What If...?: Venom (2024-)

In the bell tower of a Manhattan church, the rejected Venom symbiote finds a new host. This time, its bond is not with the vengeful Eddie Brock, but with a different individual whose rage burns with a distinct, volatile intensity. Their union creates a new and unpredictable Lethal Protector, whose methods and motives diverge sharply from the known history. This altered entity now stalks the city's rooftops and alleys, its actions reshaping the early encounters with Spider-Man. The dynamic between hunter and hunted is rewritten from its first, violent moments.