Trencher (comics)

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Trencher is an American comic book series, that was created, written and drawn by Keith Giffen and released by Image Comics in 1993. It totaled only four issues before its end. Boom! Studios released a trade paperback reprinting the four issues.

[edit] Plot

The story follows a zombie-like anti-hero named Gideon, as he endeavors to complete his mission of exterminating certain undesirable subhumans, beings that have been deemed plagues on society and include such villains as, The Nasal Python, who has the ability to use his nose hairs as fully functioning appendages, and The Hurler, who can utilize pinpoint projectile vomit as a weapon.

It's Gideon's job to hunt down these villains, begrudgingly at the command of a voice in his head named Phoebe, a guide also shared by one of the incarnations of fellow Image Shadowhawk. He moves from one name on the list to the next, usually receiving heavy damage to his body, at times even resulting in otherwise fatal injuries (such as having his head blown from his body).

An unknown organization has designed many of these "trencher" units, who seemingly are resurrected and re-outfitted corpses (similar to deadmen in Gungrave) who are sent on separate missions.

Mostly, Gideon is in involved in situations that largely make little sense, from hunting down four separate Elvis possessed bodies, to engaging in major a smack down with Image hero Supreme, Gideon endures throughout the series until it abruptly ends at issue four.