The Thousand is Spider-Man’s Scariest Villain Ever. #comics #content #explained #explore #new #marvel #spiderman #peterparker #thethousand
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@trsamisari Жыл бұрын
I love how he didn't get beaten in a spectacular manner, with some big explosion or after a big hero speech, he just got stomped by a random civilian, who didn't even so much as care about him. A shitty death for a shitty person.
@mariomario3166
Жыл бұрын
Oogie boogie dislikes this comment
@mega6662
Жыл бұрын
@@mariomario3166 oogie boogie got killed by Santa Thats something
@mariomario3166
Жыл бұрын
@@mega6662 The same person he kidnapped
@starkillaa2444
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me to Kira Yoshikage getting his neck broken by ambulance car.
@DJWingoYT
Жыл бұрын
@@starkillaa2444 yes a jojo reference!
@DaniG._.German Жыл бұрын
"Give me rent" saved Peter's life
@Zack_Zander
Жыл бұрын
More like gave him motivation, XD
@EduardoPereira-bd7ub
Жыл бұрын
i fix this dann door when you save my life.
@mushmoor3804
Жыл бұрын
"You get your rent when you FIX THIS DAMN SPIDER INFESTATION!"
@dabbabyy
Жыл бұрын
Only 3 comments (4 now )
@_YourFlyIsOpen
Жыл бұрын
@@dabbabyy nooooo lol 😢
@marquiseemthembuu997 Жыл бұрын
He was always a monster. The spider just made it external.
@ezzedomusicchannel
Жыл бұрын
yup the webs ripped off his skin and revealed his true image
@Tasarran
Жыл бұрын
*Internal
@supersonicfan7514
6 ай бұрын
Well said.
@supersonicfan7514
6 ай бұрын
@@ezzedomusicchannelnah, his inner self would be even uglier.
@finchvalor
Ай бұрын
Whoooaaa I can’t believe how cool and deep and smart you are. You took what the writers wrote and like typed it out in words and it was like whaaaat the bully was a bad guy, and the spider made his insides bad, and so now it’s like yeah the guy’s metaphorical bad insides are now a literal bad inside so it’s like whaaaat that’s so crazy and deep and just so cool wow man. I love it. Can we get you a job as a Marvel writer? I think you’d be just as talented as the person who wrote Disney Star Wars or Multiverse of Madness or The Room. It’s just so cool how you were able to write out the thing the writers also wrote out. The guy was always a monster, but now he’s a spider monster. It’s so genius and like just cool and deep how more people aren’t freaking out and in pure awe and super impressed with this is unreal. Think about it. This bully guy was bad at the start right? But then he became this spider monster thing, and then his INSIDES became bad, and so this means that now he’s like both bad on the inside and the outside…wait when did he get bad on the outside? Oh yeah yeah he was always bad so yeh that was him being bad on the outside and then the spider turned his inside bad. Yeah sorry I missed it for a second but yeah we’re all set it now. Damn that’s so cool and deep and smart. I wonder if the writers even realize this or if it’s just you’re so smart as a commenter than you’ve elevated their work into a new level by stating how the monster turned him bad on the outside or inside or whatever and than that made the monster become bad on the monster’s inside which means that the monster was actually good the whole time. Omg 😱 I can’t believe I just put that together I’m so deep holy crap I have to go write this down. The monster was actually a good because of the bad being multiplied against the inside of itself this made it become good but it was actually good the whole time omg 😳 this is making so much sense now. I have to start writing my own comic now
@matthewbibby8921 Жыл бұрын
Beware of Spider-Man’s most dangerous, revolting, and terrifying foe yet… “Carl”.
@fuhuaherrscherofsentience8424
Жыл бұрын
Mr Beast:C(K)arl are dumb :))
@poweroffriendship2.0
Жыл бұрын
Carl Wheezer, my favorite Spider-Man villain.
@changvasejarik62
Жыл бұрын
Insert llamas wearing hats joke.
@Grag235
Жыл бұрын
@@changvasejarik62 ‘Carl, there’s a dead human in our house’
@paragonrobbie9270
11 ай бұрын
I just imagine Carl from ATHF.
@andresvaldevit3692 Жыл бұрын
More villains should end like this, unknowingly killed by casual incidents. It’s so damn fulfilling.
@A-TALKING-TOASTER
Жыл бұрын
It's like one of those comedy shows where they have the villain say their speech and they immediately dies
@PingachuWarham
Жыл бұрын
Yoshikage Kira from Jojo's. Ran over by an ambulance that was coming to save him.
@thetester1158
Жыл бұрын
@@PingachuWarham there was an explosion. *his head popped*
@reapordeath
Жыл бұрын
@@A-TALKING-TOASTER I'm a God you filthy mortal! I will not tolerate this-" *contemplates existance* "Puny god"
@kashsmith6181
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Except no. Not at all. I always feel cheated by endings like this except in specific cases where it's thematic. Doing it more would just be pure garbage to me because I actually LIKE good villains.
@tomioluwa1284 Жыл бұрын
People like Carl always need someone to blame to hid their imperfections and insecurities he could've been as big as a hero like spider-man(albeit a terrifying and nightmare fuel one) look at flash Thompson he was once the same bully who picked on peter but he took responsibility of his life and past mistakes, became better person and a hero Agent Venom. Could've been Carl if he actually matured
@jaredrcox
Жыл бұрын
Dont we all need that to some degree? That is why we love villains so we can project those same feelings onto them?
@cinamick2114
Жыл бұрын
it just goes to show how horrifically far flash could've went if he didn't move on
@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259
Жыл бұрын
flash wasn't really a physical bully from my recollection of the ditko comics. He was still a huge ahole though
@Nyghtking
Жыл бұрын
He could have done any number of things, he existed as a hoard of spiders, the government would love to have someone on their payroll who could infiltrate not only a single enemy base but several at once. At minimum if he played his cards right he was looking at becoming a valuable government contractor, information gatherer, and maybe even assassin, instead he chose to be petty.
@jimvoozhenzhan8435
Жыл бұрын
@@Nyghtking True, as horrifying as his "gift" was he did get power, but power wasn't what he really wanted was it, he wanted what other people had. He was driven by envy and the desire to take from other what he thought was owed to him. Without that he wouldn't even be a bug, just a hollow shell
@fine_ol_chap Жыл бұрын
The fact that he ate the spider instead of just receiving a bite from it really shows how much an over-achiever he is in the terms of jealousy. Dude literally picked on Parker for no reason because he just wanted to do it for no reason, and when he sees Peter gain superpowers he then thinks he should've been the one to have them because he "deserved" to be a hero? Heck no. I'm pretty sure if he was the 1st person to get bit and gain spider man's powers he most likely wouldn't have used them for good anyway. If that was the case, I'd like to bet Peter would get himself bit by the spider as well just to take him down because that's what Peter is at his core between hero or villain. He'll always be the hero in his story
@Zack_Zander
Жыл бұрын
That actually happen in “Peter Parker had to destroy Spider Man”, where it takes place in a world where Flash Thompson was the one that bit by the spider. At first, Peter wanted to help Flash to be a hero. But when Flash started to take things too far, Peter created robotic spider legs similar to Doc Ock’s tentacle arms to stop Flash and then was recruit by the Fantastic Four. Even without getting bit by the spider, he is still capable of becoming a hero.
@echo-048
Жыл бұрын
well that was his plan but when he found the spider it was already dead so he went with plan b and ate it's corpse.
@Mexikirb
Жыл бұрын
@@Zack_Zander where can I read this????
@Zack_Zander
Жыл бұрын
@@Mexikirb Well, I don't know "where" but I already provided the title. That should be more than enough for you to find it.
@comicbookreviewer4856
Жыл бұрын
The way i would do the Thousand is be the negative part of the spider-force well the spider-god known as Anansi would pick Peter parker to be his champion knowing of his good heart and soul as Anansi would pick people with a pure heart to be his web-warriors well the Negative spider-force God would be Arachne who would pick people who seek amazement and the chance for greatness to be her champion and see Carl as her champion as Charl would be known as Spider-savage as a dark counterpart to peter parker and his role as Spider-man
@MegaNinjaRyan Жыл бұрын
Spider-Man literally standing up to a bully, “I’m not afraid of you”, to the most terrifying opponent he had ever seen yet. That is what Peter truly was on the inside: a hero. And no matter whose body Carl was in, he was still just the same bully on the inside. Literally and figuratively. Great writing. ✍️
@supersonicfan7514
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, but I think Carl was far from Peter’s most terrifying enemy. He’s not half as scary as Green Goblin, Carnage, Morlun, etc.
