Venom: License to Kill

In this 1997 Marvel miniseries, writer Larry Hama teams with artists Derec Aucoin and Josh Hood for a three-issue espionage-flavored tale that pushes Venom beyond his usual street-level mayhem. Eddie Brock’s symbiotic alter ego is pitted against the shadowy Doctor Yes and his organization, Red Flag, while Agent Daryll Smith and the enigmatic Sergei Yesenofsky add layers of international intrigue. A brisk, action-packed detour that showcases Venom in a spy-thriller context, it’s a curious but entertaining chapter from the character’s late-90s era.