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4. Venom Will Follow The 'Lethal Protector' Storyline
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Although it would be disingenuous to suggest that Eddie Brock's Venom had a good run of things in his time under the suit, there are certain storylines that do stand out.
Certainly, none are as good as the ones that surrounded the Flash Thompson symbiote, but the Lethal Protector arc of 1993 is anything if not iconic. That storyline, which cast Brock as a San Fran-bound anti-hero, featured the character being captured by a villainous group known as the 'Life Foundation'. Convinced that the Symbiote could be tamed, they cloned it, creating five other Symbiotes each with their own terrible name.
Phage, Agony, Scream, Riot and Lasher were thus born, and Brock - not at all happy that he'd been cloned - set out to destroy the imposters. Spider-Man even joined in for the ride, and while we know he won't be featuring in the upcoming film, the prospect of seeing five other Symbiotes is an exciting one indeed, especially if it turns out Carnage is involved too.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