@wdcain1 Жыл бұрын
What's sad is had Carl never ate the spider, he still would have turned out the same way. I wouldn't be surprised if he would have still tried to kill Peter for a petty reason.
@JonCrs10
Жыл бұрын
No the sad thing is that there's no reason Carl got such a wildly different powerset than Peter or any Spiderfam.
@Zeruel3
11 ай бұрын
He would have ended up as some small time thug or wife-beater or some other lowlife Peter webbed up and forgot all about five seconds later because Carl King never grew from being the violent little sadist. Meanwhile Peter Parker rose to be the hero everyone from Wolverine and Captain America to the Hulk respect and are proud to stand alongside
@axiscrevite Жыл бұрын
Spidey's life is far from perfect🕷️....this guy took jealousy to a whole new level 🤦🏽♂️
@A-TALKING-TOASTER
Жыл бұрын
He should be thankful he didn't get Deadpool's perspective and realize that everybody's suffering and struggle is really just for entertainment
@natek4488
13 күн бұрын
1. He is constantly broke and is always late on his rent. 2. He has to care for an elderly aunt. 3. He works for a trigger-tempered asshole who constantly sh[_]ts on his name. 4. He can't keep a girlfriend. 5. He's got like 80 supervillains to deal with.
@dhnation4975 Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Garth Ennis, the creator of The Boys, wrote this very story.
@rubyll919
Жыл бұрын
Glad he didn't kill Spidey off.
@jamiemanning4944
Жыл бұрын
That explains a lot
@emoryjenkins4780
Жыл бұрын
Knowing that bit of info, I'm surprised spiderman didn't die
@jarsofpaperstars
Жыл бұрын
Ennis actually likes Spider-Man from what I remember, so it makes sense the story ended up good while still being horrifying and edgy. When the man writes comics well, he really nails it. The problem is that he needs a team of other writers and editors around him to hold him back, cause otherwise he goes all in and his stories crash and burn spectacularly. It’s why the original comics for The Boys is so disliked, cause it wastes tons of good ideas in favour of gratuitous sex and violence just for the sake of showing the Supes as depraved, without any nuance that the show luckily added. Then there’s Crossed, which I’m too terrified to read myself cause I’ve heard it’s much worse, which is a shame cause the premise interests me.
@kyleco9149
Жыл бұрын
Oh that's reassuring, so Garth Ennis likes superman and Spider-Man
@pothakinkin4361 Жыл бұрын
That random citizen unknowingly became a hero
@natek4488
13 күн бұрын
I think it's fitting how he gets unknowingly taken out by a random citizen instead of in an epic fight with Spider-Man. It's more pathetic.
@zeke7100 Жыл бұрын
forgetting the creepiness of the spider ability, it's actually a pretty unique and interesting ability. I've always wondered if there was like a person with superpowers that had an ability that could only be used in an "evil" kind of way, but tried their hardest to be a hero. Like there isn't anything hero-like of eating someones insides and taking their skin as your own.
@changvasejarik62
Жыл бұрын
Closest thing I ever found to an objectively evil power was in starship troopers where one of the giant bug eats brains with a spiked tongue and learns the knowledge held in the brain it ate. That was what made me side with the humans despite the directors intent. But as for Human equivalents to Carl look up spidersman (11580) or the bride of nine spiders for more heroic takes on the power of worms that walk. Also red mask from grant Morrison’s animal man. Tragic story.
@ThePinkMan
Жыл бұрын
Just look at some of the vampire heroes, like Morbius.
@eltipodelosvideosaleatorio1329
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePinkMan its morbin time
@fingerstyleguitas9046
Жыл бұрын
Rogue's power is pretty nasty when you take a closer look. It's basicaly some sort of aura leeching/stealing. IS someone amoral/pschotic got her power the could be pretty scary.
@flashfleets124 Жыл бұрын
This story bothers me in such a minor way because like….it feels like instead of making Carl strong enough to pose a threat to spider man, if feels like they just made spidey weaker? Like, we’ve seen Peter lift trains, stop planes, and go toe to toe with some seriously badass villains, and Carl just don’t feel up to snuff. Don’t get me wrong, he absolutely COULD’VE been, he’s got an imposing and terrifying power, and his obsession with Peter is quite imposing, but he just didn’t seem like somebody who should be able to straight up BEAT him in a fight. I feel like this is most encapsulated by the restraints he puts on Peter because like…he has to “muster his strength” to bust out of a flimsy wooden chair and a bit of rope? I just don’t buy it.
@jpowel
Жыл бұрын
he should have been able to immediately break out of those bindings with extremely little effort, I agree it just doesn't make sense
@jackeibon884
Жыл бұрын
the poison tho
@urdeadnotbigsuprise7439
Жыл бұрын
Didn't Carl say he poisoned him?
@MetalHopper
Жыл бұрын
@@jackeibon884 He has been drugged by Kraven (it was enough to kill a elephant btw) before and all it did was make him dizzy. But maybe the poison is more potent that I guess.
@diabreaodiohenderson7641
Жыл бұрын
Garth Ennis wrote it
@sirkeven10011 ай бұрын
The thousand ended dying as he lived, sad, pathetic, and alone, squashed like the disgusting parasite he was. Mrs. Patterson didn't deserve any of that, she could've had a better life but at least she can rest easy knowing that the sick bastard will never be able to harm anyone again.
@hattoripool1533 Жыл бұрын
Carl is kinda scary when you think about it. Since he’s been watching a lot of Peters encounters with his villians he could have easily allied with the more psychotic villians like the Green Goblin or kill him while he was either weakened or knocked out during one of his many fights with his villians
@ajb6359
Жыл бұрын
I doubt he was smart enough to though
@revimfadli4666
Жыл бұрын
@@ajb6359 also his ego was probably too big to share the victory with another villain
@sarafontanini7051
Жыл бұрын
keep in mind that he WANTS peter's life, including figthing badass villains, so allying with them would beat the purpose of it.
@allgoodinny8487
Жыл бұрын
The scariest part is that he was able to successfully stalk Peter with what I'd imagine is semi malicious intent, he was able to bypass his spider sense
@alexgreer6336
Жыл бұрын
@@allgoodinny8487 Probably because he ate the radioactive spider
@calamityknyte Жыл бұрын
You know what this makes me wanna see? The Thousand vs Spiders-Man. Like imagine, Thousand is about to rip open a hole into the guy's mask, and instead of a human mouth, another horde of spiders come out and whoops the evil spider horde's ass.
@jacksonvoet8312
Жыл бұрын
That is…. Awesome!
@velonian5154
11 ай бұрын
spider war
@anthonyfoster1685
Ай бұрын
Would actually read that
@looniemoonie5955 Жыл бұрын
I couldn't recommend this comic enough. Tangled Web of Spider-Man is one my all-time favorites, presenting not just regular Spider-Man stories, but putting regular folks of NY front. A little kid who has sick mother, J Jonah Jameson, Frog Man, some guy working under Kingpin... almost all of the issues are pure gold. If this story arc is more disturbing, the rest is more comedic and heartwarming, it really needs more attention!
@hazimhidayatullah1737 Жыл бұрын
Carl had two chances to take Peter's body, first when he's disguised as miss patton, second when he paralysed spiderman
@sarafontanini7051
Жыл бұрын
to quote discworld: "Pray that when your lfie is at another's mercy, it is at the hands of an evil man. Because Evil men like power, especially power over others, and so he'll talk. He'll put off your death like another would savour the flavour of a cigar. So pray you're at the mercy of an evil man, because a good man would kill you without a second thought."
@naniwo4438
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t his spider sense protect him from Patton?
@mikadosannoji553
Жыл бұрын
@@naniwo4438 he somehow bypassed peter's spider sense when he was stalking him multiple times
@chaoticoofhead9543
Жыл бұрын
@@mikadosannoji553 that is cuz he is literally not human not magic not shit he is literally a 1000 spiders that have a hivemind DNA so carl can control them even if he is technically dead
@ithielpitt7525
Жыл бұрын
Villanova gotta monolog
@Forbidden_0ne Жыл бұрын
Carl will never bug Peter ever again.
