The Toxic Avenger

Few characters blur the line between parody and pulp quite like The Toxic Avenger, who made their Marvel debut in 1991's Marvel Age #98, brought to life by the legendary cartoonist Fred Hembeck. Emerging at the tail end of the Copper Age, this is a gloriously offbeat corner of the Marvel universe, sharing pages with the likes of Melvin Junko III and Claire across a small but memorable handful of appearances in Toxic Avenger and Marvel Age. Rare and quirky, with only three catalog appearances to their name, this character is a collector's curiosity — the kind of deep-cut oddity that reminds you just how wonderfully weird Marvel's publishing output could get.