While everyone might love The Toxic Avenger, almost no one is a fan of his evil duplicate, The Noxious Offender — who’s now appearing in comic form for the first time ever, courtesy of Ahoy Comics. FANGORIA is excited to premiere an exclusive extended excerpt from The Toxic Avenger vs. The Noxious Offender, a new five-part series hitting comic shop shelves next month.
The series, affectionately referred to as Toxie vs. Noxie, is written by Matt Bors and illustrated by Felipe Sobreiro, with a series of collectible variant covers, including one by Bors, a photo cover from Troma Entertainment, and an homage cover drawn by Greg Scott. The series’ synopsis is as follows:
An evil duplicate of Toxie appears in our dimension… How he came to this main universe, and why, is a mystery—but it seems to relate to Toxie’s long-lost estranged dad, who left him and his mother when he was five, suddenly showing up trying to be involved in his life. Meanwhile Toxie’s girlfriend Yvonne is pregnant with Toxie’s mutant baby and the two are deciding to become young parents.
Toxie wants to become a father—and a good one—but first he must confront his dark side, who begins ruling Tromaville in his name and changing the rules. Will Toxie and Yvonne save Tromaville from—er—himself? Will Toxie be a better father than the disastrous Hugh J Payne? Will the real Toxic Avenger please stand up?!
“We have thrown mutant bullies, aliens, and cyborg Nazis at Toxie—and now he will face his biggest threat in a deranged, murderous doppelganger who knows his mind, wants to take over his life, and uncork every dark impulse in Tromaville,” says Bors.
“As Noxie takes over Tromaville, he seems to give people permission to engage in their darker impulses, violence, and conspiracism. Parenting, mutant pregnancy, and themes of social cohesion are the name of the game. Toxie vs. Noxie will be in turns gross, funny, and brutal—with an unsettling undercurrent that asks how capable each of us might be of mind-bending violence if the circumstances were just bad enough.”
The Toxic Avenger vs. The Noxious Offender #1 hits shelves in October. Check out our exclusive preview below:
