2025 is unquestionably the 12 months of the Poisonous Avenger. The long-awaited film reboot starring Peter Dinklage is lastly hitting theaters in September, and the Poisonous Crusaders beat-em-up sport is slated for launch in Q2 2025. To not be outdone, AHOY Comics is within the midst of “Poisonous Mess Summer season,” as Toxie groups up with heroes from throughout the AHOY Universe.
IGN can solely reveal that AHOY will observe up Toxie Group-Up with a Poisonous Crusaders sequence, one which, like the sport, goals to capitalize on the nostalgia surrounding the traditional animated sequence. Try the Retroware sport variant cowl to Poisonous Crusaders #1 under:
And see artist AR Sullivan’s variant cowl to Poisonous Crusaders #1 under:
Poisonous 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 — they usually have united to wage conflict towards an alien conspiracy,” mentioned Bors in AHOY’s press launch. “We’re taking every thing from the unique Poisonous 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,” mentioned 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 stable, imaginative, amusing work, and we intend to extract as a lot as we are able to, just like the cold-blooded capitalists we’re.”
Poisonous Crusaders #1 shall be launched on September 10, 2025, simply after The Poisonous Avenger film hits theaters. To tide you over, try some unique new screenshots of the Poisonous Crusaders sport:
In IGN’s evaluate of The Poisonous Avenger, Amelia Emberwing writes, “Troma and Legendary’s partnership on The Poisonous Avenger’s 2023 ‘not remake’ delivers a blended bag. Director Macon Blair and the remainder of the inventive group might have extra money to play with than Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman’s 1984 unique, 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 principally sensible slaughterfests. Kevin Bacon and Peter Dinklage having an absolute blast of their roles doesn’t harm, both.”
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