[note]]As Man-Wolf[[/note]] ''Amazing Fantasy'' #18 (March, 1996)[[note]]Chronologically[[/note]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | ---- |
| 351 | -> See Characters/SpiderManSupportingCharacters |
| 352 | [[/folder]] |
| 353 | |
| 354 | [[folder:Chewie]] |
| 355 | !!Chewie |
| 356 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chewie.jpg]] |
| 357 | |
| 358 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 359 | !!! '''Host To:''' Dark Carnage |
| 360 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Giant-Size Ms. Marvel'' #1 |
| 361 | |
| 362 | ---- |
| 363 | -> See Characters/MarvelComicsCaptainMarvelSupportingCharacters |
| 364 | [[/folder]] |
| 365 | |
| 366 | [[folder:Carol Danvers]] |
| 367 | !!Carol Danvers |
| 368 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carol_danvers_earth_616_and_venom_klyntar_earth_616_from_siege_spider_man_vol_1_1_0001.jpg]] |
| 369 | !!! '''Alter Egos:''' Ms. Marvel, Binary, Warbird, Captain Marvel |
| 370 | !!! '''Host To:''' Venom, Dark Carnage |
| 371 | !!! '''First Apperance:''' ''Marvel Super-Heroes'' #13 (March 1968) [[note]]As Carol Danvers[[/note]]; ''Ms. Marvel'' #1 (January 1977) [[note]]As Ms. Marvel[[/note]]; ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #164 (December 1982) [[note]]As Binary[[/note]]; ''The Avengers'' #4 (May 1998) [[note]]As Warbird[[/note]]; ''Avenging Spider-Man'' #9 (July 2012) [[note]]As Captain Marvel[[/note]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | ---- |
| 374 | -> See ComicBook/CarolDanvers for more info. |
| 375 | [[/folder]] |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[folder:Eddie Brock]] |
| 378 | !!Eddie Brock |
| 379 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carnage_eddie_brock.png]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Venom, Anti-Venom, Toxin |
| 382 | !!! '''Host To:''' Venom, Anti-Venom, Toxin, Sleeper, Dark Carnage |
| 383 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Web of Spider-Man'' #18 (September, 1986);[[note]]As Eddie Brock.[[/note]] ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #299 (April, 1988);[[note]]As Venom.[[/note]] ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #569 (October, 2008);[[note]]As Anti-Venom.[[/note]] ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #17 (July, 2012);[[note]]As Toxin.[[/note]] |
| 384 | |
| 385 | ---- |
| 386 | -> See Characters/MarvelComicsEddieBrock |
| 387 | [[/folder]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | [[folder:Arthur Krane]] |
| 390 | !!Arthur Krane |
| 391 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/extreme_carnage_alpha_vol_1_1_scorpion_comics_exclusive_virgin_variantjpg.jpg]] |
| 392 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Carnage |
| 393 | !!! '''Host To:''' Dark Carnage |
| 394 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Extreme Carnage Alpha'' #1 (July, 2021) |
| 395 | |
| 396 | ---- |
| 397 | * DependingOnTheArtist: In ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' he's drawn with brown hair, but in ''ComicBook/{{Venom|2021}}'' he's drawn with grey hair -- making him resemble his father. |
| 398 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Arthur Krane expresses distaste for the sexism that Gemma Shin is subjected to by other Friends of Humanity campaign workers, and was presumably being sincere about it since, unlike with everyone else, he had no reason to put up a NiceGuy façade around Gemma. |
| 399 | * MeaninglessVillainVictory: While Arthur Krane is now Senator in place of his father and the Friends of Humanity are more popular than ever, he feels he's nothing without Carnage and begs Agony to bring the symbiote back to him. |
| 400 | * TheQuisling: Arthur Krane -- addicted to the power he had as Carnage -- begs Gemma and Agony to help him get it back, swearing fealty to the Bleeding King in exchange for their assistance. |
| 401 | * SelfMadeOrphan: Arthur was plotting to murder his father and usurp his senate seat, and did so after bonding to the Carnage symbiote -- using it as a convenient scapegoat for having done so. |
| 402 | * TheSociopath: Arthur Krane is a sociopathic serial killer -- having killed small animals as a child before moving on to murdering homeless people and eventually his classmates and ex-girlfriends, to the extent that Carnage considers him to be a kindred spirit. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Elsie]] |
| 406 | !!Elsie |
| 407 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carnage_elsie_earth_616_from_carnage_forever_vol_1_1_001jpg.jpg]] |
| 408 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Carnage |
| 409 | !!! '''Host To:''' Dark Carnage |
| 410 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage Forever'' #1 (February, 2022) |
| 411 | A young girl abused and neglected by her family, who stumbles across the Carnage symbiote after seeking refuge in the ruins of St. Estes'. |
| 412 | ---- |
| 413 | * AbusiveParents: Elsie's mother and step-father don't just neglect her -- kicking her out onto the street all day and not caring whether or not she comes home at night, they physically abuse and torture her by burning her arms. |
