Airlock 2 (1991)

From Eclectus Ltd comes Airlock 2, featuring Yuck Thing! The book contains 8 short stories, Yuck thing being the best of course.

A parody of Swamp Thing, Yuck Thing has an odd and slightly similar origin story, chemicals and all

Alec and his wife are protesting the polluting of a swamp. The polluters have had just about enough so they take matters into their own hands.

From the toxic waste and polluted waters comes… Yuck Thing!

The kidnapping and treatment of Alec’s wife is disturbing at best and Yuck Thing doesn’t put up with it for long.

Yuck Thing snaps a total of two necks.

after the bad guys are dealt with the two lovers are reunited

The ending is a little anticlimactic but that’s the life of a yuck thing.