 Before Brock can be judged, agent Daryll Smith (from an unknown agency) offers Brock amnesty in exchange for becoming an agent.In a three-part series published between June and August 1997, the story continues with Venom as a government agent controlled by a bomb implanted in his chest.He is tasked with neutralizing biological-weapons expert Dr. Sergei Yesenofsky before he can release a deadly toxin.