Talk about your matches made in hell. DC Comics' interstellar maestro of mayhem Lobo – who never saw a planet or person he didn't like (to annihilate) – will rip it up in a two-issue miniseries written by Anthrax guitarist and co-founder Scott Ian.

"Obviously, I don't just commit murder when I don't like something, but I understand Lobo's attitude very well, having been in a metal band almost my whole life," Ian told Wired.com by phone from Los Angeles. "And I thought that writing it was going to be hard, but it felt more natural writing Lobo's dialogue than lyrics."

For the uninitiated, Lobo is DC Comics' foul-mouthed space mercenary originally created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen in the '80s as a lampoon of ultraviolent characters like The Punisher and Wolverine. Lobo experienced a revival as an antiheroic death-bringer in the '90s, and from there "The Main Man," as he is wont to call himself, quickly went viral in comics and onscreen, raining destruction at every destination.

(Want to spend a few minutes laughing your ass off? Read Lobo's Wikipedia bio.)

Ian's Lobo: Highway to Hell, penned by Lobo vet and The Maxx creator Sam Kieth, arrives in November. Ian says it's an apt marriage that's going to end in a fraggin' mess.

"It was like letting a kid loose in Toys R Us," Ian said. "There's a frenetic energy to Sam's style that mixes perfectly with my own. And he's really captured Lobo in the past. I'm a big fan of his work."

For those who abhor violence, which itself evidently abhors a vacuum, check out the riotous but kid-safe battle between the Man of Steel and The Main Man in this clip from underrated '90s show Superman: The Animated Series:

On the musical tip, Ian's still-kicking Anthrax is set to release the ironically titled Worship Music, its first studio album in six years, later this fall. The band's latest lineup features new lead vocalist Dan Nelson, as well as bassist Frank Bello, drummer Charlie Benante and lead guitarist Rob Caggiano. Anthrax hits the road in support of the release this summer with Slipknot, and Lobo-like madness is expected. Which makes sense.

"He's the most extreme character in comics, and shares a common attitude with metal," Ian said. "He was my natural choice, because he lives by no rules or regulations."

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