| 414 | * TheCorruptible: Elsie goes from being a fairly nice, if a bit standoffish, to gleefully taunting her stepfather over having skinned his dog and hung her pelt in a closet, devouring him, and then burning her stepmother alive. |
| 415 | * EnfantTerrible: Elsie is a semi-homeless young girl who lives with her abusive mother and stepfather in a derelict townhouse. After being bullied by some drunk college students, she takes refuge in the burnt-out ruins of St. Estes'... where she encounters the Carnage symbiote -- being piloted by Cletus Kasady's codex. The symbiote bonds to her, and Elsie is quickly indoctrinated into Cletus' nihilistic worldview, gleefully murdering the college students, skinning her step-father's dog alive, devouring her step-father, and burning her mother alive. |
| 416 | * HeyYou: Her mother refers to her exclusivly as "The Kid". |
| 417 | * ImAHumanitarian: When Elsie's abusive stepfather threatens to beat her to death after he discovers she skinned his dog, Elsie transforms into Carnage and devours him in front of her mother. |
| 418 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After bonding to the Carnage symbiote, Elsie butchers a trio of drunk college students who bullied her, eats her abusive stepfather, and burns her mother alive. |
| 419 | * SelfMadeOrphan: After bonding to the Carnage symbiote, Elsie eats her stepfather and burns her mother alive. |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder:Detective Jonathan Shayde]] |
| 423 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage |
| 424 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Carnage|2022}}'' (Vol. 3) #1 |
| 425 | An NYPD detective obsessed with bringing the serial killer known as the Artist to justice, only to find himself swept up in the Carnage symbiote's pursuit of apotheosis. |
| 426 | ---- |
| 427 | * ContagiousHeroism: When they're stranded in space, "Cletus" delivers a speech about how it and Shayde are the only ones who can stop Carnage, before grousing that Shayde's good nature must be rubbing off on it since the real Cletus Kasady would want nothing more than to watch the world burn. |
| 428 | * CowboyCop: Shayde starts out a ByTheBookCop, but -- through his obsession with catching the Artist and "Cletus" trying to corrupt him into a KillerCop -- makes him more willing to bend or even break the rules to accomplish his goals. By the end of the series, he's broken by the Carnage symbiote and turns into a RabidCop. |
| 429 | * TheCorruptible: Being infected by a piece of the Carnage symbiote and later taken over by it slowly breaks his conviction that he's a good man, leaving him a RabidCop. |
| 430 | * {{Determinator}}: Shayde ''will'' bring Ken Neely to justice, no matter the risk to his own life or what he has to do to accomplish it. |
| 431 | * HearingVoices: When the Carnage symbiote left a piece of itself with Shayde, it also left a copy of Cletus Kasady's codex in his head. So now he hears the voice of the most dangerous serial killer on Earth in his mind. |
| 432 | * HeroicHost: He's bonded to a piece of the Carnage symbiote, which grants him superhuman strength, speed, and durability; a HealingFactor, all while leaving in a copy of Cletus Kasady's codex in his mind. The fact that he's still remotely sane and in control is a testament to his will, since typically just ''looking'' into Cletus's mind causes sever MindRape. |
| 433 | * LeeroyJenkins: He leaps through the energy vortex created by Hydro-Man's death throes to get to Ken Neely, which impresses the Carnage symbiote enough that it saves him to see how far he's willing to go to get his quarry. |
| 434 | * LivingOnBorrowedTime: Jon's body was shredded on a quantum level by the energy vortex emitted by Hydro-Man's death throes, and had Carnage not bonded him to a piece of itself he would've disintegrated. This leaves him dependant on the Carnage symbiote for survival... or so he believes, as Earth-31's Venom mocks him for falling for the old "you'll die without me" scam when the Carnage symbiote abandons him and nothing happens. |
| 435 | * MarriedToTheJob: Shayde notes to himself that his job is his life, and that without it he has nothing but an apartment that's empty save for beer bottles and pizza boxes. |
| 436 | * RabidCop: While he starts off the series as a ByTheBookCop, his experiences with "Cletus Kasady" and the Carnage symbiote corrupt him into a BloodKnight who's more than eager to use the tactics serial killers use to hunt their victims in order to hunt them. |
| 437 | * SaveTheVillain: |
| 438 | ** After being dropped off in Niffleheim, his piece of the Carnage symbiote tries to goad him into killing Malekith. Shayde can't bring himself to do so even when made aware of the warlord's laundry list of atrocities, instead freeing Malekith and trying to help him escape from Hel and Carnage. |
| 439 | ** He unwittingly derails Ken Neely and Drorin Runehewer's attempt to assassinate the Carnage symbiote, enabling it to escape and become more powerful than ever. In mocking "thanks" for saving it, it takes him as its next host and spends the rest of the series mentally torturing him. |
| 440 | * SuperCop: Like Patrick Mulligan, Jon Shayde is a symbiote-enhanced police officer. Unfortunately, that symbiote happens to be a piece of Carnage. |