@eia24 Жыл бұрын
That ending was peak irony.
@connorbrazington-lang2401 Жыл бұрын
This has gotta be the most disgusting villain I've ever known, not only in looks but also just how he is an awful person in general, at least he got what he deserved and honestly in the most ironic way possible.
@fogsster Жыл бұрын
The Thousand's superpower really matches his personality. Strong but weak, seeking to be feared, instead of respected. The lies that he told himself (He deserves Spider-Man's powers, he had to eat his girlfriend, etc.) made him fall deeper into this depravation of attention seeking that turned into "plan B" (eating the spider that bit Peter), turning him into this villain that perfectly represents his imperfections & flaws. The Thousand is fear, but is afraid. The Thousand is strong together, but weak when by itself. It's a great story with a great narrative and an even more satisfying death.
@society7394 Жыл бұрын
The guy is like Reverse Flash if you removed all of his enjoyable charismatic traits and just made him completely despicable
@hattoripool1533 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if this guy ever interacted with Flash Thompson because both of them were bullies and I can see Flash initially hanging out with him until eventually realizing that oh crap this guy is going too far
@sarafontanini7051
Жыл бұрын
The THousand is basically "what if Flash Thompson WASN'T the big bully in Peter's life?"
@bearpoop720
Жыл бұрын
About that, Flash was a bully, but a morally good one, instead of becoming a villain with his powers as Agent Venom, he became a hero. Whenever bullying Parker, he always had a limit, and tried to keep it as little as teasing or slightly above that.
@sunshineskystar
Жыл бұрын
flash would threw this guy into a trash can if he sees him. unlike peter this guy straight up have no good quality about him.
@ThePinkMan
Жыл бұрын
I get the feeling that Carl was too much of a creep for Flash to hang out with. Flash was popular. According to Peter, though, Carl had no friends.
@comicbookreviewer4856
Жыл бұрын
I knew a kid at my school who got me annoyed with him being a crybaby about things But never Bully him as being a bully will make you No better than the people who think they can do whatever they want
@mynona2491 Жыл бұрын
I love that ending. You step on others until some day you're on the receiving end and catch a boot to big for you to handle.
@unspeakableflame292 Жыл бұрын
"telling him that he'll always just be a pathetic cowardly bully saying to him that he's just the same sadist he's always been" bullies everywhere watch out because here comes the Spider-Man
@antonio-qe2gd Жыл бұрын
Carl:Those powers should be mine!,Your life is perfect just because of them- Peter:....•Flashback of all the things he suffered after becoming Spider-Man•...For someone who's been spying on me, you don't know anything about my life
@stevenmattrell344811 ай бұрын
You can’t convince me that Spiders-Man (The Spider-Man variant that’s a swarm of spiders) is just a heroic version of The Thousand.
@soggyxd7909 Жыл бұрын
This is not the "Man spider" I was expecting😭
@MetalHopper
Жыл бұрын
I actually would prefer if it was a humanoid spider instead of whatever the hell this is.
@madmannn9576
Жыл бұрын
@@MetalHopper yh but Man-spider doesnt have any powers so itd be pretty boring... unless youre smosh ofc
@owlomar2007
18 күн бұрын
@@madmannn9576and Peter already became Man spider several times why repeat that ?
@captaingirpool23 Жыл бұрын
During this video when you were talking about the comic I was like “what the fuck?”. But not in a “what the fuck! This is terrifying but great!” it was more like “What the fuck were the writers thinking?”. Though when I saw the name “Ennis” which most likely stands for Garth Ennis, that explained a lot about the story.
@Crab-Man42
Жыл бұрын
Everything else worked for a dark minor villain, but the heavy implication he had sex with his own father in the guise of his mother before transferring bodies was unnecessary. I also feel like while beating Peter with the element of surprise with his coworker’s body was one thing, the second fight shouldn’t have been so close. I could excuse the wooden chair with the paralyzing venom, but Carl doing well enough to give a smug speech over a wounded Peter feels kind of like Ennis doing his usual “Superheroes bad” thing.
@nekogamer2508
Жыл бұрын
It was written by a guy who hates all superheroes but Superman and Batman
@sunshineskystar
Жыл бұрын
@@nekogamer2508 actually he loved spiderman but seemingly hate superman with his core.
@starpaladingoldbug2282
Жыл бұрын
@@sunshineskystar If hate superman then why did he write for him?
@crisgeraldperez7
Жыл бұрын
Carl is his self insert
@KnightOfAwesometon Жыл бұрын
This is honestly one of my favourite Spider-Man comics/storylines, especially the ending! The Thousand wanted nothing more than to consume Parker and take his place as Spider-Man, getting all the recognition he thought he deserved. Yet, by the end of the story, he dies with barely anyone knowing he even existed.
@DarkDepth2000 Жыл бұрын
Now I’m wondering about Wolverine’s school bully…….
@mangareader7474
Жыл бұрын
Wolverine ran away from home when he was young moving from town to town
@Invinci445
Жыл бұрын
The closet thing he has to a bully is Sabretooth
@kashsmith6181
Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure his childhood bully was Dog Logan.
@Gazing-09 Жыл бұрын
And here I thought Thompson was the biggest bully Peter ever had to deal with. And goes to show how terrifying a mere bully could be if given the chance to be something even worse.
@marko-gj1uj Жыл бұрын
Imagine if Disney ever adopts this guy
@jt6924
Жыл бұрын
I doubt they would ever, but I can imagine him being retconned to fight MCU Spider-Man
@sarafontanini7051
Жыл бұрын
I unironically would lvoe to see The THousand brought back somehow in someway in any media. He's a really creepy villain.
@Crab-Man42
Жыл бұрын
Would probably be heavily censored or have the way he works changed completely, though.
@nekogamer2508
Жыл бұрын
They would have to purchase the rights from creator of The Boys
@kshen4738 Жыл бұрын
This guy Carl takes "stalking" to a whole new level....and that's creepy af
@owlomar2007
18 күн бұрын
Venom: and I thought I was the creepy stalker
@owlomar2007
18 күн бұрын
Venom: and we thought we're the creepy stalker
@AndrewKing238 Жыл бұрын
A complete normal guy just unknowingly saved and SpiderMan. He’s the true hero of this story.
@BlueEyesWhiteCinnamonRoll Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure this was written by Garth ennis - the guy who did the boys, crossed, and preacher. Spider-Man is one of the only superheroes he likes lmao
@danielasarmiento3101
Жыл бұрын
Along with Superman and Wonder Woman
@cardboardbox1857 Жыл бұрын
5:30 Carl acting a bit sus
@TheBlackwolf50117 ай бұрын
that was an awesome ending. just perfect to prove how much of a pathetic bug he always was.
@sharkysharkerson Жыл бұрын
The ending was satisfying, as horrifying the rest of this was.
@marko-gj1uj Жыл бұрын
I remember Reading this in 2008/2009, but I only could read First 5/7 pages and I didn't understand English well so I just assumed he was that victim in third issue. After checking Wiki, I mistakingly wrote it as Peter's friend who Got possessed by those spiders. After finding IT out, I found out he was worse than Flash.
@ItsSupercat94 Жыл бұрын
Spider man’s spider sense tells him whenever anyone is around when he unmasks his identity, so how exactly did this guy follow him around and see all this will out peter being alerted?
@jacobburt1523
Жыл бұрын
Carl's become a sentient cluster of spiders, this might have given him a back door for the spider sense.
@wyattlundrigan4740
Жыл бұрын
@@jacobburt1523 Nah. Anything besides venom because of their bonding time together registers as a threat to his spider sense.
@MASTERJCLIPs
Жыл бұрын
@@jacobburt1523 Thing is, he found out his identity before he became the thousand. It's either Garth Ennis forgot about that part of the spider sense or his spider senses didn't see carl as a threat anymore because peter has outgrown him as a person.
@jacobburt1523
Жыл бұрын
@@wyattlundrigan4740 there are a number of thing that can bypass Peter's spider sense; Aunt May gets past it because of how close she and Peter are.
@jacobburt1523
Жыл бұрын
@@MASTERJCLIPs I wouldn't entirely put either explanation past Garth, but I'm sure if you asked him he'd probably say it's the latter.
