Dr. Yao

A supporting player born from the mid-90s heyday of Venom's solo adventures, Dr. Yao stepped onto the Marvel stage in 1996 courtesy of Larry Hama and Duncan Rouleau in Venom: The Hunted #3. With only six catalogued appearances spread across Venom: On Trial, Venom: The Hunted, and Venom: The Finale, this is a character tightly woven into one of the symbiote's most dramatic chapters — sharing pages with Venom himself, Eddie Brock, Spider-Man, and a cast of investigators that gives these stories a grounded, procedural edge. A compact but genuine piece of Copper/Modern Age Marvel lore, Dr. Yao is the kind of find that rewards readers who want to dig deeper into the full texture of Venom's turbulent mid-90s run.