| 441 | * TakenOffTheCase: Shayde is taken off the Artist case when he reveals a symbiote -- and not just ''any'' symbiote, but Carnage -- is involved, and goes AWOL out of frustration. |
| 442 | * WorthyOpponent: Carnage sees him as something of a kindred spirit, and saves his life as a test to see how far he's willing to go to bring Ken Neely to justice. [[spoiler:Although he regrets his decision after Shayde saves Malekith, disrupting Carnage's plan]]. |
| 443 | [[/folder]] |
| 444 | |
| 445 | [[folder:Cletus Kasady (First Clone)]] |
| 446 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cletus_clone.png]] |
| 447 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage |
| 448 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool|2022}}'' (Vol. 9) #4 |
| 449 | A short-lived clone of Cletus Kasady created by Harrower. |
| 450 | ---- |
| 451 | ->'''For more information, please see ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsCletusKasady here]]'''''. |
| 452 | [[/folder]] |
| 453 | |
| 454 | [[folder:Cletus Kasady (Second Clone)]] |
| 455 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage |
| 456 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Carnage|2023}}'' (Vol. 4) #1 |
| 457 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cletus_clone_2.jpg]] |
| 458 | A clone of Cletus Kasady created by the Carnage symbiote to aid it in its pursuit of understanding what it means to be a god. |
| 459 | ---- |
| 460 | ->'''For more information, please see ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsCletusKasady here]]'''''. |
| 461 | [[/folder]] |
| 462 | |
| 463 | !!Carnage's Offshoots |
| 464 | |
| 465 | [[folder:Populace of Doverton, Colorado]] |
| 466 | !!Populace of Doverton, Colorado |
| 467 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doverton.png]] |
| 468 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 469 | !!! '''Host To:''' Carnage; Dark Carnage |
| 470 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage, U.S.A.'' #1 |
| 471 | |
| 472 | Travelling to the city of Doverton, Colorado, Cletus Kasady gorged the Carnage symbiote on the contents of a slaughterhouse and sent offshoots of his symbiote through the sewers, bonding it to almost everyone in the city. While the residents were freed with intervention from Captain America, Wolverine, Hawkeye, the Thing, Spider-Man, Agent Venom, Mercury Team, and Scorn; a few years later Cletus returned -- now bonded to an offshoot of the deific Grendel symbiote -- and inducted them into a cult worshipping the dark god Knull. When John Jameson arrived to investigate the strange occurrences, Dark Carnage infected him with a piece of his symbiote and sacrificed the residents of Doverton to Knull. |
| 473 | ---- |
| 474 | [[/folder]] |
| 475 | |
| 476 | [[folder:Carnage IV Offshoot]] |
| 477 | !!Carnage IV Offshoot |
| 478 | !!! '''Hosts:''' Norman Osborn, Dylan Brock |
| 479 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'' #1 |
| 480 | |
| 481 | An offshoot of the Dark Carnage symbiote bonded to Norman Osborn, who at the time believed himself to be Cletus Kasady. It was seemingly killed by Dylan Brock, who kept a surviving piece and sought to learn how to control it using his powers; though he was eventually forced to destroy it when Dark Carnage attempted to use it to take him over. |
| 482 | ---- |
| 483 | * NotQuiteDead: Dylan Brock used his powers to blow it up at the end of ''Absolute Carnage'', but a piece survived. Dylan kept it and wanted to tame it, but learned the hard way that EvilIsNotAToy and ended up killing it in ''[[ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates Venom]]'' #25. |
| 484 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In the animated shorts tying in to ''Absolute Carnage'', it continually berates Norman Osborn as his original personality tries to reassert itself. |
| 485 | * WeaponizedOffspring: It's an offshoot of the Dark Carnage symbiote, which can remotely control it at-will. |
| 486 | [[/folder]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | [[folder:Carnage Doppelgängers]] |
| 489 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cult_of_carnage.png]] |
| 490 | !!! '''Hosts:''' Numerous unnamed Ravencroft patients, Dan Andrews |
| 491 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'' #1 |
| 492 | |
| 493 | Offshoots of the Dark Carnage symbiote bonded to the inmates of Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane, turning them into a horde of four-armed monsters. |
| 494 | ---- |
| 495 | * JaggedMouth: They're usually drawn with black fangs that blend into their faces. |
| 496 | * LesCollaborateurs: Most of their hosts willingly submitted to them, having already been bloodthirsty murderers and criminals. |
| 497 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: Patterned after the original Doppelgänger, they have multiple arms -- though they only have four rather than six. |
| 498 | * ToServeMan: They're shown chowing down on civilians in the ''Scream'' and ''Deadpool'' tie-ins. |
| 499 | * WeaponizedOffspring: They're offshoots of the Dark Carnage symbiote spawned to create an army and overrun New York. |
| 500 | [[/folder]] |
| 501 | |
| 502 | [[folder:Miles Morales's Symbiote]] |
| 503 | !!Miles Morales's Symbiote |
| 504 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miles_morales_spider_carnage.png]] |
| 505 | !!! '''Hosts:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsJJonahJameson J. Jonah Jameson]] |
| 506 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'' #2, ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage: Miles Morales'' #1 |
| 507 | |
| 508 | An offshoot of the Dark Carnage symbiote bonded to Miles Morales, turning him into a six-armed Carnage Doppelgänger. |
| 509 | ---- |
| 510 | * ContinuitySnarl: Miles Morales spends most of his tie-in under the symbiote's thrall and struggling to break free. After he manages to zap it off himself, he eventually rebonds to it in order to eavesdrop on Dark Carnage's hive-mind and is shown to be in control of it. In ''Absolute Carnage'' #5, however, the symbiote is shown to be back in the driver's seat -- with Donny Cates stating this was due to a lack of communication between himself and Saladin Ahmed over how the latter was going to end his tie-in. |
| 511 | * JaggedMouth: When drawn by Ryan Stegman, it has red fangs that blend into the rest of its face. |
| 512 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: Unlike all the other Carnage Doppelgängers, it has six arms. |
| 513 | * ReligiousBruiser: The symbiote is zealously devout to Knull and Dark Carnage, regarding Miles as nothing more than "host-flesh" whose will is nothing compared to Knull's malice. |
| 514 | * WeaponizedOffspring: It's an offshoot of the Dark Carnage symbiote bonded to Miles Morales. |
| 515 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: When drawn by Ryan Stegman, it's black with a red face and teeth, a black spiral-shaped eyespot, red lower arms and legs. When drawn by Federico Vicentini, it's dark red with a yellow spiral, has bone fangs, and has spider-like chelicerae. |
| 516 | [[/folder]] |
| 517 | |
| 518 | !!Carnage's Spawn |
| 519 | |
| 520 | [[folder:Toxin]] |
| 521 | !![[ComicBook/{{Toxin}} The Toxin Symbiote]] |
| 522 | [[quoteright:204:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/607f70734ca5535cb48778feef71277c.JPG]] |
| 523 | |
| 524 | !!! '''Hosts:''' Patrick Mulligan, Eddie Brock, Jubulile van Scotter, Bren Waters |
| 525 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #2 |
| 526 | |
| 527 | The first offspring of the Carnage symbiote. Cletus, disgusted at the notion of giving birth, forcibly bonded the infant symbiote, later named "Toxin" by Venom, to police officer Patrick Mulligan, who attempted to use it as a force of good, inspired by Spider-Man. Despite initial success, Patrick was murdered by the demon Blackheart, who cloned the symbiote and bonded them to clones of X-23. Agent Venom was blackmailed by the Crime Master into stealing the Toxin symbiote from Blackheart, although the Venom symbiote took control of Flash and tried to kill its progeny. Jack O'Lantern extracted the symbiote and took it to the Crime Master, who later forcibly bonded it to Eddie Brock. The symbiote initially took total control of Eddie's body and tried to kill Venom, but was ignited by Flash. It survived, still bonded to Eddie, and they agreed to work together until they could kill Venom before trying to kill each other. |
| 528 | ---- |
| 529 | -> See Characters/{{Toxin}} |
| 530 | [[/folder]] |
| 531 | |
| 532 | [[folder:Scorn]] |
| 533 | !!Scorn |
| 534 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scorn_9041.jpg]] |
| 535 | |
| 536 | !!! '''Hosts:''' Tanis Nieves, Frances Barrison |
| 537 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' #4 (June, 2011) |
| 538 | |
| 539 | When the Carnage symbiote was taken back to Earth from its orbit after the prison break in the Raft, Michael Hall used the symbiote to create hybrid prostheses consisting of both technology and the symbiote itself. Eventually, the Carnage symbiote managed to escape its containment cell and bonded to Tanis Nieves, leaving its offspring within her prosthesis after it used her to rescue Cletus Kasady. Tanis initially refused to bond to this new symbiote, which was briefly later taken from her by Shriek, but eventually acquiesced to bond with it. |
| 540 | ---- |
| 541 | -> See Characters/MarvelComicsSymbiotes |
| 542 | [[/folder]] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | [[folder:Raze]] |
| 545 | !!Raze |
| 546 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dixonraze.jpg]] |
| 547 | |
| 548 | !!! '''Hosts:''' Claire Dixon, Jubulile van Scotter |
| 549 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' Vol 2 #10 (September, 2016) |
| 550 | |
| 551 | The Raze symbiote was spawned by Carnage as part of a ritual involving the ''Darkhold'' and bonded with former FBI special agent Claire Dixon, leaving her a puppet of Carnage's will. It was eventually taken from Claire by Jubulile van Scotter, who used it to augment her own symbiote to fight Chthon. |
| 552 | ---- |
| 553 | -> See Characters/MarvelComicsSymbiotes |
| 554 | [[/folder]] |
| 555 | |
| 556 | [[folder:Jubulile van Scotter's Symbiote]] |
| 557 | !!Jubulile van Scotter's Symbiote |
| 558 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jubulile_van_scotter_earth_616_from_carnage_vol_2_16_001.jpg]] |
| 559 | !!! '''Hosts:''' Jubulile van Scotter |
| 560 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' Vol 2 #6 (May, 2016) |
| 561 | |
| 562 | An offshoot of the ''Darkhold''-augmented Carnage symbiote bonded with the South African teenager Jubulile van Scotter, this symbiote established a psychic link between her and Cletus Kasady that enabled her to help the Anti-Symbiote Task Force track him. When the eldritch god Chthon was summoned by Carnage, Jubilile absorbed the Toxin and Raze symbiotes to augment her own before banishing the dark god back to his interdimensional prison; though her symbiote seemingly perished in the process. |
| 563 | ---- |
| 564 | -> See Characters/MarvelComicsSymbiotes |
| 565 | [[/folder]] |
| 566 | |
| 567 | !!Supporting Characters |
| 568 | |
| 569 | [[folder:Doppelgänger]] |
| 570 | !!Doppelgänger |
| 571 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carnage_005_023.jpg]] |
| 572 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Infinity War'' #1 |
| 573 | |
| 574 | --> '''Doppelganger:''' Grrrr! |
| 575 | --> '''Carnage:''' That's my line--! I'm supposed to be the monster here! |
| 576 | |
| 577 | Originally a "living geometric pattern" that resided in another dimension, Doppelgänger and several other members of his kind were turned into twisted duplicates of various superheroes by the Magus during the Infinity War. Unlike the other knock-offs, this one survived that event, and has periodically resurfaced to torment the real Spider-Man. |
| 578 | ---- |
| 579 | For more information on him, please refer to the Spider-Man '''[[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGalleryAtoH rogues gallery]]''' page. |
| 580 | [[/folder]] |
| 581 | |
| 582 | [[folder:Shriek]] |
| 583 | !!Shriek |
| 584 | [[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/DeadpoolVsCarnage https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carnshriek_8852.jpg]]]] |
| 585 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Frances Louise Barrison |
| 586 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' #1 |
| 587 | |
| 588 | -> '''Cletus, via the Carnage Symbiote:''' She screams her pain as death and hatred. She kills for me. I like it. When it gets boring, I'll put her down like my mother's dog. I am Carnage. Killing someone I love will make me happy. So happy. |
| 589 | |
| 590 | As a child, Frances Barrison was abused by her parents, especially her mother, whose cruelty drove her to drugs, overeating, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and heavy metal]]. Frances' mental stability was further damaged when she was shot in the head during an altercation with the police, and when she had a run-in with heroes ComicBook/CloakAndDagger, whose powers did ''something'' to her, giving her various superhuman abilities of her own. Now fully capable of taking revenge on the world she blames for her misery, Frances -- calling herself Shriek -- found soul mates of sorts in the form of her "husband" Carnage, and "son" Doppelganger. |
| 591 | ---- |
| 592 | For more information on her, please refer to the Spider-Man '''[[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGalleryItoZ rogues gallery]]''' page. |
| 593 | [[/folder]] |
| 594 | |
| 595 | [[folder:Alice Gleason]] |
| 596 | !!Alice Gleason |
| 597 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alicecarn_7841.jpg]] |
| 598 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Axis: Carnage'' #1 |
| 599 | |
| 600 | --> '''Alice:''' What are you doing?!\ |
| 601 | '''Carnage:''' Taking a victory lap, babe! You can't rob a bank if burn it down first!\ |
| 602 | '''Alice:''' What are you thinking? You've made everything worse! Put out the fire!\ |
| 603 | '''Carnage:''' Jeez, okay, chill out, gawd... |
| 604 | |
| 605 | A beautiful but unscrupulously ambitious reporter who found herself in the crosshairs of the spectral Sin-Eater. Rescued by the inverted Carnage, she begrudgingly attempted to coach him on how to be a hero -- while actually trying to get a promotion-winning scoop out of it. After Carnage defeated the Sin-Eater, Alice was disgusted that he'd developed feelings for her and revealed her deception before fleeing to the police. |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | * AmbitionIsEvil: She is an attractive but unscrupulous reporter who wants to take over the position of her deceased colleague ASAP. |
| 608 | * BerserkButton: Does not like the hair being mussed, as she indignantly yells at both Carnage and the Sin-Eater. |
| 609 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She pretended to be distraught over her co-worker's deaths, when in fact she, as the Sin Eater put it, reeks of "sin, vainglory, selfishness and hubris". |
| 610 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Has to continually reel in the overzealous Carnage. |
| 611 | * KarmaHoudini: Presumably got rich and famous from the events of ''AXIS''. |
| 612 | * MoralityChain: Cletus latched onto her in much the same way Eddie Brock once latched onto Jenna Cole. Unfortunately for him, she proves to be a less-than-upstanding individual. |
| 613 | * NervesOfSteel: After an initial moment of panic, she seems quite alright hanging out with a nihilistic serial killer whose soul mate is a carnivorous alien parasite masquerading as a costume. |