@ntsproductions567 Жыл бұрын
If Mr. Dicovitch was peters landlord at the time, the thousand wouldn’t stand a chance.
@joaquinbarboza3223
Ай бұрын
I remember a theory of Mr. Ditkovich actually being a retired Kraven the Hunter.
@SomebodysVincent9 ай бұрын
This is how it should be with all bullies - have a meaningless end.
@codycartwright6998 Жыл бұрын
Call me crazy, but I could have sworn it ended with Peter tricking him into getting eaten by birds. It might've been a different villain in hindsight, but I'm fairly certain I remember something like that.
@gannielukks1811
Жыл бұрын
Zamn
@JarvisBaileyVA Жыл бұрын
Just found out that Garth Ennis of the original The Boys comic wrote this. And that explains so much.
@Jebbtube11 ай бұрын
The worst villains are often the most insecure. Carl King more than fits the bill.
@leandrobotchkarev769311 ай бұрын
Man, what kind of messed up mind would conceived such a vile villain for Spidey...(seeing the name in the cover)... ooohhh right, I get it now.
@t0xc712 Жыл бұрын
"Or killing somebody just because he didn't like his name.." The dude from tale tale heart: "We, my friend, we will get along very well.."
@Reno750 Жыл бұрын
Someone actually put their fetish into a spider-man comic.... again.
@waffler-yz3gw
Жыл бұрын
yeah i wanna know the first time
@thegreatscribbles960
Жыл бұрын
@dark my guess is probably somewhere in ultimate spiderman
@Yo_do_yo
Жыл бұрын
Having spiders in side people is a thing that turns people on?
@Yo_do_yo
Жыл бұрын
@@takiyeet6946 makes sense lol
@sunshineskystar
Жыл бұрын
@dark the one where sandman inflate spiderman from the inside.
@sarawitrodchompu3576 Жыл бұрын
cigarette citizen is a fucking hero, man.
@octaviusroosevelt7355
3 ай бұрын
We should have more comics about him: in this new issue, Cigarette Citizen stops a robbery by temporarily blinding the criminal with a breath of smoke, with the police on the scene after it clears up!
@lucaboechat7395 Жыл бұрын
Oh wow, you actually unlocked a very old memory for me with this video. I actually had this comic when I was a kid, but had completely forgotten about it. I started to remember it as I watched the video and yeah, it's still as gross and disturbing as it was back then. I absolutely love the artstyle for this comic, and the ending with the spider getting stomped is so freaking good!
@madmannn9576 Жыл бұрын
When he bit the spider, I was disappointed he didnt turn into Man-spider.
@ramirezthesilvite Жыл бұрын
The Thousand is like if Spiders-man was evil and more body horror focused. At least Spiders-man's body is made up of tiny spiders, unlike Carl's giant mutants.... yeesh.
@Box_man__ Жыл бұрын
I like to think (with how prepared Carl seemed) he made some spider lay eggs in either a skin suit or just some corner. Which wouldmark the return of the thousand…
@salmontickler
Жыл бұрын
So just kinky oviposition
@LordNifty11 ай бұрын
I haven't read all interpretations of Flash Thompson, but I'm pretty sure the variations I read would have kicked Carl's butt during high school for what Carl did. Flash was a bully in the teasing sense, but always had a moral center deep down, again, at least the variations I read. Carl was just a generic, uberdark-and-literally-nothing else villain with the same character traits and dialogue that we've seen over and over and over not just in Spider-Man, but in way too many comics way too often. I'm surprised that the character was killed off as he was, especially given that Garth Ennis created him, since many examples have this kind of character essentially winning in the end through pure forced narrative, so it was a nice and satisfying element to what was otherwise a generic "mature because how morose and cynical it is" plot.
@IvanGarcia-xy7bf Жыл бұрын
The alternate title is Spider-Man's School bully is nightmare fuel Lol
@redjirachi1 Жыл бұрын
Apparently this story was written by Garth Ennis. Of course it was written by him; he couldn't write his villains to be non-edgy to save his life
@everettcosta1848 Жыл бұрын
Also technically speaking he's the first person to know Peter's secret identity...
@justcallmesir0910 Жыл бұрын
this is a terrifying story that will live in my brain forever now. It won't leave until the day I die, thank you for showing me this. I love your content btw!
@hordakprime6172 Жыл бұрын
Really like this guy as a villain hopefully he returns someday like another of his spiders surviving or something. He's genuinely creepy and could fuck with Spiderman in a lot of ways.
@Solkerash Жыл бұрын
Dear god, I remember the transformation scenes in the comic as a kid, those traumatized me.
@skylarsworld9477 Жыл бұрын
“ the guy absolutely triggers my arachnophobia “ *YOU’RE READING A SPIDER MAN COMIC, DUDE. WHAT THE HELL DID YOU EXPECT?*
@freshlyfishedbread5567 Жыл бұрын
man the people who make some of these spiderman stories are sick
@wicked.a950 Жыл бұрын
Thats quite the terrifying villain especially if he can control a 1000 people at onve
@julianozaur444 Жыл бұрын
In Polish "worm" means not only that one animal burrowing underground but some people use it to describe an entire insect group as a whole. Because of this death is more ironic, since the true hopeless "worm" was Carl all along
@julesmasseffectmusic Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed how most of spideys villains know Peter.
@justinturner3802 Жыл бұрын
I had this comic as a kid and it terrified the hell out of me
@anthonyfoster1685
Ай бұрын
It's scary yes but good
@Drixenol86 Жыл бұрын
This villain is arachnophobia incarnate.
@catcatterson6759 Жыл бұрын
Imagine being a Super Villian, with the power to reek so much havoc onto the world, and a Random Dude who needs a Cig just steps on you.
@skydraws1787
9 ай бұрын
Yeah. Talk About Karma Being A Bitch
@burritocat6038 Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad this is a one off villain
@owlomar2007
18 күн бұрын
I think he was always meant to be, given the way he was created 💀
@unspeakableflame292 Жыл бұрын
"Which Peter gets up through sheer willpower" looks like Peter has ultra instinct just like when Goku got up through sheer willpower at the end of hyourinjutsu he's super saiyan blue Goku (manga) vs super Saiyan 4 Goku
@alucard9003
Жыл бұрын
I mean spider sense is kinda like UI if you really think about it
@Crab-Man42
Жыл бұрын
Spider-Man is arguably the most well-known “Gets back up after a massive beat down” American fictional character.
@kellington98 Жыл бұрын
Peter Parker: is just a dream 😳
@brandonp75038 ай бұрын
Whether he's Peter Parker in high school or Spiderman as an adult, the man's not afraid of a bully.
@AlonzoTompkins Жыл бұрын
The true hero was that random guy.
@LinkyTea Жыл бұрын
hi! i love ur videos sm, it makes it so much easier to read comics for me, it's hard to get back into like i used to, so thank u! i was wondering what line of comics this is from, it looks like it's based off a lot of the old 60s comics :0
@epiccrossoverboi8368 Жыл бұрын
Honestly I loved the ending. It's so fucking well written, but I think it'd be interesting if a Thousand got a redemption arc. Think about it. Instead of being happy that he killed his mom, he could be terrified but still go on to try and kill Peter by distracting or disassociating himself but I feel Parker's the kind of guy to convince him to mature. The fun part is that he could go through all of the good-bad rankings because you don't change instantly. Him getting awful shit happening to himself in order to gradually mature would be realistic and unique.
@retrozip Жыл бұрын
He definitely should be in the next movie
@bred9901 Жыл бұрын
just saw about this a day ago, what a coincidence you’d upload a video about this
@mnkiikid7811 Жыл бұрын
truly terrifying
@yyyj4363 Жыл бұрын
I like to think that Carl and flash knew each other but flash stopped hanging with him because he takes it to far
@WatcherLex_5 ай бұрын
The pettier the person, the scarier they are.
@chuckordinaasserordaorwhat7682 Жыл бұрын
The thousand is one of my favorites... Such a terrifying yet amazing concept.
