you know, I was thinking about old Saturday morning cartoons the other day. and how there were some ultra cool heros we may never replace in our hearts, like The Street Sharks, Swamp Thing, and Captain Planet. I think Captain Planet is looked upon as a Saturday morning king, able to beat any bad guy, no matter how sinister, for the single cause of keeping the world clean. but then I remembered someone else. The Toxic Avenger, also known as Toxie, was another Saturday morning cartoon hero, who was a junky and disfigured hero who fought evil with a dirty mop. and then it came to me, Toxie is way cooler than Captain Planet. I mean, when you look at him, Captain Planet is just a glorified version of a tree hugging hippie, minus the drugs maybe (but hey, we don't know how he's killing time when he's not being summoned to kick butt) he is just that annoying kid who makes you pick up everything and goes out of his way to recycle. Toxie, on the other hand, is the cool kid, who just doesn't care. he's in the hero business to stop evil and save lives, even if that meant making the world a little dirtier. in fact, Toxie's powers are Captain Planet's weakness. he could beat up Captain Planet easily. yet he always gets overlooked and dismissed below the Captain. but I salute you, Toxie!