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Carnage
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	(cameo): The Amazing Spider-Man #360 (March 1992) (full): The Amazing Spider-Man #361 (April 1992)
Created by	David Michelinie (writer) Erik Larsen (artist) Mark Bagley (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Cletus Kasady
Species	Human Symbiote
Team affiliations	Carnage Family/Maximum Carnage Astonishing Avengers
Partnerships	Shriek Demogoblin Doppelganger Carrion
Abilities	Alien symbiote

Carnage is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #360. Carnage was created by writer David Michelinie and artists Erik Larsen and Mark Bagley. The character belongs to a race of amorphous extraterrestrial parasites known as the Symbiotes. He is usually depicted as an adversary to Spider-Man, as well serving as an archenemy to Venom. The symbiote has taken many hosts. The original and most notable host from Earth-616 is Cletus Kasady, a serial killer from the Marvel Universe. Norman Osborn and his grandson Normie Osborn have also used the symbiote and have been referred to as the Red Goblin.

In 2009, Carnage was ranked as IGN's 90th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

Writer David Michelinie created Carnage to be a darker version of Venom, intending to have Venom's human alter ego, Eddie Brock, be killed off in The Amazing Spider-Man #400 and have the symbiote continue to bond with a series of hosts. However, as Brock and Venom's popularity increased, Marvel would not allow him to be killed. Michelinie decided to create a new character: a total psychopath who, unlike Venom, had no sense of morality. The character was originally meant to be named "Chaos" and then "Ravage" before being settled on "Carnage". Carnage's human component, Cletus Kasady, was designed by artist Erik Larsen, who modeled the character after the DC Comics supervillain the Joker.Mark Bagley designed the Carnage symbiote.

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