Prepare for a 'Venom: Year One' style story in 2022, from the character's co-creator David Michelinie, called Venom: Lethal Protector.
(Yes, that's right - the same name the first Venom series in 1993 went by - also written by Michelinie.)
Working with artist Ivan Fiorelli, Michelinie is turning back the clock to when Eddie Brock was a despondent newspaper reporter first crossing paths with the symbiote that would become Venom.
"Getting to do a multi-issue story with the original Venom was like sitting down to dinner with an old friend - who wants to eat your brain for dessert!” Michelinie says in the announcement. "It was both fun and exciting, and I hope people enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it."
According to Marvel, Venom: Lethal Protector isn't just a trip down memory lane, but a hint at "what's to come in his future!"
Michelinie and Todd McFarlane created Venom in the pages of , picking up from when Spider-Man brought the symbiote back from Battleworld during the original Amazing Spider-Man event. The symbiote attempted to subvert Peter Parker to his will, but after the hero was able to resist the sinister urges, the sludgy alien monster found a more pliable host in Eddie Brock.
Paulo Siqueira has drawn the main cover for Venom: Lethal Protector #1, with variants coming from Bill Sienkiewicz, Lucio Parillo, Joshua Cassara (a Stormbreakers variant), and David Nakayama. Check them out here:
The new Venom: Lethal protector is part of a growing number of flashback series Marvel is currently publishing such as Secret Wars, X-Men Legends, and Maestro: World War M.
Venom: Lethal Protector #1 (of 5) goes on sale on March 23.
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