(Earth-616)
ALICE GLEASON
(Earth-616)
Real Name: Alice Gleason
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: News anchor, reporter
Group Membership: CVN (Frank, Chris Rollins, others)
Affiliations: New York City Police Department
(NYPD)
formerly Carnage (Cletus Kasady)
Enemies: Carnage, Sin-Eater (see
comments)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: New York City
First Appearance: AXIS: Carnage#1 (December, 2014)
Powers/Abilities: Alice Gleason has no superhuman powers.
She is an expert liar and manipulator, able to produce fake tears on air and successfully placate Carnage's unstable personality.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'7'')
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 130 lbs.)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
History: (AXIS: Carnage#1 (fb) - BTS) - Alice Gleason was a successful newscaster working at the CVN. She was in a sexual relationship with her colleague Chris Rollins, which was known to the rest of their coworkers.
(AXIS: Carnage#1) - After Chris was gunned down by Sin-Eater, Alice delivered a tearful report of his death live on air. Once the cameras were off, her boss Frank offered his condolences, but Alice dismissed them, saying that she had no feelings for Chris and that he had embarrassed her by being found in a massage parlor. Boasting that she only let the tears out for the ratings, Alice asked for her late boyfriend's job of covering superhero news, which even her boss found cold. As Rollins' murder had followed that of another newscaster, Alice was issued police protection.
(AXIS: Carnage#1 - BTS) - Unbeknownst to Alice, her broadcast was watched by Carnage, recently morally inverted and now trying to become a good guy. Believing her on-screen emotions to be genuine, Carnage decided that Alice could teach him the meaning of being a hero.
(AXIS: Carnage#1) - Alice returned home and offered a drink to the NYPD officer accompanying her. He was then killed by the Sin-Eater who had been hiding inside the apartment. Recognizing the Sin-Eater, Alice tried to get him to leave her alone by claiming that she was a good person and by promising to make him a star. The Sin-Eater replied that she stank of hubris, selfishness, and vainglory, but before he could execute her, Carnage burst through the window and blew up Sin-Eater's head with his own shotgun. Upon seeing another famous serial killer, Alice screamed and fainted, and Carnage carried her away just as the Sin-Eater got back up. Alice woke up tied to the Brooklyn Bridge and screamed as Carnage asked for her help.
(AXIS: Carnage#2) - Carnage, still new to being a hero, initially refused to let Alice go, saying that she would run away. Alice promised not to do that and to teach Carnage how to be a hero in exchange for Carnage promising not to hurt her. Carnage agreed, and Alice asked him to take them to a church, where Carnage mistook a grave digger for a grave robber and attacked him until Alice told him to stop. Alice then told Carnage to confess his sins to God and recorded him on video, which she sent to her boss. They left the church and came across a bank robbery, which Carnage stopped by throwing a flaming car at the bank. Alice chastised him and told Carnage to put out the fire, something he did by ripping out a fire hydrant. The police showed up, and Carnage picked Alice and left, not wanting to sign autographs. His web got caught by a police helicopter's blade, causing Carnage to drop Alice, though he used his tendrils to slow her fall. The moment she was on the ground, the Sin-Eater put Alice in his car and drove away.
(AXIS: Carnage#3) - The Sin-Eater took Alice to his hideout in the sewers, where she saw the newspaper clippings on the original Sin-Eater's case and assumed him to be Emil Gregg. The Sin-Eater removed his balaclava, revealing a ghostly skull, and promised to cleanse her soul of sins at the cost of her life. Alice failed to talk him down and was saved by Carnage, who dragged her out with his tendril. The Sin-Eater followed and absorbed Carnage's sins, growing to gigantic size, until the sins overwhelmed him and he exploded. Alice picked up Sin-Eater's shotgun and blasted Carnage with it, then ran towards the police while he regenerated. Carnage was hurt by her broken promise, but Alice said that it was a lie and that nobody was a fully good person. Alice then urged the police to shoot Carnage and keep firing even as he fled the scene.
Comments: Created by Rick Spears and German Peralta.The story strongly implies that this Sin-Eater is the ghost of the recently deceased Emil Gregg. However, the King in Black Handbook does not confirm their connection when recapping the events of the series, and so neither does this profile.
Earth-35113 As a young child, Cletus Kasady fell in love with adult woman Alice Gleason. She kindly rejected him, so Cletus pushed her in front of the bus. Her death made him embrace his fate as a hero. Reality hallucinated by inverted Carnage of Earth-616. AXIS: Carnage #2 (2015)
Earth-52338 Diverged from Earth-616 when Alice Gleason was held captive by inverted Carnage. When she asked him not to hurt her, he slapped her across the face, while on Earth-616 Carnage agreed and followed his promise. AXIS: Carnage #2 (2015)
Earth-72665 Carnage and Alice Gleason married and had several children. The enemies of heroic Carnage eventually tracked down and killed his family. Reality hallucinated by inverted Carnage of Earth-616. AXIS: Carnage #3 (2015)
This profile was completed 11/27/2025, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by HBK123.CLARIFICATIONS:
Alice Gleason of Earth-616 should not be confused with:
Alice Gleason (Earth-35113)
(AXIS: Carnage#2) - When Alice Gleason was threatened by a wild dog, young boy Cletus Kasady killed the dog to protect her. Later, Cletus gifted Alice a flower and professed his love for her. Alice jokingly dismissed the boy, so he pushed her in front of the bus. Her death inspired him to become a hero.
(AXIS: Carnage#3) - Young Cletus found himself in Heaven and met Alice as an angel. She told him that he had mad skillz and that with great power came all kinds of great stuff. Angel Alice was then taken by a towering demonic Sin-Eater and cried for Cletus to be a hero and save her.
--AXIS: Carnage#2-3
Alice Gleason (Earth-52338)
(AXIS: Carnage#2) - Similar to her Earth-616 counterpart, Alice Gleeson was abducted by inverted Carnage and tied to the Brooklyn Bridge. However, when this Alice asked Carnage to promise not to hurt her, he forcefully hit her instead of agreeing.
--AXIS: Carnage#2
Alice Gleason (Earth-72665)
(AXIS: Carnage#3) - Alice Gleason and Carnage started dating and eventually married. They had several children, raising a family in a suburban house. However, Carnage's life as a hero put them in danger, and one day his enemies burned his house and killed his family.
--AXIS: Carnage#3
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AXIS: Carnage#1, p13, pan4 (main image)
AXIS: Carnage#3, p17, pan5 (headshot)
AXIS: Carnage#2, p1, pan1 (Alice-35113)
AXIS: Carnage#2, p5, pan5 (Alice-52338)
AXIS: Carnage#3, p18, pan2 (Alice-72665)
First posted: 09/07/2026
Last updated: 04/16/2026
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