Featuring metallic details and a glow-in-the-dark paint job, this
Funko Pop! Comic Cover: Marvel - Venom Lethal Protector Glow-In-The-Dark (GITD) Funko Pop! Comic Cover Vinyl Figure - PX Previews Exclusive emulates the red foil cover and comes packaged in Funko's signature window box display.
The pop figure is available at the links below (click to jump!)
Based on the red foil variant cover for
Venom: Lethal Protector #1, this exclusive figure captures Venom as he appears in the Lethal Protector series, the first limited series to explore Eddie Brock's background before he became Venom.
Venom: Lethal Protector #1 Comic Cover GITD Funko Pop! is now available for pre-order at the links below (click to jump!) It's expected to be released in July 2022.
The comic book
Lethal Protector was released in 1993 and was the first comic book starring Venom. Marvel made this decision after noticing the villain's popularity and turning him into an anti-hero.
The story was published in six issues written by David Michelinie and colored by Mark Bagley (first three issues), Ron Lim, and Sam Delarosa.
In
Lethal Protector, Venom decides to propose a truce to Spider-Man. The friendly neighborhood friend accepted the proposal, provided that his rival and the symbiote would not commit any more crimes. Eddie Brock decided to move from New York to San Francisco to sanctify this change in his life.
The reporter took this opportunity to stop being a villain and become an anti-hero. And he started by saving a woman from being robbed.
However, Venom's appearance soon caught people's attention, and photos of the now anti-hero were on the front pages of the newspapers. Peter Parker soon saw what was happening and thought that his great enemy was back to committing crimes.
Thus, Spider-Man went to San Francisco to confront Venom. Only the two ended up joining forces for the first time.
