By Jesse Schedeen
Venom 2, a.k.a. Venom: Let There Be Carnage, finally arrives this week! But for the non-comics fans out there, some may be asking... Who exactly is the very red, very scary symbiote bad guy in this movie?
It all started with Spider-Man's black alien costume in the comics, which betrayed him và wound up in the hands of his bitter rival Eddie Brock -- who became Venom. But it also spawned an even meaner và deadlier nemesis in the form of Carnage. This bloodthirsty sadist has racked up quite a toàn thân count over the years, and even the Avengers have been hard-pressed lớn bring him to justice.
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And now the Woody Harrelson character (also known as Cletus Kasady) is finally getting his due on the big screen. With that in mind, here's everything you need to know about this symbiote psychopath...
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Fortunately, Carnage does have weaknesses. He's not as susceptible khổng lồ sonic weapons as Venom, but he is even weaker than Venom is when faced with fire. He's also extremely vulnerable lớn the touch of Anti-Venom, a nhân vật whose entire purpose is khổng lồ hunt down và destroy symbiote. And in Venom 2, director Andy Serkis says Carnage's powers are somewhat different, including the ability to lớn turn into mist!
Carnage: Origin và Background
Given the breakout popularity of Venom after 1988's Amazing Spider-Man #300, it was only a matter of time before Marvel further exploited the concept. Carnage was the first (and by far the most popular) of several new symbiote villains introduced in the early '90s, with Cletus Kasady making his first appearance as Carnage in 1992's Amazing Spider-Man #360 (created by writer David Michelinie & artists Erik Larsen and Mark Bagley) and quickly became a recurring presence in the franchise.
1993 brought about a massive Spider-Man crossover called "Maximum Carnage," arguably the biggest Marvel storyline ever to lớn revolve around this character. It even inspired a video game of the same name (more on that later). "Maximum Carnage" forced Spider-Man và Venom lớn join forces with other Marvel heroes lượt thích Captain America, black Cat, and Cloak and Dagger khổng lồ battle Carnage's alliance of evil.
Carnage remained an active player in the Spider-Man comics throughout the '90s, with several stories featuring the symbiote bonding with characters other than Cletus Kasady. That resulted in some less than beloved hybrid characters lượt thích Spider-Carnage and Cosmic Carnage. Eventually, most fans agreed that the villain had become overexposed. Even Marvel seemed khổng lồ agree, và an early issue of 2004's New Avengers featured Carnage being ripped in half by the Sentry và left lớn die in Earth's orbit.
But few characters stay dead forever in superhero comics, and Carnage eventually made his comeback in a 2010 miniseries called, appropriately enough, Carnage. That book revealed that both the symbiote and Kasady survived bring torn in half. Carnage & follow-up stories lượt thích Carnage USA và Superior Carnage restored the villain khổng lồ his old status quo và once again made him a force to be reckoned with in the Marvel Universe. Still, that didn't stop Carnage from briefly turning over a new leaf in 2014's Avengers và X-Men: AXIS. There, a villain named Red Onslaught (part Red Skull và part Professor X) inverted the minds of many heroes and villains & rendered Carnage temporarily heroic.
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Carnage underwent his most smaimoikethon.comificant overhaul in "Go Down Swinging," the final chapter in writer Dan Slott's decade-long Amazing Spider-Man run. There, the Carnage symbiote bonded with Norman Osborn to khung a new villain called the Red Goblin. That alliance didn't last, but Carnage got another boost in 2019's Absolute Carnage, which shows the villain trying khổng lồ murder everyone on Earth who's ever bonded with a symbiote. He's no longer just Spider-Man và Venom's problem anymore.
Carnage: Beyond the Comics
Carnage has had plenty of room lớn shine on the small screen. Carnage first appeared in animated size in 1994's Spider-Man: The Animated Series (voiced by Scott Cleverdon) and served as a major antagonist in several episodes. He also played a big role in the spinoff series Spider-Man Unlimited (voiced this time by Michael Donovan).
Carnage as seen in Ultimate Spider-Man
Carnage missed out on appearing in 2008's Spectacular Spider-Man, though he was slated khổng lồ show up if the series had lasted longer than two seasons. He did play a recurring role in Marvel's next Spider-Man cartoon, Ultimate Spider-Man (voiced by both Dee Bradley Baker & Fred Tatasciore). That series continued the comic-book trend of having the Carnage symbiote bond with other Marvel characters, resulting in mash-ups lượt thích Carnage-Ock & Carnage-Hulk.
Carnage has also enjoyed a healthy đoạn phim game career dating back khổng lồ the 1992 trò chơi Boy title The Amazing Spider-Man 2. He was a major boss khủng character in 1994's Spider-Man và Venom: Maximum Carnage và its sequel, Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety, both of which are inspired by the comic book storylines of the same name. Carnage has also appeared in everything from LEGO Marvel Super Heroes to Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions to lớn Marvel Puzzle Quest. The video clip game adaptation of 2014's Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie even offered a glimpse of what Carnage might have looked like in Sony's rebooted Spider-Man universe (of the time).
For years the villain was rumored lớn be the main antagonist in Sony's Venom solo movie. At one point that movie was even reportedly titled Venom Carnage. However, Riz Ahmed's character Carlton Drake wound up being the main baddie -- as a different symbiote villain called Riot -- in the film. Woody Harrelson had a small role as Cletus Kasady in the movie, setting up his transformation into Carnage for the sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, where he will co-star with Tom Hardy.
September 27, 2021: This story has been updated with the latest information about Venom: Let There Be Carnage.
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