The Toxic Avenger AHOY Comics Universe (TAACU) is expanding, once again, like a toxic sludge puddle slowly leaking throughout the neighborhood. As announced by the publisher, they’ll be launching a brand new series, The Toxic Avenger Comics, which will tackle a different genre every issue.
Written by Matt Bors and illustrated by Fred Harper, the book will launch in July with a horror-themed story. The following issues will tackle crime comics, sci-fi comics, romance comics, and fantasy comics, in that order., with each of the subsequent issues drawn by a different artist.
“When I first approached Lloyd Kaufman and Troma about reviving the Toxic Avenger in comics, I wasn’t modest,” said Bors via a press release provided to Comic Book Club. “I pitched a new origin, outrageous new characters, and a fully mapped-out, mopped-up, multi-year storyline. Now, Fred Harper and I have been given the green light to go fucking nuts.”
This is just one small part of AHOY’s “Toxic Mess Summer” which includes the publication of The Toxic Avenger trade paperback yesterday (April 1), The Toxic Avenger Pinup Special, Toxie Team-Up, and an appearance at ITHACON.
“Toxic Avenger has always been a genre mashup of horror, comedy, and superhero,” continued Bors. “I wanted to lean hard onto what stories are possible with this specific character in this specific medium — comics. In these first five issues, we are delving into the crime rotting the heart of Tromaville, the romance between Toxie and his girlfriend Yvonne, the science fiction of mutant powers, and more. Me — and the talented they won’t let me announce just yet! — are adding new mutated heroes, demented villains, and horny losers to every single issue. These are characters you will see again, as we lay the groundwork for a real ongoing series with years of stories ahead.”
This all perhaps not-so-coincidentally is taking place in the lead-up to the new Toxic Avenger movie finally hitting theaters over Labor Day.
Here’s the synopsis for The Toxic Avenger Comics, followed by several covers for the issue (and click for larger versions):
In the debut issue’s self-contained horror story, kids are disappearing from Toxie’s hometown of Tromaville, NJ. Did they simply run away from the chemically polluted town? Or is the real explanation even more frightening? Each issue of the first story arc — issues one through five — will feature the first appearance of an entirely new character and have a two-page story illustrated by Fred Harper that sets up the second story, “Toxie Goes to Washington” that starts with issue six.
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