Detective Jonathan Shayde

Detective Jonathan Shayde is a Marvel investigator who finds himself drawn into cases involving the symbiote killer Carnage, navigating the darkest and most dangerous corners of New York alongside figures like Spider-Man and Miles Morales.

A creature of the Modern Age's darkest corners, Detective Jonathan Shayde stepped onto the scene in 2022's Carnage #1 — the brainchild of writer Ram V and artist Francesco Manna — and immediately found himself navigating one of Marvel's most harrowing beats. Over a compact but intense run through Carnage, Miles Morales: Spider-Man, and Carnage Reigns, Shayde keeps extraordinarily dangerous company, sharing pages with the likes of Carnage, Spider-Man, Miles Morales, and the ever-haunting specter of Cletus Kasady. Fourteen appearances may sound modest, but when your world brushes up against symbiotic horror at that frequency, every issue counts — and Shayde's presence across multiple interconnected titles marks him as a meaningful thread in one of Marvel's most visceral modern storylines. For readers who dove into Ram V's celebrated Carnage run, he's the kind of grounded human figure who makes the surrounding chaos feel all the more real.