Line #20 Literature/CarnageInNewYork


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2	[[caption-width-right:311:''Carnage In New York'']]
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4	''Carnage In New York'' is a 1995 ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' novel written by David Michelinie and Dean Wesley Smith. Spider-Man rescues Dr. Eric Catrall, a scientist, from government agents. Simultaneously, serial killer [[Characters/MarvelComicsCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]] is brought to New York to undergo an experiment that would purge him of [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage the Carnage symbiote]], which is bonded to his bloodstream. Catrall infiltrates the experiment and in the confusion Carnage escapes, taking Catrall with him. When Catrall turns up in jail, Spider-Man learns he had invented [[PsychoSerum a chemical that drives people insane with bloodlust]], and the government wants it back in order to weaponize it. Even worse, the serum is now in Carnage's possession. Spider-Man is forced to go toe-to-talon with one of his most dangerous foes to retrieve the serum, which could make all of New York just as bloodthirsty as Carnage himself.
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7	[[caption-width-right:290:''Goblin's Revenge'']]
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9	''Goblin's Revenge'' is the sequel to ''Carnage in New York'', written by Dean Wesley Smith in 1996. In the immediate aftermath of the preceding novel, the Green Goblin steals Catrall's serum from Mr. Fantastic, intending to use it on Spider-Man, and breaks Cletus Kasady free from the Vault. Simultaneously, a covert black-ops team working for Lifestream Technologies has been hired to retrieve the serum and is targeting Spider-Man. Peter must now retrieve the serum ''again'', defeat the Green Goblin ''and'' Carnage, ''and'' avoid the hit men gunning for him if he wants to survive.
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13	!! These novels contain examples of the following tropes:
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15	* AntagonistTitle: ''' ''Carnage''' in New York''; '''''Goblin''''s Revenge''.
16	* AxCrazy: Carnage lives up to his name, butchering just about everyone he comes across and plotting to use Catrall's PsychoSerum to make as many people as bloodthirsty as he is. Spider-Man even notes he has to be careful not to expose Cletus to it, since a berserk Carnage is a nightmare situation.
17	* ArcVillain: Carnage is the main antagonist of both novels.
18	* BigBadDuumvirate: The Green Goblin and Carnage team up in ''Goblin's Revenge''... at least until Carnage throws off the Goblin's plans.
19	* BloodierAndGorier: The descriptions of what Carnage does to his victims are notably much more graphic in ''Goblin's Revenge'' than in ''Carnage in New York''. There's also the constant nightmares Spider-Man has after discovering the serum has been stolen, which eventually becomes a reality when the black ops team winds up getting infected with the serum and proceeds to slaughter each other.
20	* CardBoardPrison: Averted: in both books Cletus starts out imprisoned in cells tailor-made to keep him contained, but once he ''does'' escape...
21	* ContinuityNod: ''Goblin's Revenge'' references the events of Diane Duane's ''Literature/SpiderManTheVenomTrilogy'', making the CCRC Trilogy canon to its setting.
22	* DeadPersonImpersonation: The Chameleon impersonates ComicBook/NormanOsborn in ''Goblin's Revenge'' in order to avenge Kraven the Hunter's suicide.
23	* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Both Carnage and the Goblin ''love'' cracking sadistic jokes.
24	* EvilLaugh: Both Carnage and the Goblin, although the former finds the latter's grating.
25	* GambitPileup: Carnage screws up the Chameleon's revenge gambit on Spider-Man, which in turn screws up Borgol's efforts to capture Spider-Man and retrieve Catrall's serum.
26	* HappyEndingOverride: The ending of ''Carnage In New York'' saw Spidey defeat Carnage and successfully recover the serum, giving it to Reed Richards for safekeeping. ''Goblin's Revenge'' begins immediately after Spidey leaves Reed's lab and has the Goblin steal the serum
27	* HatePlague: The PsychoSerum is this, as it increases people's anger so much they go berserk with bloodlust.
28	* IllKillYou: Carnage threatens to tear off Spider-Man's arms and eat them during their first fight in ''Carnage In New York''.
29	* ItsAllMyFault: Spider-Man personally blames himself for each death caused by Venom and Carnage, due to having been the one who brought the Venom symbiote to earth in the first place.
30	* TheMenInBlack: The federal agents hunting Catrall in ''Carnage In New York''.
31	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Catrall's reaction to the government using his incomplete serum as a weapon of mass destruction was to steal his research and flee.
32	* PsychoSerum: Eric Catrall, a scientist working for Lifestream Technologies, accidentally creates a chemical that amplifies aggression. The government immediately tries to steal his research and weaponize it.
33	* ReedRichardsIsUseless: He failed to stop the Green Goblin - or rather, the Chameleon disguised as the Green Goblin - from stealing the serum.
34	* {{Revenge}}: The Chameleon's goal in impersonating the Green Goblin was to avenge his half-brother Kraven.
35	* SanitySlippage: Catrall's paranoia and guilt, worsened by being abducted by Carnage, gradually consume him until he commits SuicideByCop.
36	* SpottingTheThread: The Chameleon's impersonation of ComicBook/NormanOsborn - both as himself and the Green Goblin - was perfect save for one inadvertent flaw: Norman knew Spider-Man was Peter Parker and the Chameleon didn't. The latter makes the mistake of saying he intends to take Peter hostage before going to wait for Spider-Man to arrive, though none of the characters pick up on this.

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