#maximum carnage

[comfortfoodcontent]

Maximum Carnage Commercial

#maximum carnage #acclaim #commercials #comfort food gifs #carnage #venom #spider-man #video games #video game commercials #1994 #90s #1990s #90s commercials

[b-r-o-w-n-o]

🕷️Mark Bagley🕷️

#carnage #venom #spider-man #maximum carnage #art #purple #comic #retro #aesthetic

[segacity]

Game Players, August '94 - 'Maximum Carnage' cover.

#Maximum Carnage #Game Players #SEGA

[samasmith23]

I just love the logic Black Cat utilizes to convince Venom to stop arguing with Spider-Man over the latter's decision to save the two instead of pursuing Carnage's gang! It’s so simple but effective!

From Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #201 by J.M. DeMatteis & Sal Buscema.

#spider man #peter parker #venom #eddie brock #venom symbiote #black cat #felicia hardy #maximum carnage #jm dematteis #sal buscema #90s comics #marvel comics

[extraordinary-heroes]

Maximum Carnage (Cover art by Iban Coello)

#spiderman #iban coello #spider man #venom #carnage #maximum carnage #marvel #comics #textless cover art #superheroes

[holy-shit-comics]

#spider-man #spiderman #spider man #venom #carnage #deathlok #iron fist #captain america #cap america #shriek #marvel #marvel comics #comics #maximum carnage #spider-man unlimited #web of spider man #web of spider-man #web of spiderman #spectacular spider man #spectacular spider-man #spectacular spiderman #amazing spider-man #amazing spider man #amazing spiderman #comic books

[episodicnostalgia]

Comic Book Break: The Venom Symbiote

Featured art by Ron Lim: Covers for Marvel Tales #266-268 Mark Bagley: Carnage/Spidey/Venom Poster Ron Frenz: Cover for Amazing Spider-Man #252

I grew up as a Spider-man fan in the 90’s, which means I (predictably) thought Venom was the coolest villain of all time.  My Dad introduced me to Spidey’s ‘modern era’ shortly after Carnage first hit the scene, which means the Symbiote villains were a hot topic.  As such, my first introduction to both Venom and Carnage would be in the pages of ‘The Amazing Spider-man’ #365, and boy did that issue leave an impression. 

You see up to that point my fascination with the web head was moderately new, and I remained largely ignorant to the finer points of his lore.  My Dad had just begun to re-discover comic books for the first time since his childhood, and this particular issue was a extra sized anniversary edition, replete with a holographic cover, character histories, and even a handful of bonus stories that were framed around various side characters who could reminisce about Spider-man’s classic tales.  It was a handy way to bring new readers up to speed, and it worked well enough on my Dad (much to my approval) for him to continue collecting until the Clone Saga ruined everything.  ASM #365 also featured this absolute BANGER of a poster by Mark Bagley.  Check it out!

That image was seared into my brain, and two things became abundantly clear to me 1) Those villains were unequivocally, the greatest characters in modern literature, and 2) I needed to know why. Obviously I asked my Dad who those guys were, and he proceeded to explain the basic premise of the Symbiote suit and it’s history with Spider-man.  Needless to say, I became obsessed with finding an issue, ANY ISSUE, that featured Venom and/or Carnage; I wanted to know everything about these guys.  The only obstacle that stood between me and my goal was my age, as I was still quite young, and I think my folks were just the tiniest bit leery of exposing me to a characters who looked and behaved like, if we’re being honest, bloodthirsty hell demons (or brain thirsty, as the case may be).

As luck would have it, my dad found a pretty fair compromise in the pages of ‘Marvel Tales’.  MT was a series that featured reprints of classic-or-topical spider-man comics from days of yore, often with new cover art by a current artist.  Since the introduction of Carnage was turning heads towards the Spider-man books (also around the same time the comic book speculators boom was taking off)  it was a prime opportunity for Marvel to reprint the issues of ASM that introduced the original symbiote creature (written by Roger Stern).  So, my dad bought me several issues (pictured up top, and immediately below) to satiate my curiosity for another year before I finally got finally see Venom himself, and in the mean time I was simply delighted to be reading the origin story as I went.

Since those days, my interest in Venom has wavered dramatically depending on the project/medium/who’s writing him, and I’ve found much of what’s been produced fairly underwhelming; but my admiration of the design for Spider-man’s black costume has remained steadfast.  If I’m being (perhaps heretically) honest, I almost prefer the black costume to the original.  Something about it just feels so correct for the character, and clearly I’m not the only person who felt as much.  Despite some initial push-back,  the black costume had garnered enough support by the end of the 8-issue symbiote saga, for it to be brought back as just a ‘regular costume, but with the symbiote aesthetic.’ From that point on, it would feature regularly for several years before Venom officially inherited the look.

And just to be clear, no I wouldn’t ever truly want to replace Spider-man’s classic look, but you gotta admit, the black suit looks mighty slick.

#spiderman the animated series #spiderman #black suit spider man #symbiote suit #venom symbiote #venom origin #venom #eddie brock #marvel comics #comic books #retrospective #marvel tales #the amazing spider man #carnage #maximum carnage #mark bagley #ron frenz #roger stern #ron lim #90s comics #scifi #80s comics #carnage symbiote #retro review #episodic nostalgia

[davewatt]

David Watt - Spectacular Spider-Man #203 watercolor, 2024

#art #painting #contemporary art #contemporary painting #watercolor #comics #spider man #maximum carnage #carnage #marvel #contemporary artists #artists on tumblr #dave watt

[taco-flavored-art]

After 10,000 years it is finally done. My Sal Buscema style Carnage that I was SUPPOSED to do after my Ultimate CINO picture... then I got talked into drawing Shriek (in my style) as well. Which she is my first drawing of a woman ever... so, there ya go.

#Cletus Kasady #Frances Barrison #Carnage #Shriek #Maximum Carnage #Spider-Man #Marvel

[humbababa]

Thing I Noticed In Spider-Man 2 - PS5

So I just beat Spider-Man 2 on PS5, and it was great! I noticed there's a neat little detail though. Spoilers for if you haven't beat the game yet

There's a part where you

get to play as Venom, which is awesome, and his Spider-sense is little lightning bolts

which is different from Spider-Man's more circle-ey sense

The thing is, the last video game I played where you could play as both Spider-Man and Venom was in the Super Nintendo game Maximum Carnage.

And you know how they did the Spider-sense in that game?

Little lightning bolts!

I really loved that old game (even though I was terrible at it) and that was a very small reference that brought me a very large amount of joy.

#Spider-Man #Spider-Man PS5 #Spider-Man 2 PS5 #venom #carnage #maximum carnage #spider sense #ps5 #playstation #super nintendo #nintendo #snes

[evaamoor]

#art #artist #marvel #shriek marvel #shriek #frances louise barrison #frances barrison #cletus kasady #carnage art #carnage #carnage marvel #maximum carnage #carnage x shriek #cletus x frances #spider man #venom

[comfortfoodcontent]

1994 Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage Comic Ad

#Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage #maximum carnage #video games #video game magazine ads #print ads #comic ads #magazine ads #marvel #spider-man #comfort food spider-man #1994 #90s #1990s #carnage #venom

[kingoftieland]

At MAXIMUM STRENGTH, Carnage can take down the Hulk! 😱

#fun fact #fun facts #trivia #comics #comic books #marvel #marvel comics #marvel comic books #marvel characters #marvel superheroes #hulk #the hulk #the incredible hulk #bruce banner #carnage #absolute carnage #cletus kasady #immortal hulk #maximum carnage #venom #symbiote #venom symbiote #knull #king in black

[treverscottcameron]

#carnage #cletus kasady #carnage symbiote #maximum carnage #absolute carnage #venom let there be carnage #venom #spiderman #king in black #marvel comics #marvel universe #marvel fanart #marvel

[samasmith23]

J.M. DeMatteis gave us what very well be my personal favorite Carnage quote in Part 4 of the epic Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage crossover!

“THERE… IS… NO… PLAN! Life is meaningless! Chaos! The universe has NO center! It’s creator is a drooling idiot! So repeat after me: the only purpose is NO purpose! The only plan is NO plan!”

It perfectly encapsulates what an insane psychopathic killer religiously dedicated to pure chaos and destruction that Cletus Kasady is!

From Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #201 by J.M. DeMatteis & Sal Buscema.

#spider man #peter parker #carnage #cletus kasady #shriek #Francis Louise Barrison #demogoblin #Spider Doppelgänger #maximum carnage #90s comics #jm dematteis #sal buscema #marvel comics

[nineties-effect]

#90s #90s aesthetic #90s vibes #1990s #90's Games #90s style #Super Nintendo #SNES #Sega Genesis #Sega #Spider-Man #Venom #Carnage #Maximum Carnage #1994