Evil Spirit Strikes, Karn Captured Alive

It wasn't as though he never failed. Or rather, after saving Shadow Spider-Man, Peter's chances of success had plummeted. The main reason was that Karn had realized how much of a threat Peter posed. Before Peter interfered, Karn hunted those Spider-Men like a cat toying with mice, taking them down one at a time at a leisurely pace. Even after defeating them, he would play with them awhile before killing them. But now, because Peter had thwarted him several times in a row, his methods had become ruthless and decisive.