@maxwellfrost97017 ай бұрын
Peter just wanted to beat his landlords ass
@kendrickprice6463 Жыл бұрын
My boy just stepped on a Supervillain and smoked a blunt and kept it moving lol what a OG
@boxedrice Жыл бұрын
this story really freaks me out bruh it’s so gross
@ananslator36558 күн бұрын
Man talk about sadistic and petty incarnate
@HGBMD Жыл бұрын
Of course it’s a Gareth Ennis story 😂
@denisewilmore6410 Жыл бұрын
The ending was never what I expected
@Wandering_Joe Жыл бұрын
To see what the good guy version of this would be, follow Spiders-man, thats right, spiders plural. He's the version of spiderman where Peter Parker is devoured by a swarm of radioactive spiders which then become controlled by his consciousness
@localgrassfieldboneshandler Жыл бұрын
The last page, I'm crying LMFAOOO
@noamsteinerman Жыл бұрын
nice video. creepy, reminds me of the Fly movie
@drathick9390 Жыл бұрын
Ahh yes this is comic was one of the few Spiderman books at my high school library. all i knew of spider man at the time was only the first three movies and wanted to see how the comics where like. Long story short after reading half i didn't want to know any more Spiderman comics because i first mistaken Carl as Flash Thompson and didn't want to know what the rest of the recurring characters would be like. Thankfully a year or two later i found out this is Carl's only time.
@deppressocattino7559 Жыл бұрын
Think about the one kid who saw this when he was 6, and how every ounce of innocence left his body as he screamed bloody murder.
@frogskeleton222 Жыл бұрын
I want junji ito to do an adaptation of this so much
@katakovacs2066 Жыл бұрын
My only problem is that a powerful Spider-man who fought multiple villains at once, lifted cars etc.. was having problem to fight against Carl. No matter the spiders and living suit it was just silly and made it hard to me to take it seriously. The ending was gold tho, one pathetic death for one pathetic guy
@kwayneboy1524
8 ай бұрын
I think he was in similar strength to him because of the spiders being the same super powered one's that bit Peter
@blackflyingfox336510 ай бұрын
I used to read Spider-Man comic books. I wish this villain survived to be in more books and maybe the animated series. This had to be one of the creepiest characters in this series. I liked Carnage as a villain. He's so evil and over powered.
@evilemperordude Жыл бұрын
I remember randomly picking up this issue when I was a kid back in 2001 and finding is shockingly gruesome for a Spider-Man comic. Suppose it shouldn’t be a surprise with Garth Ennis being involved.
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I love how he didn't get beaten in a spectacular manner, with some big explosion or after a big hero speech, he just got stomped by a random civilian, who didn't even so much as care about him. A shitty death for a shitty person.
@mariomario3166
Жыл бұрын
Oogie boogie dislikes this comment
@mega6662
Жыл бұрын
@@mariomario3166 oogie boogie got killed by Santa Thats something
@mariomario3166
Жыл бұрын
@@mega6662 The same person he kidnapped
@starkillaa2444
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me to Kira Yoshikage getting his neck broken by ambulance car.
@DJWingoYT
Жыл бұрын
@@starkillaa2444 yes a jojo reference!
"Give me rent" saved Peter's life
@Zack_Zander
Жыл бұрын
More like gave him motivation, XD
@EduardoPereira-bd7ub
Жыл бұрын
i fix this dann door when you save my life.
@mushmoor3804
Жыл бұрын
"You get your rent when you FIX THIS DAMN SPIDER INFESTATION!"
@dabbabyy
Жыл бұрын
Only 3 comments (4 now )
@_YourFlyIsOpen
Жыл бұрын
@@dabbabyy nooooo lol 😢
He was always a monster. The spider just made it external.
@ezzedomusicchannel
Жыл бұрын
yup the webs ripped off his skin and revealed his true image
@Tasarran
Жыл бұрын
*Internal
@supersonicfan7514
6 ай бұрын
Well said.
@supersonicfan7514
6 ай бұрын
@@ezzedomusicchannelnah, his inner self would be even uglier.
@finchvalor
Ай бұрын
Whoooaaa I can’t believe how cool and deep and smart you are. You took what the writers wrote and like typed it out in words and it was like whaaaat the bully was a bad guy, and the spider made his insides bad, and so now it’s like yeah the guy’s metaphorical bad insides are now a literal bad inside so it’s like whaaaat that’s so crazy and deep and just so cool wow man. I love it. Can we get you a job as a Marvel writer? I think you’d be just as talented as the person who wrote Disney Star Wars or Multiverse of Madness or The Room. It’s just so cool how you were able to write out the thing the writers also wrote out. The guy was always a monster, but now he’s a spider monster. It’s so genius and like just cool and deep how more people aren’t freaking out and in pure awe and super impressed with this is unreal. Think about it. This bully guy was bad at the start right? But then he became this spider monster thing, and then his INSIDES became bad, and so this means that now he’s like both bad on the inside and the outside…wait when did he get bad on the outside? Oh yeah yeah he was always bad so yeh that was him being bad on the outside and then the spider turned his inside bad. Yeah sorry I missed it for a second but yeah we’re all set it now. Damn that’s so cool and deep and smart. I wonder if the writers even realize this or if it’s just you’re so smart as a commenter than you’ve elevated their work into a new level by stating how the monster turned him bad on the outside or inside or whatever and than that made the monster become bad on the monster’s inside which means that the monster was actually good the whole time. Omg 😱 I can’t believe I just put that together I’m so deep holy crap I have to go write this down. The monster was actually a good because of the bad being multiplied against the inside of itself this made it become good but it was actually good the whole time omg 😳 this is making so much sense now. I have to start writing my own comic now
Beware of Spider-Man’s most dangerous, revolting, and terrifying foe yet… “Carl”.
@fuhuaherrscherofsentience8424
Жыл бұрын
Mr Beast:C(K)arl are dumb :))
@poweroffriendship2.0
Жыл бұрын
Carl Wheezer, my favorite Spider-Man villain.
@changvasejarik62
Жыл бұрын
Insert llamas wearing hats joke.
@Grag235
Жыл бұрын
@@changvasejarik62 ‘Carl, there’s a dead human in our house’
@paragonrobbie9270
11 ай бұрын
I just imagine Carl from ATHF.
More villains should end like this, unknowingly killed by casual incidents. It’s so damn fulfilling.
@A-TALKING-TOASTER
Жыл бұрын
It's like one of those comedy shows where they have the villain say their speech and they immediately dies
@PingachuWarham
Жыл бұрын
Yoshikage Kira from Jojo's. Ran over by an ambulance that was coming to save him.
@thetester1158
Жыл бұрын
@@PingachuWarham there was an explosion. *his head popped*
@reapordeath
Жыл бұрын
@@A-TALKING-TOASTER I'm a God you filthy mortal! I will not tolerate this-" *contemplates existance* "Puny god"
@kashsmith6181
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Except no. Not at all. I always feel cheated by endings like this except in specific cases where it's thematic. Doing it more would just be pure garbage to me because I actually LIKE good villains.
People like Carl always need someone to blame to hid their imperfections and insecurities he could've been as big as a hero like spider-man(albeit a terrifying and nightmare fuel one) look at flash Thompson he was once the same bully who picked on peter but he took responsibility of his life and past mistakes, became better person and a hero Agent Venom. Could've been Carl if he actually matured
@jaredrcox
Жыл бұрын
Dont we all need that to some degree? That is why we love villains so we can project those same feelings onto them?
@cinamick2114
Жыл бұрын
it just goes to show how horrifically far flash could've went if he didn't move on
@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259
Жыл бұрын
flash wasn't really a physical bully from my recollection of the ditko comics. He was still a huge ahole though
@Nyghtking
Жыл бұрын
He could have done any number of things, he existed as a hoard of spiders, the government would love to have someone on their payroll who could infiltrate not only a single enemy base but several at once. At minimum if he played his cards right he was looking at becoming a valuable government contractor, information gatherer, and maybe even assassin, instead he chose to be petty.
