GANGRENE is a four issue comic book mini-series, currently being developed by writer Barry Hutchison and artist Neil Chenier.

Further information will appear here soon.  In the meantime, here are our three favourite facts about the other Gangrene for your reading pleasure …

1.  Gangrene is defined as the destruction of tissue and develops when the blood supply to an affected body part is cut off because of various factors such as infection, vascular disease, or trauma. Gangrene can involve any body part, but the most commonly affected areas are the extremities (feet, lower, legs, hands).

2.  Areas affected by gangrene are usually warm and swollen. The skin may be pale at first, but soon turns red or brown and finally greenish-black. Sometimes, a brown fluid forms under the skin, causing large skin bubbles to rise. If clostridia are the cause of the gangrene, the gas produced by the bacteria can be seen bubbling in these pockets. It often smells foul.

3.  In the years before antibiotics, fly maggots were commonly used to treat chronic wounds or ulcers to prevent or stop necrotic spread. Maggots consume only dead flesh, leaving nearby living tissue unaffected. Their use largely died out after the introduction of antibiotics and enzyme treatments for wounds. In recent years, however, maggot treatment has regained some credibility and is sometimes employed to great effect in cases of chronic tissue necrosis.

Fascinating stuff, eh?  Our Gangrene has virtually nothing to do with any of that, though.