Melvin Junko

Melvin Junko stepped onto the page in 1992, born from the creative partnership of Simon Furman and Derek Yaniger in the debut issue of Marvel's Toxic Crusaders — a Copper Age curiosity that brought the anarchic spirit of Troma Entertainment into four-color form. Over a publishing span stretching into the 2000s, this character carved out a niche alongside a wonderfully weird roster that includes Toxie, No-Zone, Major Disaster, Dr. Bender, and Headbanger, making for some of the most gloriously offbeat company in Marvel's catalog. With appearances spread across both Toxic Crusaders and Lloyd Kaufman Presents The Toxic Avenger and Other Tromatic Tales, Melvin Junko is a genuine artifact of comics' love affair with cult pop culture — a small-appearance-count gem that rewards the dedicated hunter of the strange and the overlooked.