With the Flash Thompson Venom series ending its runs after 42 issues (my thoughts on the end of that series later this week), I thought it would be apropos to give the Venom: Lethal Protector #1, the solo debut of the symbiote, the “Gimmick or Good?” treatment in my regular place on the Comics Should Be Good blog. Did I think this red foil covered comic was a David Michelinie/Mark Bagley classic, or was it just another 90s gimmick?
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Mark Ginocchio is a professional writer and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. He's been collecting Amazing Spider-Man comic books since the late-1980s and launched Chasing Amazing in 2011 as a way to tell his story about Spider-Man, comics, collecting and everything else in-between. You also find Mark's writing at Comics Should Be Good at Comic Book Resources, WhatCulture.com and Longbox Graveyard. Follow him on Twitter for comic book chat @ChasingASMBlog.
