Toxic Crusaders
Marvel · 1992 · 8 issues
About the series
In 1992, Marvel Comics unleashed the Toxic Crusaders, an eight-issue series spinning out of the Troma film franchise. Writers including Simon Furman, Steve Gerber, and Ann Nocenti, alongside artists like Derek Yaniger and Marie Severin, brought the mutated janitor Toxie and his fellow misfits—Melvin Junko, Major Disaster, No-Zone, Junkyard, and Headbanger—to life in a gonzo, eco-conscious superhero romp. This short-lived but memorably weird run stands as a cult oddity, blending Marvel's house style with Troma's signature gross-out humor.