10 Mind-Blowing Times Horror Icons Fought Superheroes

With such strong superhero powers, it makes total sense that Carnage gets put against some incredibly strong enemies. Similarly, having an enemy who is clearly way more powerful than Carnage let's you know they’re insanely powerful without having to explicitly say it.

Where do these two categories intersect? With Cthon – Marvel’s answer to Cthulu, an ancient tentacled entity that originated the idea of an all-powerful cosmic being that will mess your day up.

Indeed, between the mutated cult and the temple involved, the entire comic references the work of Lovecraft, the horror writer who dreamt up Cthulu itself. More importantly, we get to see Carnage get absolutely dunked on – both physically, and mentally - as a mixture of Cthon and his own greed tempt him to try and join sides with the Hellbeast.

Epic monster fight and engaging character angst? Always a winner.