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Phase 3 · 1993

Venom: Lethal Protector

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Inspired Venom: Eddie Brock and the symbiote move to San Francisco and turn vigilante; collects the 6-issue miniseries

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Quick recap

Eddie Brock and the Venom symbiote call a truce with Spider-Man and move to San Francisco. There they start protecting a community hidden beneath the city, punishing anyone who threatens innocents in their usual violent way. Carlton Drake's Life Foundation and other enemies hunt Venom. Drake extracts seeds from the symbiote and creates five new ones: Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher and Agony. Spider-Man shows up to take on Venom, but the two end up fighting the new threat together. Eddie gets his symbiote back and destroys the five offspring. The miniseries ends with Venom established as an antihero with a city of his own.

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  1. ReferenceSan Francisco and Carlton Drake

    The 2018 film is mainly based on this miniseries and the Planet of the Symbiotes arc. San Francisco, the Life Foundation and Carlton Drake all come from here.

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  2. ChangeNo Spider-Man in the film

    In the comic, Spider-Man heads to San Francisco and ends up fighting alongside Venom. The film leaves him out entirely.

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  3. Behind the scenesA foil cover

    Issue #1 came out with a red foil cover, a '90s craze, plus a rare gold version handed out to retailers.

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