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Cletus Kasady was an insane criminal that later bonded with an alien symbiote and became Carnage.
History
Early life
It was implied that Cletus Kasady was abused as a child. This is possibly what lead Kasady to become an insane and dangerous criminal.
Later life
Serving Dormammu
Arrest
As an adult Cletus Kasady became a criminal. It was implied by Joseph Robertson that Kasady had done terrible and unspeakable things. Robertson also said that Kasady did things that even rival newspapers to the Daily Bugle wouldn't run stories about.
The New York City Police Department eventually caught up with Kasady and had him held up in his childhood home. Despite this Detective Terri Lee entered the home and attempted to capture Kasady herself.
As Terri Lee entered a room Kasady surprised her and knocked her gun out of her hand. Spider-Man was able to arrive very quickly. As Spider-Man was about to tackle Kasady he pulled up his shirt revealing that he had a bomb strapped to his chest. However, Spider-Man grabbed the bomb off of Kasady and was able to get out of the building. Spider-Man then threw the bomb into the air where it exploded safely over New York City.
Kasady was then arrested and sent the the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane where he was put in a cell next to Eddie Brock.
Bonding to the symbiote
Attacking Stark Enterprises
Draining life forces
Going after Terri Lee
Defeat
Counter-Earth
Powers and weaknesses
Powers
Weaknesses
The Carnage symbiote is naturally weakened by intense sounds and intense sonic waves.
The symbiote can also be weakened by fire and intense heat.
In the comics
Cletus Kasady had a troubled childhood. He killed his grandmother by pushing her down a flight of stairs, and tortured his mother's dog, Fifi. Afterward, his father killed his mother, and received no defense from Kasady during his trial. As an orphan, Kasady was sent to the St. Estes Home for Boys, where his antisocial behavior made him a target of abuse from both the other orphans and the staff. Kasady gained revenge by murdering the disciplinarian administration, pushing a girl who refused a date with him in front of a bus and burning down the orphanage.
As an adult Cletus Kasady became a serial killer. He was arrest and sent to Ryker's Island after killing seven people - though he bragged about killing a dozen more - where he shared a cell with Eddie Brock. The symbiote later found Brock at Ryker's and re-bonded to Brock once again turning him into Venom. Venom then escaped Ryker's Island. However, unknown to Eddie Brock the symbiote was pregnant and gave birth to another symbiote while at Ryker's. The symbiote spawn then bonded to Kasady turning him into Carnage.
Carnage then went on a killing spree in New York City and it took the combined efforts of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and Venom to defeat Carnage.
Appearances
Spider-Man: The Animated Series
Spider-Man: Unlimited
- World's Apart, Part One
- World's Apart Part Two
- Where Evil Nests
- Deadly Choices
- One is the Loneliest Number
- Destiny Unleashed, Part One
Trivia
- Had a sixth season been produced Madame Web would have taken Spider-Man to 19th century England to find Mary Jane Watson. While in that time period Spider-Man would have fought Carnage who would have been revealed to be Jack the Ripper.
- In Spider-Man: Unlimited, Carnage was voiced by Michael Donovan.