Marvel Comics: Carnage Explained | Comics Explained 

What made Maximum Carnage so good was the concept of Carnage building a team , and using family terms for each member. Carnage was literally creating his own sick family adopting new members with a very user related sociopath team building theme. Either you are useful , or your dead. Shriek was like a wife , with every other member being like a adopted kid. He didn't interact with them much , but would refer to himself as Daddy when leaving on one occasion giving those sick vibes without really doing anything. Shriek often had to validate why Carnage had to keep certain members alive , and not just kill them. Thus making them his children. No other Carnage story ever goes back to this twisted thinking of Carnage ever again . That on some level Kletus Cassady has a desire to be a adoptive father.

Carnage is still one of the most psychotic and evil villains in the whole of the superhero comics genre.

My parents owned a comic shop in the early 90's. The business was totally insane.

You must be getting ready for that absolute carnage event

I fucking loved what Carnage asked for in exchange for saving the world during Axis. I like him best when acts like a hillbilly. Hilarious.

Call me a 90`s kid but I always thought Carnage was underrated.

Who remembers the Maximum Carnage video game back in the 90s???

I collected the entire Maximum Carnage series when it was originally being released. Carnage and Hobgoblin were always my favorite spidey villains.

One of the most brutal and awesome villains in the marvel universe. I also love his blood design

Carnage & Dr Doom are my favourite marvel Villains ☝🏾

Fun Fact: Carnage made Joker feel uneasy in the 90's crossover. :)

I hate how we dont get villains like Carnage as much as before in stories nowadays. A lot of people can't accept villains unless they have some reason to do whatever they want. I just love how simple Carnage was man. All psychotic and murderous. Dude was brutal at.

When you're a kid from a poor family growing up in the 90's, choosing which comics to spend that precious $1.25 on wasn't easy. I've still got my Maximum Carnage comics I got back in those days, several of them with covers that came off after reading them too much. I was never really into Spider-Man or Venom and considered myself mostly just an X-Men fanboy but that series is what helped open me up to the greater world of Marvel.

I would recommend AT LEAST reading Carnage Born before Absolute Carnage. It recounts the origin of Carnage, explains what happened to him post-Venomized, and sets up his goal of killing everyone who ever wore a Symbiote

“ if the Joker had the venom suit” that’s a great explanation of Carnage

Carnage is my favorite villain ever. Pure evil. Someone that just indiscriminately brutally kills everything with no logic or reason. That's scary to me.

Who else came back from venom let there be carnage trailer? 😄😁

This raises a question. What happens when Sabretooth gets the Carnage symbiote.

When Joker and Carnage teamed up, I was kind of excited but then I remembered how stories like those went and was not shocked at all by the complete disappointment that followed.

I swear after every trailer I always check here if Rob has covered the character

Probably one of my most anticipated videos of yours Rob! Hell yeah!!!

TLDR: He's like venom except stronger and more psychotic

Good old rob always saying the wrong name at some point in the video, now it's a proper comics explained video XD

I've always found Venom to be scarier than Carnage. Maybe because Venom was more bigger and vicious

Man what a great video. Thanks for all that you do for the Comic community.

rob i love you for all the love you share, these playlist, these endless amounts of content you provide. thank you rob.

Been listening to your videos from a few months now and didn't know I wasn't subscribed, had to fix that... Keep up the amazing work bro!!!

I swear venom 2 better be r rated cause otherwise I can’t see carnage being done justice

I really enjoy the work you do on this channel Dude! Keep up the awesome videos

love the videos man, truly helps me a little more insight into the characters I'm fond of

Who else has beat Maximum Carnage on Sega Genesis? That game is sooo damn hard.

what made carnage really great is that he was similar to the character in the silence of the lambs with superpowers. You then take that character and give him something to care about Shriek in essence was that plot hook and her need to create a family adopting a group of villains was unique storytelling.

The absolute Carnage story is basically, if Carnage became the god of all symbiotes.

One detail regarding the creation of Carnage: Erik Larsen didn't actually design the Carnage symbiote, he was only involved with the creation of Cletus Kasady the individual. The Carnage symbiote was actually designed and first drawn by Mark Bagley. Thanks for the video though, Rob. I went on memory lane for a good part of this video

Great video! ✌️

I’m surprised you haven’t done maximum carnage yet. Hopefully you get to it in the future

Marvel: Maximum Carnage Rob: Absolute Havoc, Absolute Madness Also Rob: hence the name...

Another great video , there’s a tone of information in your videos , help people to understand the insides and out of characters,

You, Comicstorian, and the recent Venom comics got me back into collecting.

I've been waiting for this video for so long

Carnage one of my favorite marvel characters.

Nothing like a good ol' character explanation.

Marvel: Let's make thousands of copies! Comic Book Worth = $0.00 suffering from success...

