

Michelinie said returning to Venom was both fun and exciting, while comparing returning to Venom's earliest days like "sitting down to dinner with an old friend-who wants to eat your brain for dessert!” Instead, the series will fill in the blanks of Eddie Brock's transformation into Venom, capturing his sinister early days with the symbiote. Marvel Comics revealed Venom: Lethal Protector will take place before the arrival of Carnage, the different toxins, and Venom's more heroic turn. The new series will explore Venom's sinister days following Eddie Brock's dark transformation. Venom: Lethal Protector featured Venom heading to San Francisco in his first solo title that explored Eddie Brock's backstory and introduced several new symbiotes, including Scream, Riot, and Lasher. The five-issue series has the same name as Michelinie's (with art by Mark Bagley, Ron Lim, Sam Delarosa, and Al Milgrom) 1993 limited series. On Monday, Marvel Comics revealed Venom co-creator David Michelinie would return to the character in a new series with Ivan Fiorelli called Venom: Lethal Protector. Related: Wolverine's Greatest Variant Returns to Battle Thor & Storm

Venom has been featured in two films, including the most recent Venom: Let The Be Carnage, where Tom Hardy played Eddie Brock and the symbiote. Currently, Eddie Brock is Marvel's King in Black, while his son Dylan has bonded with the Venom symbiote.

Initially, he became one of Spider-Man's most prominent adversaries before taking on a more heroic role in later stories. With the symbiote, Eddie Brock became Venom. Reporter Eddie Brock was transformed into Venom after the alien symbiote Peter Parker brought back to Earth following the events of Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars split from him and chose a new host. Venom is one of Marvel's most iconic characters, as the symbiote antihero first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane and David Michelinie.
