Nearing the end of the Cold War, the foundation believed a nuclear holocaust would be the end result destroying modern civilization. Run by Carlton Drake, the Life Foundation was an organization involved in illegal scientific studies bent on creating a futuristic utopian society that could withstand an apocalyptic event.

Due to the symbiote's asexual reproduction abilities, the Life Foundation managed to extract 'seeds' off Venom and accelerate them to become: Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Agony. Spider-Man, seeing misleading coverage of Venom on television, heads to San Francisco to confront him and instead winds up fighting alongside Venom against five new offspring of the Venom Symbiote. Shortly thereafter, Orwell Taylor, the father of one of Venom's victims, seeks him out with a group of super-powered mercenaries to take revenge. Venom then moves from New York City to San Francisco, and takes up with a group of Californian mole people. Story īefore the story begins, Venom makes an agreement with Spider-Man that they will leave each other alone, on the condition that Venom commits no crimes. Lethal Protector would serve as the first limited series to explore Eddie Brock's background before he became Venom. This marked the first time Eddie Brock received a series in which he was the main character, and showed Venom's progression from a villain to an antihero. It was written by David Michelinie and illustrated mostly by Mark Bagley, although Ron Lim and series inker Sam de la Rosa pencilled the last three issues. Venom: Lethal Protector is a six-issue comic book limited series featuring the Eddie Brock Venom, published by Marvel Comics from February 1993 to July 1993.

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