Episode 324 - OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON: Moench's Melvin Junko

EPISODE 324: High Priest Rey sits down for a solo review of another story written by a Moon Knight Alumni...this time no less than Doug Moench himself! Marvel had a Toxic Avengers series in the 90's...this here is the discussion based around the TOXIC First Issue! PHASE OF THE MOON: Waxing Gibbous SEGMENT: OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON The Toxic Avenger Vol. 1 #1 "A Hideously Deformed Creature of Superhuman Size and Strength Is Born " Release Date February 12, 1991 Cover Date April, 1991   Writer(s) Doug Moench Penciler(s) Rod Ramos Inker(s) Val Mayerik Colorist(s) Bob Sharen Letterer(s) Rick Parker Editor(s) Jim Salicrup Dan Cuddy   BARE BONES (Written by Rey): When health club janitor, Melvin Junko discovers the origin of his toxic fate, the Toxic Avenger is born! Shenanigans are aplenty at Tromaville and a consort of criminals terrorise the town, shifting toxic waste and brandishing uzis. A house for the blind is swept up in flames thanks to the deadly Ms. Mephi but the Toxic Avengers jumps in to save those trapped within. It's here he meets Claire and after punching the face in of her would-be captor, the two soon seemingly fall in love. Junko recalls how he became the Toxic avenger to Claire, and in a twist of fate, the health club where he worked, was traumatised and eventually transformed, is also run by Mr. Ahriman…who seems to have ties with the criminal underworld. Claire delcares that evil is afoot and we soon see minions of the Elite Corp Blackstar 666…a group headed by the mysterious Chairman. Claire and Junko have little time to themselves, when all of a sudden the Blackstar 666 make their entrance in grandiose fashion…a tank headed by one of the goons the Toxic Avenger let get away from a previous scuffle… The issue ends with the tank cannon pointed firmly at ….The Toxic Avenger…   MOON RATING : Rey:  🌖   7 /10 - Solid Round Boi Shine those idols, and dust off the cape....IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR KHONSHU ON!   SHOW NOTES: The Toxic Avenger Vol. 1 #1 Troma's Online Store TromaNow WHERE TO HEAR US: Podcast Page Podchaser Apple Podcast Google Play Music Spotify Overcast SoundCloud Stitcher Tunein Podbean Into the Knight RSS Feed YouTube DROP US A LINE: Website: itkmoonknight.com Email: [email protected] FB Page: Into the Knight- A Moon Knight Podcast Page FB Group: Into the Knight- A Moon Knight Fan Base Podchaser: Into the Knight FB Chat: The Loony Bin Twitter: @ITKmoonknight Instagram: ITK Moon Knight Discord ITK Server: ITK Server GetVokl : Into the Knight Welcome Room Become a Patron! CHECK OUT THESE OTHER SHOWS I CO-HOST! Capes & Lunatics Sidekicks: An Ultimate Spider-Cast - Scarlet Spider! To Know Her Is To Fear Her: The Spider-Woman Podcast Predator & pREY - a Yautja Podcast   OFFICIAL ITK MERCHANDISE @ TEE PUBLIC - BUY HERE!   SPONSORS:  CLZ COMICS by Collectorz Odin Odinsword on Drinking Marvel Podcast Frank The 'Think' Tank & Pablo Candybar on all good Podcast Catchers! THE FRINGE KNIGHT by Daniel Doing TOMBZ + LURKMUSICK by Drew Tombz Dreamland Comics - the Super Hero Super Store! Use the code 'MOON' to get 20% off all purchases! Thinking of starting your own podcast? Check out our special offer from Libsyn! CREDITS: ITK Logo Graphic Design by The High Priests of Khonshu ITK Graphic Design produced and assisted by Randolph Benoit ITK Opening Sequence for video by Chris Kelly Music Written, Performed and generously provided by Deleter Co-Producers Wayne Hunt Josh Johnson Anthony Sytko Russell Moran Matthew Howell Jonathan Sapsed Dan Newland Executive Producers Justin Osgood Derek O'Neill Drew Tombz Daniel Doing Frank Dukez Mario Di Giacomo Odin Odinsword Produced by Reynaldo Gesmundo Proud Member of The Collective The music for this episode contains excerpts from various songs and music copyrighted by Deleter and Brian Warshaw. The music agreed for use on Into the Knight - A Moon Knight Podcast is licensed under an Attribution License;