| 614 | * ReallyGetsAround: She was sleeping with her co-worker, solicited a police officer who had been sent to guard her after said co-worker's murder, pretended to be interested in Kasady, and seemingly tried to seduce the Sin-Eater ("And I'm totally not wearing any underwear") to save herself even after seeing [[SkullForAHead what's]] under his mask. |
| 615 | * SpiritAdvisor: After being bombarded with missiles, Carnage has near-death experience involving an angelic Alice, who offers him sage wisdom: |
| 616 | --> '''Alice:''' You have great power, yes. And with great power comes great, like all kinds of, I don't know, stuff... so don't be a jerk. You're good now and you've got mad skillz. Be a hero! Save me! |
| 617 | * TagalongReporter: Is abducted by Carnage, who adamantly believes that she can teach him to be good. Alice goes along with it, due to the fame that can entail becoming close to a "cape". |
| 618 | * UngratefulBastard: After Carnage saves her from the Sin Eater, she thanks him by blowing off his head and screaming at the police to finish him off. Cletus interprets this as her teaching him that TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife. |
| 619 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She hasn't been seen since the end of the ''AXIS: Carnage'' miniseries. Considering that Cletus had been hunting down those aware of his HeelFaceBrainwashing ''and'' she openly admitted to using him to his face, it doesn't bode well for her. |
| 620 | [[/folder]] |
| 621 | |
| 622 | [[folder:Manuela Calderon]] |
| 623 | !!Manuela Calderon |
| 624 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mannycarnage.jpg]] |
| 625 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' Vol. 2 #1 |
| 626 | |
| 627 | The sole survivor of Cletus' massacre at St. Estes Home for Boys, Manuela Calderon joined the military and was eventually hired as a security consultant at Grey Ridge Mine. When the FBI attempted to lure Carnage into a trap, Manuela was recruited into the Anti-Symbiote Task Force alongside John Jameson and Eddie Brock. Befriending Brock and developing a romantic affection for Victoria Montesi, Manuela helped stop Carnage from summoning the eldrich god Chthon. |
| 628 | ---- |
| 629 | * ActionGirl: She's a soldier who served three tours of duty, and is agile enough to dodge Carnage's tentacles. |
| 630 | * AmbiguouslyBi: While it was implied that she might have had a slight attraction to Eddie Brock, in the end he gets the impression that she's developed a thing for the canonically gay Victoria Montesi. |
| 631 | * BadassNormal: She's an unaugmented human who is capable of keeping up with the likes of Toxin and Man-Wolf. |
| 632 | * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Victoria Montesi flirts with Manuela after she commiserates with her hellish backstory. |
| 633 | * TheOneThatGotAway: Manny was the SoleSurvivor of Cletus's first killing spree, and he intends to rectify that. |
| 634 | * OnlyAFleshWound: She's set on fire by Gleason but still manages to put up a good enough fight to steal one of the Darkhold's pages ''and'' put the fire out. |
| 635 | * ShipTease: She is sympathetic towards [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], who himself seems to be infatuated with her. However, in the last couple of issues Victoria Montesi begins flirting with her and Manny appears to reciprocate, with Eddie joking that he may as well have been furniture to them. |
| 636 | * TakingYouWithMe: When Carnage is about to eat her, she presses a detonator to blow up a large amount of mining explosives. Toxin shows up in time to shield her from the blast. |
| 637 | [[/folder]] |
| 638 | |
| 639 | [[folder:Barry Gleason]] |
| 640 | !!Barry Gleason |
| 641 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gleacar.jpg]] |
| 642 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' Vol. 2 #1 |
| 643 | |
| 644 | --> ''"Agent Dixon was a useful tool, but her usefulness--and yours--is drawing to a close. We--all of us--stand on the cusp of a new historical era. I'm grateful to you, agents. Your sacrifice, yours and your fellow agents', will make possible a new age. You've brought us the one who was foreseen in the prophecies of [[Characters/WerewolfByNight Aelfric the Mad Monk]]. At his hands the forgotten door will be reopened. Through him, he who sleeps shall wake, and all who live will tremble in the knowledge of his wrath."'' |
| 645 | ---- |
| 646 | * BigBadWannabe: He's the evil mastermind behind the first arc of the 2015-2016 ''Carnage'' Vol. 2 series. He doesn't last long after Carnage catches him. |
| 647 | * KilledOffscreen: It's not shown exactly what Carnage did to him after/while interrogating him about the Darkhold, but it wasn't pretty. |
| 648 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: When the sonic cannons open up a sinkhole that plunges Carnage and several FBI agents into the depths of his mine, Gleason protests he had no idea that would happen several times. Turns out he planned it all. |
| 649 | * OneSteveLimit: Despite having the same last name as the manipulative lady reporter in the ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}: Carnage'' miniseries, he's presumably not related to her. |
| 650 | * PlayingWithFire: He can summon a wall of flames using the Darkhold. |
| 651 | * ReligionOfEvil: He is a member of the Cult of the Darkhold, a cult that worships an ancient evil entity called Chthon. |
