The Marvel Universe has seen plenty of twisted tales of suburbia gone wrong over the years, with the MCU's WandaVision fresh in the minds of many fans. The story of Westview, New Jersey and the ways in which life there became a horror story is without question a shocking one, but it was neither the first nor the worst time an iconic character remade a small town into their own image. Unsurprisingly, it was Cletus Kasady himself who unleashed a torrent of terror that made life in Westview look like a walk in the park.
Cletus Kasady was supposed to die after being flown into orbit and subsequently ripped in half by the Sentry. Thanks to the Carnage symbiote, both of them were able to survive, and thanks to Hall Industries' research, Cletus was outfitted with a prosthetic lower half back on Earth. Carnage soon escaped from Hall Industries' custody. Even worse, his captors' experiments had given Carnage the gift of being able to control his own offshoots -- something he used to sweep across the sleepy town of Doverton, Colorado in 2011's Carnage U.S.A. #1 by Zeb Wells and Clayton Crain.
News of what had happened made its way to law enforcement within days, and from there the situation was passed on to the Avengers themselves. A crack team of Spider-Man, Hawkeye, Wolverine and the Thing was assembled and led into the field by Captain America -- though what they found in Doverton was far from anything they expected. Upon arrival, the team discovered a seemingly desolate downtown, a facade which soon enough crumbled away when Carnage reveals himself to the heroes, only to claim them as his own just like he did most of Doverton's residents. Thankfully, Spider-Man was at least able to escape falling prey to Carnage's influence, making him available to lend a hand to the military's own Mercury Team who had been called in to put Carnage down.
The second issue of the series introduced the Hybrid symbiotes Riot, Agony, Lasher and Phage in brand new roles as Mercury Team. Bonded to four equally skilled soldiers, the four symbiotes along with Doctor Tanis Nieves, aka Scorn, comprised the U.S. military's best weapon against the threat. While the heroic symbiotes prepared to make their move, Carnage relished in his role as ruler of his own tiny kingdom, forcing the citizens of Doverton who he hadn't made part of his twisted family kill one another for his own amusement. The efforts of Spider-Man and Mercury Team were enough to keep Carnage occupied so that further reinforcements in the form of Flash Thompson -- then host to the Venom symbiote -- could be called in.
Scorn was eventually able to separate Cletus Kasady from the Carnage symbiote while Flash Thompson put the serial killer out of commission, but neither of them nor any of the other heroes could save the town itself. Despite Cletus being defeated, the mass which Carnage had ballooned into was obliterated by a massive airstrike courtesy of the U.S. military, taking a large portion of Doverton with it. By the time the dust had settled, it was clear that Carnage had won. The MCU's Wanda Maximoff may have turned an entire town into background players for her own perfect life, but Cletus Kasady left one unrecognizable, perhaps even uninhabitable.
It's hard to imagine that anything resembling Carnage U.S.A. will ever make its way to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making WandaVision the premiere suburban horror story for fans of the MCU for the foreseeable future. Then again, with an entire Multiverse just waiting to be explored beyond What If...?, there is always some slim chance that Carnage will get a shot at bringing his own little slice of America to life on screen at some point. Even if not, there are always the comics to look back on for anyone who wants to know just how much worse things can get than Westview.