@jimvoozhenzhan8435
Жыл бұрын
@@Nyghtking True, as horrifying as his "gift" was he did get power, but power wasn't what he really wanted was it, he wanted what other people had. He was driven by envy and the desire to take from other what he thought was owed to him. Without that he wouldn't even be a bug, just a hollow shell
The fact that he ate the spider instead of just receiving a bite from it really shows how much an over-achiever he is in the terms of jealousy. Dude literally picked on Parker for no reason because he just wanted to do it for no reason, and when he sees Peter gain superpowers he then thinks he should've been the one to have them because he "deserved" to be a hero? Heck no. I'm pretty sure if he was the 1st person to get bit and gain spider man's powers he most likely wouldn't have used them for good anyway. If that was the case, I'd like to bet Peter would get himself bit by the spider as well just to take him down because that's what Peter is at his core between hero or villain. He'll always be the hero in his story
@Zack_Zander
Жыл бұрын
That actually happen in “Peter Parker had to destroy Spider Man”, where it takes place in a world where Flash Thompson was the one that bit by the spider. At first, Peter wanted to help Flash to be a hero. But when Flash started to take things too far, Peter created robotic spider legs similar to Doc Ock’s tentacle arms to stop Flash and then was recruit by the Fantastic Four. Even without getting bit by the spider, he is still capable of becoming a hero.
@echo-048
Жыл бұрын
well that was his plan but when he found the spider it was already dead so he went with plan b and ate it's corpse.
@Mexikirb
Жыл бұрын
@@Zack_Zander where can I read this????
@Zack_Zander
Жыл бұрын
@@Mexikirb Well, I don't know "where" but I already provided the title. That should be more than enough for you to find it.
@comicbookreviewer4856
Жыл бұрын
The way i would do the Thousand is be the negative part of the spider-force well the spider-god known as Anansi would pick Peter parker to be his champion knowing of his good heart and soul as Anansi would pick people with a pure heart to be his web-warriors well the Negative spider-force God would be Arachne who would pick people who seek amazement and the chance for greatness to be her champion and see Carl as her champion as Charl would be known as Spider-savage as a dark counterpart to peter parker and his role as Spider-man
Spider-Man literally standing up to a bully, “I’m not afraid of you”, to the most terrifying opponent he had ever seen yet. That is what Peter truly was on the inside: a hero. And no matter whose body Carl was in, he was still just the same bully on the inside. Literally and figuratively. Great writing. ✍️
@supersonicfan7514
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, but I think Carl was far from Peter’s most terrifying enemy. He’s not half as scary as Green Goblin, Carnage, Morlun, etc.
What's sad is had Carl never ate the spider, he still would have turned out the same way. I wouldn't be surprised if he would have still tried to kill Peter for a petty reason.
@JonCrs10
Жыл бұрын
No the sad thing is that there's no reason Carl got such a wildly different powerset than Peter or any Spiderfam.
@Zeruel3
11 ай бұрын
He would have ended up as some small time thug or wife-beater or some other lowlife Peter webbed up and forgot all about five seconds later because Carl King never grew from being the violent little sadist. Meanwhile Peter Parker rose to be the hero everyone from Wolverine and Captain America to the Hulk respect and are proud to stand alongside
Spidey's life is far from perfect🕷️....this guy took jealousy to a whole new level 🤦🏽♂️
@A-TALKING-TOASTER
Жыл бұрын
He should be thankful he didn't get Deadpool's perspective and realize that everybody's suffering and struggle is really just for entertainment
@natek4488
13 күн бұрын
1. He is constantly broke and is always late on his rent. 2. He has to care for an elderly aunt. 3. He works for a trigger-tempered asshole who constantly sh[_]ts on his name. 4. He can't keep a girlfriend. 5. He's got like 80 supervillains to deal with.
Fun Fact: Garth Ennis, the creator of The Boys, wrote this very story.
@rubyll919
Жыл бұрын
Glad he didn't kill Spidey off.
@jamiemanning4944
Жыл бұрын
That explains a lot
@emoryjenkins4780
Жыл бұрын
Knowing that bit of info, I'm surprised spiderman didn't die
@jarsofpaperstars
Жыл бұрын
Ennis actually likes Spider-Man from what I remember, so it makes sense the story ended up good while still being horrifying and edgy. When the man writes comics well, he really nails it. The problem is that he needs a team of other writers and editors around him to hold him back, cause otherwise he goes all in and his stories crash and burn spectacularly. It’s why the original comics for The Boys is so disliked, cause it wastes tons of good ideas in favour of gratuitous sex and violence just for the sake of showing the Supes as depraved, without any nuance that the show luckily added. Then there’s Crossed, which I’m too terrified to read myself cause I’ve heard it’s much worse, which is a shame cause the premise interests me.
@kyleco9149
Жыл бұрын
Oh that's reassuring, so Garth Ennis likes superman and Spider-Man
That random citizen unknowingly became a hero
@natek4488
13 күн бұрын
I think it's fitting how he gets unknowingly taken out by a random citizen instead of in an epic fight with Spider-Man. It's more pathetic.
forgetting the creepiness of the spider ability, it's actually a pretty unique and interesting ability. I've always wondered if there was like a person with superpowers that had an ability that could only be used in an "evil" kind of way, but tried their hardest to be a hero. Like there isn't anything hero-like of eating someones insides and taking their skin as your own.
@changvasejarik62
Жыл бұрын
Closest thing I ever found to an objectively evil power was in starship troopers where one of the giant bug eats brains with a spiked tongue and learns the knowledge held in the brain it ate. That was what made me side with the humans despite the directors intent. But as for Human equivalents to Carl look up spidersman (11580) or the bride of nine spiders for more heroic takes on the power of worms that walk. Also red mask from grant Morrison’s animal man. Tragic story.
@ThePinkMan
Жыл бұрын
Just look at some of the vampire heroes, like Morbius.
@eltipodelosvideosaleatorio1329
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePinkMan its morbin time
@fingerstyleguitas9046
Жыл бұрын
Rogue's power is pretty nasty when you take a closer look. It's basicaly some sort of aura leeching/stealing. IS someone amoral/pschotic got her power the could be pretty scary.
This story bothers me in such a minor way because like….it feels like instead of making Carl strong enough to pose a threat to spider man, if feels like they just made spidey weaker? Like, we’ve seen Peter lift trains, stop planes, and go toe to toe with some seriously badass villains, and Carl just don’t feel up to snuff. Don’t get me wrong, he absolutely COULD’VE been, he’s got an imposing and terrifying power, and his obsession with Peter is quite imposing, but he just didn’t seem like somebody who should be able to straight up BEAT him in a fight. I feel like this is most encapsulated by the restraints he puts on Peter because like…he has to “muster his strength” to bust out of a flimsy wooden chair and a bit of rope? I just don’t buy it.
@jpowel
Жыл бұрын
he should have been able to immediately break out of those bindings with extremely little effort, I agree it just doesn't make sense
@jackeibon884
Жыл бұрын
the poison tho
@urdeadnotbigsuprise7439
Жыл бұрын
Didn't Carl say he poisoned him?
@MetalHopper
Жыл бұрын
@@jackeibon884 He has been drugged by Kraven (it was enough to kill a elephant btw) before and all it did was make him dizzy. But maybe the poison is more potent that I guess.
@diabreaodiohenderson7641
Жыл бұрын
Garth Ennis wrote it
The thousand ended dying as he lived, sad, pathetic, and alone, squashed like the disgusting parasite he was. Mrs. Patterson didn't deserve any of that, she could've had a better life but at least she can rest easy knowing that the sick bastard will never be able to harm anyone again.
Carl is kinda scary when you think about it. Since he’s been watching a lot of Peters encounters with his villians he could have easily allied with the more psychotic villians like the Green Goblin or kill him while he was either weakened or knocked out during one of his many fights with his villians
@ajb6359
Жыл бұрын
I doubt he was smart enough to though
@revimfadli4666
Жыл бұрын
@@ajb6359 also his ego was probably too big to share the victory with another villain
@sarafontanini7051
Жыл бұрын
keep in mind that he WANTS peter's life, including figthing badass villains, so allying with them would beat the purpose of it.
@allgoodinny8487
Жыл бұрын
The scariest part is that he was able to successfully stalk Peter with what I'd imagine is semi malicious intent, he was able to bypass his spider sense
@alexgreer6336
Жыл бұрын
@@allgoodinny8487 Probably because he ate the radioactive spider
You know what this makes me wanna see? The Thousand vs Spiders-Man. Like imagine, Thousand is about to rip open a hole into the guy's mask, and instead of a human mouth, another horde of spiders come out and whoops the evil spider horde's ass.
@jacksonvoet8312
Жыл бұрын
That is…. Awesome!