| 652 | * TomeOfEldritchLore: He possesses a copy of the Darkhold, a tome of dark magic written by the evil deity Chthon. |
| 653 | * AWolfInSheepsClothing: His day job is the manager of a mining corporation, which he uses as cover for his night job is as a cultist to an evil deity. |
| 654 | [[/folder]] |
| 655 | |
| 656 | [[folder:Cortland Kasady]] |
| 657 | !!Cortland Kasady |
| 658 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cortland_kasady_2528earth_6162529_from_ruins_of_ravencroft_carnage_vol_1_1_001.png]] |
| 659 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Spoiler]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/plague_klyntar_earth_616.png]] [[/labelnote]] |
| 660 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Plague |
| 661 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage'' #1 |
| 662 | |
| 663 | The ancestor of Cletus Kasady, Cortland was a 17th century English settler whose lover -- Mary Ravencroft -- was captured by a symbiote-worshipping cult. While attempting to rescue her,[[note]]She rescued herself.[[/note]] Cortland was captured and bonded to a symbiote, turning him into a bloodthirsty serial killer. |
| 664 | ---- |
| 665 | * BeardOfEvil: A full red beard and after becoming a symbiote worshipper, very evil. |
| 666 | * EvilRedhead: Just like his distant descendant Cletus. |
| 667 | * FaceHeelTurn: Prior to his run-in with the Others, he was an all-around decent person who dearly loved Molly Ravencroft. Afterwards, he became a bloodthirsty symbiote-worshipping cannibal. |
| 668 | * InTheBlood: Cortland being forcibly recruited into the symbiote-worshipping cult is implied to be the reason why his descendants Roscoe and Cletus were a violent abuser and a serial killer of unprecedented bloodlust respectively. |
| 669 | * LifeDrinker: As Plague, Cortland is able to drain the life-force from others. |
| 670 | * RevenantZombie: During ''Planet of the Symbiotes'', [[spoiler:Knull reanimates Cortland in the same way he did Cletus, bringing him back as symbiote-possessed corpse capable of absorbing the life-force of others]]. |
| 671 | * SerialKiller: Cortland became the first American serial killer after being corrupted by the symbiote-worshipping cult. |
| 672 | * WingdingEyes: After being forcibly recruited by the symbiote-worshipping cult, he's shown with red spirals for irises. |
| 673 | [[/folder]] |
| 674 | |
| 675 | [[folder:The Artist]] |
| 676 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Kenneth Neely |
| 677 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Carnage|2022}}'' Vol 3 #1 |
| 678 | A serial killer who worships Carnage and desires to become the symbiote's new host. |
| 679 | ---- |
| 680 | * AnArmAndALeg: Carnage lops off one of Neely's arms with a bladed tentacle when Neely tackles the Spot and is dragged into the path of Carnage's attack. It's Neely's first big BrokenPedestal moment, leading him to snap at Carnage before being reminded of his place. |
| 681 | * AdmiringTheAbomination: While offput by Cletus' initial refusal to stop Carnage from becoming a god of destruction, Kenneth is nonetheless awestruck by Cletus' capacity for bloodshed once his BatmanGambit pays off. |
| 682 | * AscendedFanboy: Neely idolizes Carnage, and while the symbiote rejected him as its new host it did take him along on its journey of self-discovery and improvement. He later meets Cletus Kasady, and despite almost ending up being scraped from existence the two of them get along relatively well. |
| 683 | * DirtyBusiness: Neely betrays and murders [[spoiler:Zeiste, who had offered to help him escape being Carnage's thrall]], but takes no pleasure in doing so and confesses he found no beauty in it. Had he not done so, Carnage would have killed him. |
| 684 | * HeelRealization: Neely is {{Mind Rape}}d by Rosvelg, a god tasked with making those damned to Hel relive their sins, and comes to the realization that he was never an artist or making people beautiful by killing them. |
| 685 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Kenneth is impaled by Cletus in ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage Omega'', who mocks him for not seeing the double-cross coming. Cletus having bonded Kenneth to an offshoot of the Extrembiote literally comes back to haunt him, as Kenneth's consciousness persists in the Hive as a codex and needles Cletus over being incomplete without the Carnage symbiote. |
| 686 | * InadequateInheritor: He wants to become the new Carnage, but the symbiote repeatedly scorns him for not holding a candle to Cletus Kasady's twisted genius for murder. |
| 687 | * KillTheGod: Ken kills a god in ''Carnage'' #6, [[spoiler:stabbing Rosvelg with a sword on Carnage's orders -- albeit after Carnage incapacitated Rosvelg by mind-bombing him]]. |
| 688 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Kenneth clearly regrets [[spoiler:betraying Zeiste, calling himself "Judas" and confessing he saw no beauty in killing him]]. |
| 689 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: Kenneth starts out as a serial killer who idolizes Cletus Kasady and wants to become the Carnage symbiote's new host, but is clearly in over his head when the symbiote decides to drag him along on its quest for godhood. |
