Issue 55 - Cletus Kasady

To tie in with the Absolute Carnage storyline, Anthony & Doc tackle Carnage himself, CLETUS KASADY! What treatment is there for a deranged, amoral serial killer bonded to a symbiote? Doc has the answers! Listen now! SHOW NOTES: Intro Shoutout to Cage's Kiss podcast – Every episode covers another Nicolas Cage film Background (02:36) Cletus Kasady created by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen in The Amazing Spider-Man #344 (March 1991) Created because Michelinie wanted to kill off Eddie Brock in ASM 400, but he was too popular – Aunt May killed off instead Born in Ravencroft Asylum, but his heart stopped for a few minutes until he was revived by an ancient evil who foresaw that Cletus would be the one to free him As a child, he pushed his grandmother down a flight of stairs and killed her, threw a hair dryer in the bathtub with his mother, and killed his mother's dog with a drill His father went to jail for beating his mother, so he was raised in an orphanage, which he burned down after killing the administrator Grew up to become a serial killer, and shared a cell at Ryker's with Eddie Brock – when the Venom symbiote rebonded with him, a piece broke off and merged with Kasady, creating Carnage Spider-Man and Venom teamed up to defeat him, and the symbiote was thought to be destroyed, but it was bonded to his blood "Maximum Carnage" - he broke out of the Vault and joined other villains to take over New York, until he was defeated by a collection of heroes Later being held in the Raft – escaped, but grabbed by Sentry, flown out of the atmosphere, and ripped in half Repeatedly captured, breaks out, and kills again AXIS – morality inverted and becomes a hero who sacrifices himself to save humanity from the inverted X-Men Absolute Carnage – symbiote returns and bonds with the aforementioned ancient evil to wreak havoc Issues (10:20) Displays Conduct Disorder as a child – intervention could have prevented further problems Nihilist mindset – believes laws are meaningless, and only chaos is true freedom (26:15) Symbiote and its impact on his mental state – (34:30) Break Plugs for Deleter, Play Comics, and Popcorn Psychology Treatment (39:55) In-universe Out of universe (47:10) Skit (54:29) Ending Next episodes - Ultimate Reed Richards (Maker), Survivor's Guilt We have a Discord! Anthony's fundraiser night at George & Martha's Listener survey References: Doc's column for Adventures in Poor Taste - Anthony (01:12) Eddie Brock episode - Anthony (03:52) The Bad Seed - Anthony (06:30) Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage - Anthony (08:24) Sentry episode - Anthony (08:37) Blazing Saddles - "'Scuse me while I whip this out" (NSFW) - Anthony (11:45) The Dark Knight - Hospital scene - Anthony (31:50) Charles Manson family - Doc (47:20) Apple Podcasts: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Spotify: hereTwitterFacebookE-mailPatreonTeePublicDiscord Listener Survey