Symbiotes have INTERNET POWERS! | Venom: Carnage Unleashed

When the video game "Carnage Unleashed" becomes a hit, it provides the psychopathic Cletus Kasady with the opportunity to gain his freedom -and renew his sadistic reign of chaos on the streets! The only way to stop a bad symbiote? A good(ish) symbiote! Watch Venom take on Carnage! Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #venom #carnage #spiderman
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[@comicpop]

Buy Venom: Carnage Unleashed! amzn.to/3UqnfmQ

[@jjh01harmon38]

@@heartattack9234 Well, I know what I'm doing this week

[@MrFaceNumeroUno]

27:56 Clue: The Carnage Edition should be a short if it isn't one already

[@Donovan00]

My favorite part of comicpop is when there's Ethan and/or Ben want clarification about some nonsensical thing and Sal knows its nonsense and let's out an exasperated "okay, so..."😂😂

[@chrisdaily2077]

Venom: Reminding us that the internet can be filled with carnage.

[@HOTD108_]

SURF THE WEB! SURF THE WEB!

[@CamWG95]

Loving the flannel trio. In appropriate Carnage(TM), Venom(TM) and... Hobgoblin(TM) colours!

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

"Now that Carnage is beaten, what do we do now?" "What do you mean? Now we can finally play the game." "Oh yeah."

[@Grievousish]

I lost the game

[@dharmabird1]

@@Grievousish damn it

[@shiningnight12]

Nice south park reference

[@yolanda8563]

I live to win.

[@Ducaso]

Ayyy lmao

[@ChildishSymbino]

You know what's crazy? I checked the Marvel wiki for Kirstin, and found out that she appears OUTSIDE of these Venom stories, too. Larry Hama included her and Clive both in some Wolverine issues he did!

[@oof313]

Yep!! I don't know why but I'm inexplicably fond of her. I just think she's neat. The 90s' Venom comics have a lot of side characters that showed up for maybe 2-3 comics that I ended up getting attached to...

[@priceyyeti4058]

I've Googled synonyms for Unleashed, Maximum, and Absolute and there still over a dozen words left they can use for over a dozen Carnage stories.

[@JohnClark-tt2bl]

I'm still waiting for when carnage turns into an academic. Irrefutable Carnage....😄

[@bZman]

@@JohnClark-tt2blI want the comedic adventures in Irreverent Carnage

[@connorpalmer6454]

I think they gotta go word salad carnage next. Just make him a bunch of adjectives. Immense Inevitable Insane Carnage. Go big or go home

[@bZman]

@@connorpalmer6454he incredible and amazingly arduous adventures of the insane, ineffable, irreverent, and audacious carnage

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

Oooh, this is fun, let me try: - *Indisputable Carnage:* In which Cletus Kasady joins a debate club for supervillains in order to destroy his enemies with facts and logic…and also with symbiotes. - *Infinitesimal Carnage:* The sequel to Minimum Carnage, but even smaller. - *Ambiguous Carnage:* In which Carnage may or may not be a character in this comic - it’s sort of unclear. - *Ornamental Carnage:* Cletus Kasady vs. Santa Claus.

[@oof313]

My favorite part of this entire thing is that Eddie just...tells Kirstin that her lyrics need work, not so much as a hi, hello, hey, just "why is THAT your rhyme scheme??" He has this tendency, really, to just start talking to strangers, just jumping right into what he thinks of them without so much as a "hey." Why is he like that. Very relatable to me, though.

[@bensneb360]

It would be hilarious if Venom defeated Carnage’s internet powers by picking up a lane line while Carnage used the internet, that would be so 90’s lol

[@Iceteague1]

I feel bad for Larry Hama because he was doing a lot of fill in work in comics while also being the main writer for Wolverine and his Wolverine run is pretty good for the most part. Heck he came back for a mini series this year and it was pretty good.

[@langleymneely]

1:08:06 “Who the fuck is Kirsten… and why do we CARE!?!” 🤣😂 Priceless Sal reaction!

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

(Around 1:08:45) Then he tries to save him with webbing but fails and it becomes a Gwen Stacy allegory... "You killed the junkie I knew for 5 minutes, and now you're going to DIE!"