| 690 | * TheLoad: Despite being a notorious serial killer in his own right and ''trying'' to be of assistance to Carnage, Kenneth is in way over his head and thus more hindrance than help to the symbiote's plans -- losing an arm in the process of distracting the Spot, and getting captured by Zeiste the dark elf when tasked with killing him. For its part, Carnage mainly keeps him around because it finds his slavish devotion amusing and enjoys mocking him for thinking he's worthy of being its next host. |
| 691 | * LoonyFan: Neely idolizes Carnage and wants nothing more than to be the symbiote's next host, but Carnage finds him more naive and annoying than anything. |
| 692 | * NightmareFetishist: Ken Neely believes that by mutilating his victims he is making them beautiful. |
| 693 | * SerialKiller: Neely was given the unsub moniker of "The Artist" due to making gruesome "art" out of his victims. |
| 694 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: When Carnage warps itself and Neely to Svartalfheim, Neely is increasingly dismayed at being stranded in a fantasy-horror realm full of dark swamps and living nightmares, complaining that he thought Carnage was just going to take him across the border. |
| 695 | * TurnToReligion: Neely dismissed his father's Christian beliefs after he died of leprosy, but in the wake of ''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' became a worshipper of Knull, devoting himself in particular to the dark god's apostle Carnage. |
| 696 | * PsychoSupporter: Neely is a serial killer who both idolizes the late, great Cletus Kasady, and literally worships Knull, accompanying the Carnage symbiote as it tries to educate him on the finer points of murder. |
| 697 | [[/folder]] |
| 698 | |
| 699 | !!Enemies |
| 700 | |
| 701 | [[folder:Spider-Man]] |
| 702 | -> See ComicBook/SpiderMan |
| 703 | [[/folder]] |
| 704 | |
| 705 | [[folder:Venom]] |
| 706 | -> See ComicBook/{{Venom}} |
| 707 | [[/folder]] |
| 708 | |
| 709 | [[folder:Doctor Jenner]] |
| 710 | !!Doctor Jenner |
| 711 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jenner_2.jpg]] |
| 712 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Superior Carnage Annual'' #1 |
| 713 | |
| 714 | --> ''"You don't have to keep holding on. Carnage has no hold on you. You're your own man now. You can die a man's death. Doesn't that sound fine? After all... what good are you without the symbiote? Hmm? And the way you are right now... so weak... so pitiful... why would Carnage want you? Carnage wants a worthy host... not some bed-ridden has-been. I know it's coming... I know you can sense it. And when it gets here... it will find me waiting... and you--dead! Don't worry, Cletus. I'll take good care of Carnage."'' |
| 715 | |
| 716 | A therapist working at Kramer Penitentiary, Dr. Jenner requested to work with spree killer Cletus Kasady, who had been separated from the Carnage symbiote by the Superior Spider-Man. Under his guidance, Cletus was admitted into the general populace and finally seemed ready to sever his psychological ties with the symbiote. However, Jenner secretly desired to become the symbiote's new host and hired an inmate to shank Cletus, smothering him when he learned the symbiote was on its way. When it reached the prison, Jenner offered himself to it, but it vehemently rejected him and resuscitated Cletus, who proceeded to kill Jenner along with the rest of the prisoners. |
| 717 | ---- |
| 718 | * InLoveWithYourCarnage: Pun aside, when face-to-face with the symbiote he gushes about how he's dreamed of becoming its host. The symbiote is not amused. |
| 719 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: He kills Cletus Kasady in an effort to convince the symbiote to take him as its next host. It doesn't work. |
| 720 | * PsychoPsychologist: He only agreed to be Cletus' shrink to become the next incarnation of Carnage, and had Cletus murdered when the opportunity presented itself. |
| 721 | * TheShrink: He was a therapist at the Kramer Penitentiary. |
| 722 | [[/folder]] |
| 723 | |
| 724 | [[folder:Sin-Eater I]] |
| 725 | !!Sin-Eater I |
| 726 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sincarn_8507.jpg]] |
| 727 | |
| 728 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Emil Gregg |
| 729 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #107 |
| 730 | |
| 731 | --> '''Sin-Eater:''' I can smell your sin. Like a mountain so massive that merely contemplating it requires madness. |
| 732 | --> '''Carnage:''' I tried confession, but that really didn't work. |
| 733 | |
| 734 | A man who contacted Eddie Brock claiming to be the Sin-Eater serial killer, but was seemingly exposed as a compulsive confessor. In the wake of Carnage's morality (or lack thereof) being altered by the events of ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'', he was found to have died, but returns as a sin-eating demon, and places the symbiote serial killer in his crosshairs after Cletus interferes with his mission to wipe out the press. After becoming Dark Carnage, Cletus used his new symbiote to reanimate Gregg and send him after Eddie Brock. |
| 735 | ---- |
| 736 | For more information on him, please refer to the Venom '''[[Characters/VenomRoguesGallery Rogues Gallery]]''' page. |
| 737 | [[/folder]] |
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