Carnage Reminds Fans of His Real Origin, Even if Marvel Forgot

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Warning! Spoilers for Carnage Forever #1 ahead!As one of the most vicious killers in the Marvel Universe, it's difficult to imagine anyone forgetting about Cletus Kasady, the symbiote host better known as Carnage. Yet while a new series has launched featuring the deranged villain, it seems that the Marvel Universe has largely forgotten about the character's humble roots.

While the story of the symbiote species has evolved from «alien life-form» to «beings of primordial darkness,» no one in Marvel's New York seems to have paid much attention to the story of this particular symbiote; particularly, to the ruined orphanage of St. Estes, the humble and now dilapidated place Carnage once again calls home.Carnage is more than just a red version of Venom.

Debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #344 by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen, he began as a human serial killer Cletus Kasady, who had the misfortune of being cellmates with Eddie Brock, the host of the Venom symbiote. When Eddie and the symbiote reunited and escaped, some of the symbiote stayed behind and bonded with Kasady through his blood, imbuing him with deadly power and his signature red hue.

Now going by the name Carnage, they went on a terrifying killing spree before ultimately being stopped by Spider-Man. While Kasady's physical form was eventually destroyed, Carnage's combined psyche was preserved in the symbiote hive mind and has since re-emerged as an entity in its own right.Related: Marvel's Venom/Carnage Symbiote Turns Hero in New Variant CoverAs for the St.

Estes Home for Boys, the orphanage is a critical location in Carnage's life. First appearing in Amazing Spider-Man #361 by David Michelinie and Mark Bagley, it is the home where Cletus Kasady grew up — and first