[@Ka_Five]

"I didn't even know what a Carnage was." "But you knew you wanted it!" is the most Sega Genesis thing I've ever heard

[@rivwilson9330]

I effing love the mental image whenever Sal describes himself, as a kid, reading a comic and contemplating how egregious and confounding a writer's decision is

[@gordondawson-tibbits1657]

I could watch a couple hours of them debating whether the symbiote is a person in the eyes of the law

[@bZman]

I would argue that technically Carnage has no rights to his likeness as a “public figure”

[@codystork3008]

If Cletus was a character in Clue I think my guess would always be in the form of Cletus with blank in blank regardless of the evidence

[@cybercop0083]

That would be profiling. But on the other hand, you would always end up winning. So what would be the lesson?

[@christophersantos7607]

I like how Ethan's shirt matches Carnage, Sal's shirt matches Venom, and Ben's shirt matches... the couch lol

[@anthonyhudak9363]

Sal's face in the thumbnail would be the reaction if they announce more Morbius movies

[@Sicod79]

This Carnage story had so much impact on the 90s that I do not remember it at all. And I had a ton of comics from the 90s.

[@bZman]

The story of this book is so insane. Carnage has the craziest stories. We have zombie carnage, tiny carnage, silver surfer carnage, powerless carnage who just gets naked and paints himself red, and now we have internet carnage.

[@joeclarke7982]

What comic is naked powerless Carnage from? I do not remember that but it sounds terribly amazing lol

[@bZman]

@@joeclarke7982 there was a story where he had lost the symbiote and painted himself red and kept killing people, it was peter parker spiderman #13

[@joeclarke7982]

@@bZman thank you very much sir

[@bZman]

@@joeclarke7982 no problemo

[@kgaventura13]

I thought nothing could top the venom: let there be carnage movie... And I was so wrong, so so very wrong. This should have been the sequel to venom 😂

[@Night221Shadow]

They should retcon Screentime to having gotten his experimental internet gas from this book.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

Who?

[@Night221Shadow]

@@TupocalypseShakur Look up the New Warriors video Critikal made. It’s goofy.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

@@Night221Shadow you mean the comic that never came out?

[@hobowagonable]

"Ska is not dead! This gigantic robot ..."

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

1:11:36 Getting caught with heroine and he was like "no! It's for research!"

[@nickyt.2157]

1:31- I love whenever Sal reminds us how many parts Maximum Carnage was and how much crazy shit happened in it and it still didn’t matter.

[@TevyaSmolka]

Carnage and venom in the internet itself is super weird story and very crazy.

[@YalkYalk_]

Such an iconic cover for such a strange story lol

[@mr.goblin6039]

I love when you guys do these types of stories on the show. The wildest shit tends to get the funniest moments. 😂

[@jasonbuchanan7042]

My favorite New Jersey Lumberjacks reading one of my favorite guilty pleasure stories!

[@benjaminloudly]

Lmfao. I remember buying all of these off the stands. Back in the day when the only way they could convey the idea of the internet in fiction was as if it was some virtual reality/video game type experience (think the movie "Hackers").

[@Grievousish]

*Sees the title* "Okay, I gotta see how that shit occurs".

[@spoogtastic]

Did sal just make a legal eagle reference! Fuck I love these guys

[@mikecremedas]

Now I really want ComicPop to crossover with Legal Eagle 😅

[@anothercleverusername992]

_"Oops, all fights!"_ 😂🤣😂🤣 SO funny, and completely ignored.

[@sketcher445]

At this point there’s probably a Cletus Kasady Netflix series in the Marvel universe

[@nicksmyth4050]

That’s one of the reasons I LOVE the Venom movies, cause they lean into the campy, cheesy, ridiculousness of the 90s comics

[@cybercop0083]

Yay! Venom 1 was like a reskinned remake of The mask (1994)

[@oof313]

Same here!! It's a very controversial opinion, but boy am I quite stubborn on it.

[@oof313]

32:07 this comic made me realize that online dating is way older of a concept than I thought it was

[@oof313]

that and the fact that the corporate bad guy basically invented the concept of freemium...this comic has aged better than it should have while being so UNBELIEVABLY dated at the same times

[@Bobbybillybillbob]

@26:00 they should have sold it as Carnage sitting in his cell playing as Carnage, while you and everyone else playing the game, technically are playing as Spiderman and Venom, that way you could actually say your fighting Cletus from his cell

[@nikthedestroyalator6796]

9:05 I always imagined the reason Spider-Man's spider sense doesn't work on Venom is because by being on Peter for so long, somehow the symbiote learned how to circumvent it.

