The Carnage Legacy

2 heroes have worn the Carnage mantle.

The originalheld the mantle from 1991

Cletus Cortland Kasady

The Amazing Spider-Man #344 (1991) · 159 appearances

Powers. Bonded to the Carnage symbiote: superhuman strength/speed/durability, shapeshifting, organic weapon/tendril generation, wall-crawling, camouflage, no Spider-sense trigger; insane serial-killer combatant even without the symbiote.

Origin

Convicted serial killer Cletus Kasady shared a prison cell with Eddie Brock, and when Brock's Venom symbiote broke him out, it left behind an offspring that bonded with Kasady through his bloodstream — producing Carnage, a symbiote-powered killer far more unhinged and lethal than Venom.

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Successorheld the mantle from 2025

Carnage

New Avengers #1 (2025) · 28 appearances

Origin

A modern iteration of the Carnage identity introduced in 2025, this version quickly became entangled in major Marvel storylines across titles including The Amazing Spider-Man and Venom, though the specifics of who wears the symbiote remain unrevealed.

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