@velonian5154
11 ай бұрын
spider war
@anthonyfoster1685
Ай бұрын
Would actually read that
I couldn't recommend this comic enough. Tangled Web of Spider-Man is one my all-time favorites, presenting not just regular Spider-Man stories, but putting regular folks of NY front. A little kid who has sick mother, J Jonah Jameson, Frog Man, some guy working under Kingpin... almost all of the issues are pure gold. If this story arc is more disturbing, the rest is more comedic and heartwarming, it really needs more attention!
Carl had two chances to take Peter's body, first when he's disguised as miss patton, second when he paralysed spiderman
@sarafontanini7051
Жыл бұрын
to quote discworld: "Pray that when your lfie is at another's mercy, it is at the hands of an evil man. Because Evil men like power, especially power over others, and so he'll talk. He'll put off your death like another would savour the flavour of a cigar. So pray you're at the mercy of an evil man, because a good man would kill you without a second thought."
@naniwo4438
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t his spider sense protect him from Patton?
@mikadosannoji553
Жыл бұрын
@@naniwo4438 he somehow bypassed peter's spider sense when he was stalking him multiple times
@chaoticoofhead9543
Жыл бұрын
@@mikadosannoji553 that is cuz he is literally not human not magic not shit he is literally a 1000 spiders that have a hivemind DNA so carl can control them even if he is technically dead
@ithielpitt7525
Жыл бұрын
Villanova gotta monolog
Carl will never bug Peter ever again.
That ending was peak irony.
This has gotta be the most disgusting villain I've ever known, not only in looks but also just how he is an awful person in general, at least he got what he deserved and honestly in the most ironic way possible.
The Thousand's superpower really matches his personality. Strong but weak, seeking to be feared, instead of respected. The lies that he told himself (He deserves Spider-Man's powers, he had to eat his girlfriend, etc.) made him fall deeper into this depravation of attention seeking that turned into "plan B" (eating the spider that bit Peter), turning him into this villain that perfectly represents his imperfections & flaws. The Thousand is fear, but is afraid. The Thousand is strong together, but weak when by itself. It's a great story with a great narrative and an even more satisfying death.
The guy is like Reverse Flash if you removed all of his enjoyable charismatic traits and just made him completely despicable
I wonder if this guy ever interacted with Flash Thompson because both of them were bullies and I can see Flash initially hanging out with him until eventually realizing that oh crap this guy is going too far
@sarafontanini7051
Жыл бұрын
The THousand is basically "what if Flash Thompson WASN'T the big bully in Peter's life?"
@bearpoop720
Жыл бұрын
About that, Flash was a bully, but a morally good one, instead of becoming a villain with his powers as Agent Venom, he became a hero. Whenever bullying Parker, he always had a limit, and tried to keep it as little as teasing or slightly above that.
@sunshineskystar
Жыл бұрын
flash would threw this guy into a trash can if he sees him. unlike peter this guy straight up have no good quality about him.
@ThePinkMan
Жыл бұрын
I get the feeling that Carl was too much of a creep for Flash to hang out with. Flash was popular. According to Peter, though, Carl had no friends.
@comicbookreviewer4856
Жыл бұрын
I knew a kid at my school who got me annoyed with him being a crybaby about things But never Bully him as being a bully will make you No better than the people who think they can do whatever they want
I love that ending. You step on others until some day you're on the receiving end and catch a boot to big for you to handle.
"telling him that he'll always just be a pathetic cowardly bully saying to him that he's just the same sadist he's always been" bullies everywhere watch out because here comes the Spider-Man
Carl:Those powers should be mine!,Your life is perfect just because of them- Peter:....•Flashback of all the things he suffered after becoming Spider-Man•...For someone who's been spying on me, you don't know anything about my life
You can’t convince me that Spiders-Man (The Spider-Man variant that’s a swarm of spiders) is just a heroic version of The Thousand.
This is not the "Man spider" I was expecting😭
@MetalHopper
Жыл бұрын
I actually would prefer if it was a humanoid spider instead of whatever the hell this is.
@madmannn9576
Жыл бұрын
@@MetalHopper yh but Man-spider doesnt have any powers so itd be pretty boring... unless youre smosh ofc
@owlomar2007
18 күн бұрын
@@madmannn9576and Peter already became Man spider several times why repeat that ?
During this video when you were talking about the comic I was like “what the fuck?”. But not in a “what the fuck! This is terrifying but great!” it was more like “What the fuck were the writers thinking?”. Though when I saw the name “Ennis” which most likely stands for Garth Ennis, that explained a lot about the story.
@Crab-Man42
Жыл бұрын
Everything else worked for a dark minor villain, but the heavy implication he had sex with his own father in the guise of his mother before transferring bodies was unnecessary. I also feel like while beating Peter with the element of surprise with his coworker’s body was one thing, the second fight shouldn’t have been so close. I could excuse the wooden chair with the paralyzing venom, but Carl doing well enough to give a smug speech over a wounded Peter feels kind of like Ennis doing his usual “Superheroes bad” thing.
@nekogamer2508
Жыл бұрын
It was written by a guy who hates all superheroes but Superman and Batman
@sunshineskystar
Жыл бұрын
@@nekogamer2508 actually he loved spiderman but seemingly hate superman with his core.
@starpaladingoldbug2282
Жыл бұрын
@@sunshineskystar If hate superman then why did he write for him?
@crisgeraldperez7
Жыл бұрын
Carl is his self insert
This is honestly one of my favourite Spider-Man comics/storylines, especially the ending! The Thousand wanted nothing more than to consume Parker and take his place as Spider-Man, getting all the recognition he thought he deserved. Yet, by the end of the story, he dies with barely anyone knowing he even existed.
Now I’m wondering about Wolverine’s school bully…….
@mangareader7474
Жыл бұрын
Wolverine ran away from home when he was young moving from town to town
@Invinci445
Жыл бұрын
The closet thing he has to a bully is Sabretooth
@kashsmith6181
Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure his childhood bully was Dog Logan.
And here I thought Thompson was the biggest bully Peter ever had to deal with. And goes to show how terrifying a mere bully could be if given the chance to be something even worse.
Imagine if Disney ever adopts this guy
@jt6924
Жыл бұрын
I doubt they would ever, but I can imagine him being retconned to fight MCU Spider-Man
@sarafontanini7051
Жыл бұрын
I unironically would lvoe to see The THousand brought back somehow in someway in any media. He's a really creepy villain.
@Crab-Man42
Жыл бұрын
Would probably be heavily censored or have the way he works changed completely, though.
@nekogamer2508
Жыл бұрын
They would have to purchase the rights from creator of The Boys
This guy Carl takes "stalking" to a whole new level....and that's creepy af
@owlomar2007
18 күн бұрын
Venom: and I thought I was the creepy stalker
@owlomar2007
18 күн бұрын
Venom: and we thought we're the creepy stalker
A complete normal guy just unknowingly saved and SpiderMan. He’s the true hero of this story.
Pretty sure this was written by Garth ennis - the guy who did the boys, crossed, and preacher. Spider-Man is one of the only superheroes he likes lmao
@danielasarmiento3101
Жыл бұрын
Along with Superman and Wonder Woman
5:30 Carl acting a bit sus
that was an awesome ending. just perfect to prove how much of a pathetic bug he always was.
The ending was satisfying, as horrifying the rest of this was.
I remember Reading this in 2008/2009, but I only could read First 5/7 pages and I didn't understand English well so I just assumed he was that victim in third issue. After checking Wiki, I mistakingly wrote it as Peter's friend who Got possessed by those spiders. After finding IT out, I found out he was worse than Flash.
Spider man’s spider sense tells him whenever anyone is around when he unmasks his identity, so how exactly did this guy follow him around and see all this will out peter being alerted?
@jacobburt1523
Жыл бұрын
Carl's become a sentient cluster of spiders, this might have given him a back door for the spider sense.
@wyattlundrigan4740
Жыл бұрын
@@jacobburt1523 Nah. Anything besides venom because of their bonding time together registers as a threat to his spider sense.
@MASTERJCLIPs
Жыл бұрын
@@jacobburt1523 Thing is, he found out his identity before he became the thousand. It's either Garth Ennis forgot about that part of the spider sense or his spider senses didn't see carl as a threat anymore because peter has outgrown him as a person.
@jacobburt1523
Жыл бұрын
@@wyattlundrigan4740 there are a number of thing that can bypass Peter's spider sense; Aunt May gets past it because of how close she and Peter are.