[@oof313]

Yeah, I thought that too- it had the opportunity to study it and learned to mask itself.

[@cybercop0083]

Carnage Unleashed was ahead of its time. A free2play asymmetrical multiplayer game? And the crazy is not allowed to profit off his crimes? Goodbye Xerox, farewell Apple. I’m investing in „Excessive Violence Inc.“

[@danielavvollanum1917]

26:02 Elementary, my dear Baragona. (Astoundingly astute!)

[@flywheelshyster]

Gonna listen to this 3x in its 24 hrs 😆 actually no wakeup with comic pop in the morning so background here now at work, more actual watch when I get home. All peace always population!

[@MrCeratix]

The best episodes end with "I'm sorry"

[@PurplePaddy]

What a throw back to public school reading 😂😂 this story was nuts love it

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

Clive isn't paralised. He's just pretending for research

[@goodpeople25]

Well yeah the "EMT" who gave that diagnosis was just somebody pretending to be one for research purposes.

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

@@goodpeople25 this is how we ended up with Jared Leto pretending to be crippled for Morbius.

[@gerasandoval8649]

Love how they are all wearing plaid in different colors. Tis the season

[@deepstatethrombosis]

I wish I had friends that I could hang out with & talk like this with. Or play d&d with. I'd take either. Appreciate the videos, guys.

[@MrFaceNumeroUno]

I have two luckily even in my advanced ish age. One lives 5 states away sadly. But the other one just an hour or so. Take my advice. If you should find friends like mine, you keep them forever.

[@6ixur541]

I love the random "Son of a Buck" tiktok reference at the end.

[@32french]

Ian is on absolute fire this episode...great job as always!

[@zetsubanned4308]

The idea of Carnage paying rent makes me happy inside.

[@adrianvelante8014]

11:26 Ethan gives the rest of humanity too much credit considering someone made a Columbine video game

[@ryebreadreturn1]

Yeah but it wasn't a major release with a huge company promoting it. That's the part about this book that's unrealistic.

[@adrianvelante8014]

@@ryebreadreturn1 fair enough

[@Freddie2916]

Venom wants to kill Carnage, because of the Maximum Carnage video game is popular. 😂

[@shawnfrieler1187]

At the mention of Larry Hama, my mind swims with images of GI Joe comics and file cards.

[@towlie710]

I read Venom back in the day- I'm glad you spent so long on the videogame because that's what I remember most from that series. That and the dog and drill scene.

[@TheAlanRaptor]

"He he he!! Surf the web! Surf the web!"

[@BeatAces]

Cap may not sign off on that likeness usage. But the US War Bonds council would

[@Justice4Skye]

Thank goodness, always can count on you all.

[@ChristopherZubin]

I always thought a runcible spoon was just from a bit of nonsense verse. Lewis Caroll?

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

My fave will always be MINIMUM CARNAGE!

[@jakekent836]

I’m honestly one of the maniacs that would love to go through that Carnage maze at Universal. I went through a similar one themed to Arkham at the Warner Bros Studio lot. That shiz was badass

[@zaphero5518]

Holy crum, I just checked when that Carnage Halloween Horror Night was and apparently *it was 2002!?* Not even when Carnage was new!? What in the multiverse were they thinking!?

[@tman1782]

Hope y'all do minimum Carnage one day it was cool

[@Onani_Master]

I wonder if that time Brock as anti-venom cured someone of heroin addiction using his stupid anti-venom powers is a reference to this

[@yosh3490]

yay! now i can git through my 12 hour shift. Thanks comic pop!

[@cozen_kevalas]

Ah, they should bring this internet power back for the symbiotes, in an event called NFT Carnage.

[@alexandredesbiens-brassard9109]

That's a terribld title. Now, Non-fungible Carnage, however.

[@agony3254]

Carnage definitely isn't an anarchist. Anarchy isn't chaos. Anarchists oppose established tyranny and malicious authoritarianism, have empathy, believe in consent, etc, and aren't violent, sadistic, psychopaths like Carnage.