Maximum carnage is my favorite video game

Yessss this has been a long time coming

I've been waiting for this video for so long

Carnage is one of my favourite marvel villians.

Yea he may have peaked in the '90s but I'm still very interested in how Donny Cates is gonna write him!!! Donny Cates is killing it right now!!!

I'm so excited for Absolute Carnage, thanks for making this explanation video Rob :)

Good job!

I have been waiting for SO LONG for this episode lol

I love watching these even though I know about most the characters

Thanks for this video 💪💪💪

🖤 love your thorough explanations 🖤

Thank you so much for this, he and Mysterio are my 2 all time favourite villians.

You said venom when you mean carnage in your blood talk

I remember Maximum Carnage...I even had the video game on Super Nintendo...

Thank you, Rob. :) Keep up the good work.

2 million coming! Congrats Rob!!!

Carnages origin episode in the Spider-Man Animated Series is one of my favorites

Rob: What if the Joker became Venom? Me: What if Carnage bonded with Joker 😳

Soon the whole world will see that the way to freedom is chaos and the way to chaos is carnage

My favorite villain of all. I love Galactus, Eternity, Infinity and the cosmics etc. But Carnage is my personal favorite.

YES I LOVE WHEN YOU EXPLAIN THE CHARACTERS

7:00 that Spider-Man it is horrifying lol

Hey Rob how about an episode on some of the great artwork in comics? Keep up the good work and energy

A fight between carnage and classic sabertooth would be awesome

WHOOOOOAAAAA!!! You broke character, Rob! Lol. You didn't start with "Ok..."

carnage explained- crazy ginger covered in slime👍👍

I wish I got to experience reading comics in the 80s and 90s thank god for this channel I can hear the origins they are so interesting😊🖤

Another great breakdown, thanks bro

Love it 🤙

Soon comes chaos Chaos soon comes

Good video.

Carnage is badass

The actor for Rorschach would play him perfectly

Imagine joker with carnage symbiote

Can't wait for Venom 2.

*Raises hand* Demigoblin?

Nailed it!

Have you done a vid on Tombstone yet? I love the fights and dialogue between him and Spiderman on the 90s Spiderman cartoon. I would love to know more about him from you.

when he had that book, he used it to gain immunity to his fire weakness

Basically he’s a stronger, crazier, and red Venom

My Man!!! Dude, mate! Cheers!

Carnage is raw!!!

The whole of the symbiote stories peaked in the 90's that's why I love this return and revamped stories it gives carnage and venom new life!

I don't think it's a coincidence I got a Venom let there be Carnage ad for this video😂

who else hear after the new Venom trailer with carnage?

I hope the movie is rated R or else carnage won't be able to show how evil and devilish he truly is.

Can you do a gambit story ..I'd sub if ya did lmao but fr,my favorite part if gambit and caught me off guard when he was a spy thanks

Dammm 5 ad breaks really tears this video apart.

362 was the first comic I ever bought when I was 10 years old. the cover was just so badass.

One thing I really wish would happen is getting more love for the other symbiotes like Hybrid. Venom is really the only symbiote that gets a lot of fame while the others are left in the dust, Carnage least of all but still.

Spiderman 361-363 were the first comic books I ever bought. Awesome story

I really like this new style of explanation

You know what Robby guy,( random and late because I return to your videos atleast a couple times a year) after listening to your videos over the last 2 years (just to put into context, I’ve listened to ATLEAST one or two of your videos every single day since about roughly 2 years ago) you have helped me: (and please keep in mind this is a very simplified version of what I’d like to say to you) 1) bring my imagination back 2) help me fall asleep through good and tough times when my brain just won’t shut up *3)correct my grammar* *sounds like a roast at first, but stick with me here. when you take in the fact that for the most part, you rip out these amazing videos filled with detailed content, mostly off the TOP OF YOUR DOME, it is only worthy of the label “admirable”. I’m not naive and just believe you have every detail of every event that has happened in DC/Marvel comics since their conception completely memorized; so I know you have a script from writers. (Atleast now now that you have reached the level of popularity you’re at) But what I’m trying to get at is that what you do In your videos is spectacular and incredible. Please keep doing what you’re doing and posting as often as you do because honestly brother, you help me get through my days and nights, no matter my mood/state of mind. Grateful to you Rob, I hope you see this comment and that it puts a smile on your face because its the least I can do in return for what you have and continue to do for me.

Hey cool I was talking about Carnage at work today with my buddy and I haven't seen one of these in a while

A.Bout.Time! Rob, THANK YOU!

Carnage Born is actually really good, and probably a must-read in order to really understand the plot of Absolute Carnage. Slightly disappointed you didn’t mention anything from it. Hoping it’s in another video coming soon lol

hey Rob , major carnage fan here , just saying you forgot to mention Carnage Unleashed that came in responce to is popularity. Granted not the best story , but it had a key moment in our history in my opinion. Video games and the internet.