Venom: Lethal Protector #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeVenom: Lethal Protector #2 is the debut issue of the Jury — a team of armored vigilantes built specifically to hunt and destroy Venom — making it one of the most consequential single chapters in the early history of the Eddie Brock solo mythology. The simultaneous cameo introduction of five new characters (Bomblast, Firearm, Ramshot, Screech, and Sentry) alongside General Orwell Taylor and Reverend Rakestraw gave the broader Lethal Protector arc its central antagonist engine, grounding the story in grief-driven vengeance rather than generic supervillainy. As part of the larger six-issue miniseries that formally recast Venom from Spider-Man villain to Wolverine/Punisher-style antihero, this issue embeds that transformation within a genuinely personal conflict — a father's revenge for a murdered son — that the character's mythology would keep drawing on for years. The storyline's cultural reach extended to film: director Ruben Fleischer confirmed Lethal Protector as one of two source texts for the 2018 Sony Venom feature, putting the characters introduced here in front of a global audience.
In "Part 2: War and Pieces!", Venom finds himself cast out by the very community he protected, left isolated and hunted. As Spider-Man seeks answers from Eddie's father, the mysterious Jury closes in, demanding retribution for the death of their leader’s son. With Mark Bagley’s dynamic art and Al Milgrom’s sharp inks bringing the tension to life, this 1993 Marvel classic deepens the conflict with emotional stakes and relentless momentum.
In "Part 2: War and Pieces!", Venom finds himself cast out by the very underground community he tried to protect, now hunted by the relentless Jury for the death of their leader's son. With Spider-Man seeking answers from Eddie's father and the stakes rising, Elizabeth, Timothy, and Ethan are drawn into a conflict that tests loyalty, survival, and the cost of redemption.
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The series was written by David Michelinie and pencilled by Mark Bagley — the same creative team then shepherding Amazing Spider-Man — under Spider-Man group editor Danny Fingeroth and Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco, making issue #2 a product of the highest-profile talent Marvel could deploy on the project. The miniseries was the first time Eddie Brock headlined his own title, a deliberate editorial decision to test whether Venom could sustain solo readership at the peak of the early-1990s Spider-Man boom; issue #2 went on sale January 26, 1993 with a March 1993 cover date. Michelinie and Bagley co-created the Jury together, building their concept around the existing Vault prison mythology to give the new villain team a plausible, emotionally resonant origin rooted in prior Marvel continuity.
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- First cameo/team appearance of the Jury: Bomblast (Kenneth Parmenter), Firearm, Ramshot (Samuel Caulkin), Screech (Maxwell Taylor), and Sentry (Curtis Elkins) — all created by David Michelinie and Mark Bagley.
- First appearance of General Orwell Taylor, the Jury's founder, who assembled the team after Venom killed his son Hugh — a guard at the Vault — during a prison escape.
- First appearance of Reverend Rakestraw, an underground-community council member who opposes Venom's presence on moral grounds.
- Carl Brock, Eddie Brock's estranged father, appears in the issue as Spider-Man tracks him down seeking background on Venom — an early exploration of Eddie's backstory, consistent with the series' mandate as the first limited series to investigate Eddie Brock's origins.
- The story chapter is titled 'War and Pieces!' (Part 2 of the Lethal Protector arc); written by David Michelinie, pencilled by Mark Bagley, inked by Al Milgrom and Sam De La Rosa, colored by Marie Javins, lettered by Richard Starkings/Rick Parker, edited by Danny Fingeroth.
- The Jury's armored suits were designed as modified Guardsman armor — outfitted with sonic and fire-based weaponry that exploits Venom's known symbiote vulnerabilities.
- The issue was reprinted in the Venomnibus Vol. 1 hardcover (2018, recolored with new trade dress) and in Venom Epic Collection Vol. 2: Lethal Protector (2021), as well as collected in the original 1995 trade paperback of the miniseries.
- The Lethal Protector storyline that this issue is part of served as a confirmed source text for the 2018 Sony film Venom, as stated by director Ruben Fleischer.
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Reprinted in Venom: Lethal Protector #1 [Gold Edition] (1993), Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch #63 (1994), Venom: Lethal Protector #[nn] (1995), Venom #1 (1995), Spider-Man Family #8 (2008), Venomnibus #1 (2018), Venom Epic Collection #2 (2021), Spider-Man by Michelinie & Bagley Omnibus #2 (2025)
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