@jacobburt1523
Жыл бұрын
@@MASTERJCLIPs I wouldn't entirely put either explanation past Garth, but I'm sure if you asked him he'd probably say it's the latter.
If Mr. Dicovitch was peters landlord at the time, the thousand wouldn’t stand a chance.
@joaquinbarboza3223
Ай бұрын
I remember a theory of Mr. Ditkovich actually being a retired Kraven the Hunter.
This is how it should be with all bullies - have a meaningless end.
Call me crazy, but I could have sworn it ended with Peter tricking him into getting eaten by birds. It might've been a different villain in hindsight, but I'm fairly certain I remember something like that.
@gannielukks1811
Жыл бұрын
Zamn
Just found out that Garth Ennis of the original The Boys comic wrote this. And that explains so much.
The worst villains are often the most insecure. Carl King more than fits the bill.
Man, what kind of messed up mind would conceived such a vile villain for Spidey...(seeing the name in the cover)... ooohhh right, I get it now.
"Or killing somebody just because he didn't like his name.." The dude from tale tale heart: "We, my friend, we will get along very well.."
Someone actually put their fetish into a spider-man comic.... again.
@waffler-yz3gw
Жыл бұрын
yeah i wanna know the first time
@thegreatscribbles960
Жыл бұрын
@dark my guess is probably somewhere in ultimate spiderman
@Yo_do_yo
Жыл бұрын
Having spiders in side people is a thing that turns people on?
@Yo_do_yo
Жыл бұрын
@@takiyeet6946 makes sense lol
@sunshineskystar
Жыл бұрын
@dark the one where sandman inflate spiderman from the inside.
cigarette citizen is a fucking hero, man.
@octaviusroosevelt7355
3 ай бұрын
We should have more comics about him: in this new issue, Cigarette Citizen stops a robbery by temporarily blinding the criminal with a breath of smoke, with the police on the scene after it clears up!
Oh wow, you actually unlocked a very old memory for me with this video. I actually had this comic when I was a kid, but had completely forgotten about it. I started to remember it as I watched the video and yeah, it's still as gross and disturbing as it was back then. I absolutely love the artstyle for this comic, and the ending with the spider getting stomped is so freaking good!
When he bit the spider, I was disappointed he didnt turn into Man-spider.
The Thousand is like if Spiders-man was evil and more body horror focused. At least Spiders-man's body is made up of tiny spiders, unlike Carl's giant mutants.... yeesh.
I like to think (with how prepared Carl seemed) he made some spider lay eggs in either a skin suit or just some corner. Which wouldmark the return of the thousand…
@salmontickler
Жыл бұрын
So just kinky oviposition
I haven't read all interpretations of Flash Thompson, but I'm pretty sure the variations I read would have kicked Carl's butt during high school for what Carl did. Flash was a bully in the teasing sense, but always had a moral center deep down, again, at least the variations I read. Carl was just a generic, uberdark-and-literally-nothing else villain with the same character traits and dialogue that we've seen over and over and over not just in Spider-Man, but in way too many comics way too often. I'm surprised that the character was killed off as he was, especially given that Garth Ennis created him, since many examples have this kind of character essentially winning in the end through pure forced narrative, so it was a nice and satisfying element to what was otherwise a generic "mature because how morose and cynical it is" plot.
The alternate title is Spider-Man's School bully is nightmare fuel Lol
Apparently this story was written by Garth Ennis. Of course it was written by him; he couldn't write his villains to be non-edgy to save his life
Also technically speaking he's the first person to know Peter's secret identity...
this is a terrifying story that will live in my brain forever now. It won't leave until the day I die, thank you for showing me this. I love your content btw!
Really like this guy as a villain hopefully he returns someday like another of his spiders surviving or something. He's genuinely creepy and could fuck with Spiderman in a lot of ways.
Dear god, I remember the transformation scenes in the comic as a kid, those traumatized me.
“ the guy absolutely triggers my arachnophobia “ *YOU’RE READING A SPIDER MAN COMIC, DUDE. WHAT THE HELL DID YOU EXPECT?*
man the people who make some of these spiderman stories are sick
Thats quite the terrifying villain especially if he can control a 1000 people at onve
In Polish "worm" means not only that one animal burrowing underground but some people use it to describe an entire insect group as a whole. Because of this death is more ironic, since the true hopeless "worm" was Carl all along
I really enjoyed how most of spideys villains know Peter.
I had this comic as a kid and it terrified the hell out of me
@anthonyfoster1685
Ай бұрын
It's scary yes but good
This villain is arachnophobia incarnate.
Imagine being a Super Villian, with the power to reek so much havoc onto the world, and a Random Dude who needs a Cig just steps on you.
@skydraws1787
9 ай бұрын
Yeah. Talk About Karma Being A Bitch
I’m so glad this is a one off villain
@owlomar2007
18 күн бұрын
I think he was always meant to be, given the way he was created 💀
"Which Peter gets up through sheer willpower" looks like Peter has ultra instinct just like when Goku got up through sheer willpower at the end of hyourinjutsu he's super saiyan blue Goku (manga) vs super Saiyan 4 Goku
@alucard9003
Жыл бұрын
I mean spider sense is kinda like UI if you really think about it
@Crab-Man42
Жыл бұрын
Spider-Man is arguably the most well-known “Gets back up after a massive beat down” American fictional character.
Peter Parker: is just a dream 😳
Whether he's Peter Parker in high school or Spiderman as an adult, the man's not afraid of a bully.
The true hero was that random guy.
hi! i love ur videos sm, it makes it so much easier to read comics for me, it's hard to get back into like i used to, so thank u! i was wondering what line of comics this is from, it looks like it's based off a lot of the old 60s comics :0
Honestly I loved the ending. It's so fucking well written, but I think it'd be interesting if a Thousand got a redemption arc. Think about it. Instead of being happy that he killed his mom, he could be terrified but still go on to try and kill Peter by distracting or disassociating himself but I feel Parker's the kind of guy to convince him to mature. The fun part is that he could go through all of the good-bad rankings because you don't change instantly. Him getting awful shit happening to himself in order to gradually mature would be realistic and unique.
He definitely should be in the next movie
just saw about this a day ago, what a coincidence you’d upload a video about this
truly terrifying
I like to think that Carl and flash knew each other but flash stopped hanging with him because he takes it to far
The pettier the person, the scarier they are.
The thousand is one of my favorites... Such a terrifying yet amazing concept.
Peter just wanted to beat his landlords ass
My boy just stepped on a Supervillain and smoked a blunt and kept it moving lol what a OG
this story really freaks me out bruh it’s so gross
Man talk about sadistic and petty incarnate
Of course it’s a Gareth Ennis story 😂
The ending was never what I expected
To see what the good guy version of this would be, follow Spiders-man, thats right, spiders plural. He's the version of spiderman where Peter Parker is devoured by a swarm of radioactive spiders which then become controlled by his consciousness
The last page, I'm crying LMFAOOO
nice video. creepy, reminds me of the Fly movie
Ahh yes this is comic was one of the few Spiderman books at my high school library. all i knew of spider man at the time was only the first three movies and wanted to see how the comics where like. Long story short after reading half i didn't want to know any more Spiderman comics because i first mistaken Carl as Flash Thompson and didn't want to know what the rest of the recurring characters would be like. Thankfully a year or two later i found out this is Carl's only time.
Think about the one kid who saw this when he was 6, and how every ounce of innocence left his body as he screamed bloody murder.
I want junji ito to do an adaptation of this so much
My only problem is that a powerful Spider-man who fought multiple villains at once, lifted cars etc.. was having problem to fight against Carl. No matter the spiders and living suit it was just silly and made it hard to me to take it seriously. The ending was gold tho, one pathetic death for one pathetic guy
@kwayneboy1524
8 ай бұрын
I think he was in similar strength to him because of the spiders being the same super powered one's that bit Peter
I used to read Spider-Man comic books. I wish this villain survived to be in more books and maybe the animated series. This had to be one of the creepiest characters in this series. I liked Carnage as a villain. He's so evil and over powered.
I remember randomly picking up this issue when I was a kid back in 2001 and finding is shockingly gruesome for a Spider-Man comic. Suppose it shouldn’t be a surprise with Garth Ennis being involved.
This villain should totally get a movie.