When it comes to superhero movies we are currently in the eye of a hurricane. This summer’s emphatic one-two punch of Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps attracted both good reviews and actual audiences with their widescreen fizziness and lovely pops of colour.

But it will be almost a year until Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (June 2026) and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (July 2026). Perhaps the looming spandex drought is the perfect time for a more unorthodox hero to commandeer the spotlight?

Enter The Toxic Avenger, a freakish but well-meaning do-gooder who has long been trapped in cheerfully obnoxious movies. His origin story is tragic: a weedy, bullied janitor who is deliberately exposed to toxic waste but somehow survives. Being dunked in radioactive funk melts his sk

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