[@Bryan-gy2zu]

k

[@widdlewanwon]

Most people are tricked by our society into believing anarchist are like that. Mostly likely so that the rich and powerful can continue their status quo of having power over the masses.

[@MrFaceNumeroUno]

27:56 Carnage Clue should be a short if it isn't already lol

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

Back Issues doing a book about Carnage? Wasn't that where it at all began? Full circle!

[@LvkeLavish]

If I had a dollar for all of the gobbledygook that came out of venom and carnage’s mouth this episode…

[@cybercop0083]

Hoo-Haa!

[@ChristopherZubin]

All the Carnage books come across as a stream of consciousness. Maybe that's just comics in the 90s

[@Ka_Five]

This episode has finally dethroned Terminator: Cybernetic Dawn as my favorite Back Issues

[@pbjoey703]

SYMBIOTE EPISODE YESSS

[@rustless_pillow6755]

Omg this is one of the funniest back issues yet. Love it

[@karl_alan]

I read all the venom 90's miniseries a couple years ago. Loved the experience. I hope you do more.

[@noahkennedy9859]

Did not think that I would have the Maximum Carnage Horror Nights house name dropped in this episode but I can’t say I’m mad…

[@rubbershark3833]

900 Venom minis and Sal is gonna call out my childhood favorite one and say he's never covering it. Lol well damn Oh well. Someone out there thinks Vengeance is cool. Not much else, but he's got the baddest 90's design ever. Flaming skull with a mohawk; that's more 90's than just about anything.

[@pay7232]

Why does this cover make me think of Separation Anxiety. I totally forgot about this story. Every time I see this cover I think of Separation Anxiety for some reason.

[@popcronartist5488]

this is one of my favorite episodes now

[@Agrellar]

Man, I know you guys film these ahead of time, but I would love if this was a two-parter into the next Venom story. Regardless if it's that or something else, I'm excited for next week.

[@ryanisabox292]

Keep badmouthin' Ska and Carnage'll come through your screen with a brass band!

[@comicpop]

Carnage is a metal head!

[@hapokas112]

I have these comics. Nice episode.

[@Allean_Adkins]

You should do some early Apocalypse stories and Inferno. The first one

[@Seabass0930]

Flannel

[@SpiralSine6]

I keep trying to think of how to make a Carnage parody of the Freakazoid! theme song.

[@karl_alan]

It's fun how they can block out having read an issue of something on GBU. Thr guys definitely read the first issue, but seemed surprised by the first few pages entirely

[@MrYTGuy1]

I need a collection called 'oops all spidey' now lol

[@007psyren]

Freakin love that image of issue 3 !!! So badass n sick🤙

[@georgebaynard4096]

You know what’s crazy, a year after this comic, Postal would be released which is about a mentally deranged man killing innocent people and police officers, and it ends with you trying to shoot an elementary school

[@georgebaynard4096]

@@heartattack9234 ?

[@Montaq_]

Lovin' the plethora of plaid on the couch this ep.

[@tomrennie8447]

Rewatching this episode now I've read the story myself 😅

[@JakeTylenol]

Guess this is my comic pop birthday gift

[@toyotatacoma1616]

God, the weirdly verbose dialogue is hysterical. As was “Eatin’ wheatcakes”.

[@NoahWelday]

Read this on a whim recently on Marcel unlimited and I can't wait to see Ben and Ethans reactions to them entering cyberspace

[@CptCrash21]

"Oops, All Fights!"

[@karl_alan]

11:40 ...that's movies right now...not just documentaries, but blockbuster shows. Actually, since about the 90s.

[@vitanpatel2061]

This was really fun! Despite going completely off the rails

[@grimandbilly005]

Holy Crap! Did Sal play Ultima online? That was my Jam!

[@awkwardparakeet6217]

25:34 So basically, Venom as a Vtuber?

[@nigelflood7074]

Pure gold

[@benhramiak8781]

Y'know if they made a Dahmer series I'd bet they'd make a carnage netflix series. Although you usually wait for them to die, and he's come back like 3 or 4 times now.

[@pickedceasar1216]

I imagine there’s like dozen of documentaries about different heroes and villains who have died because people made them in the brief period of time before their resurrections Gotta be even weirder for the ones that constantly flip flop between good and bad