Carnage (Marvel Comics)

## Summary

**Carnage** is a recurring antagonist in the *Spider-Man* subdivision of *Marvel Comics*. Originally known as Cletus Kasady, he was essentially psychotic since childhood, having murdered or tortured his family and burning down his own orphanage. By his adulthood, Kasady was a diagnosed sociopath and a serial killer, having murdered so many individuals that, when he was finally caught, he was given eleven consecutive life sentences.

Eventually, Eddie Brock was imprisoned as well and broke free shortly afterwards. However, the Venom Symbiote was pregnant at the time, and gave birth to a blood-red and black spawn known as "Carnage", which eventually bonded with Kasady, amplifying his power tremendously and allowing him to wreak havoc on New York City. Since then, Carnage has remained a consistent foe to the web-slinger to this day.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** At least **8-B**

**Name:** Cletus Kasady, Carnage

**Origin:** Marvel Comics

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** Presumably in his 20s or 30s

**Classification:** Human bonded to a Klyntar (Alien Symbiote), Convicted Criminal, Spawn of Venom | Host of the Grendel Symbiote | Carnage Symbiote possessing Silver Surfer

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Multiple Selves (Type 3; Cletus and Carnage coexist in a symbiotic relationship), Regeneration (Low-High; the Symbiote is in Cletus's bloodstream and it can reform itself from a puddle of flesh or even a cell), Surface Scaling (Can adhere to and climb nearly any surface), Transformation, Body Control, Elasticity and Sizeshifting (Can restructure the Symbiote in various different ways, such as tentacles, transforming into clothes to disguise itself. Can also manipulate itself to a molecular size and back to normal size. Can sprout wings and fly), Weapon Creation, Can produce organic webbing, Flight (Carnage can grow a pair of wings and use them to fly), the Symbiote can transmit itself through technology and wiring, Absorption (Can become one with every atom of a person that he bonds with), Duplication, Limited Reactive Evolution (When Kasady was taken into space by the Sentry, the Carnage symbiote was able to save his life by growing small sacks around his mouth that converted carbon dioxide into oxygen), Mind Manipulation (By connecting one of his tendrils to someone's brain, he can screw with their mind by sharing his own thoughts and driving them insane), Madness Manipulation (Type 2), Illusion Creation (Entered Eddie Brock and put him in an illusion, which he initially believed was real and falsely spent 2 weeks on, despite far less time really happening. Claimed he could make Eddie relive every horrific nightmare and fear for a while), Possession (Can spread his Symbiote to others and possess them), Immunity to earthly diseases, poisons, sound attacks, and the Spider-Sense

**Attack Potency:** At least **City Block level** (Threw away both Venom and Spider-Man showing he is superior to the two combined)

**Speed: Relativistic+**

**Lifting Strength:** **Class M** (Stronger than Venom)

**Striking Strength:** At least **City Block Class**

**Durability:** At least **City Block level** (Tanked missiles explosions)

**Stamina:** Very high (Likely due to his insanity, Carnage is capable of taking incredible amounts of damage without slowing down, to the point where not even being torn in half succeeded in stopping him for long)

**Range:** Standard melee range. Tens of meters with the extensions of his Symbiote. Tens of kilometers when stretched to maximum length (Managed to stretch far enough to search the entirety of New York City)

**Standard Equipment:** Carnage Symbiote

**Intelligence:** Gifted (Although his psychopath behavior might disadvantage him)

**Weaknesses:** Sonic and heat type based attacks