2025 is unquestionably the 12 months of the Toxic Avenger. The long-awaited film reboot starring Peter Dinklage is lastly hitting theaters in September, and the Toxic Crusaders beat-em-up recreation is slated for launch in Q2 2025. To not be outdone, AHOY Comics is within the midst of “Toxic Mess Summer season,” as Toxie groups up with heroes from throughout the AHOY Universe.
IGN can completely reveal that AHOY will observe up Toxie Group-Up with a Toxic Crusaders sequence, one which, like the sport, goals to capitalize on the nostalgia surrounding the traditional animated sequence. Try the Retroware recreation variant cowl to Toxic Crusaders #1 beneath:
And see artist AR Sullivan’s variant cowl to Toxic Crusaders #1 beneath:
Toxic Crusaders is a five-issue miniseries written by franchise veteran (and Pulitzer prize finalist) Matt Bors and illustrated by newcomer Tristan Wright. The sequence pairs Toxie with No-Zone, Junkyard, Main Catastrophe, and a brand-new character known as Fungirl.
“Within the aftermath of the chemical spill that created Toxie, different mutants arose — and so they have united to wage struggle towards an alien conspiracy,” stated Bors in AHOY’s press launch. “We’re taking all the pieces from the unique Toxic Crusaders cartoon —gross mutations, evil aliens, and over-the-top ecological motion — to carry readers a must-read mutant month-to-month.”
“Everybody at AHOY Comics is delighted to publish a world-famous group of characters who’re as well-meaning, violent, and admittedly disgusting as we ourselves want we could possibly be,” stated AHOY Comics Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer. “We’re additionally delighted to debut the work of proficient artist Tristan Wright. Matt discovered a few of Tristan’s work on-line and shared it with me — and we each thought, the place has he been all our lives? It is strong, imaginative, amusing work, and we intend to extract as a lot as we will, just like the cold-blooded capitalists we’re.”
Toxic Crusaders #1 might be launched on September 10, 2025, simply after The Toxic Avenger film hits theaters. To tide you over, try some unique new screenshots of the Toxic Crusaders recreation:
In IGN’s assessment of The Toxic Avenger, Amelia Emberwing writes, “Troma and Legendary’s partnership on The Toxic Avenger’s 2023 ‘not remake’ delivers a combined bag. Director Macon Blair and the remainder of the inventive group could have more cash to play with than Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman’s 1984 authentic, nevertheless it struggles to ship on the schlocky goodness of Troma’s stronger movies. Nonetheless, what it lacks in so-bad-it’s-good silliness it makes up for with its coronary heart and largely sensible slaughterfests. Kevin Bacon and Peter Dinklage having an absolute blast of their roles doesn’t harm, both.”
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