Story and art by Mike Allred. Cover by Mike Allred and Alex Ross.
Bullets won't hurt them! Flames won't kill them! They're the weirdest menace the earth has ever seen! Mere humans don't stand a chance against the riled-up renegade robot forces of the mysterious and mega-intelligent Factor Max! Does the world's snappiest superhero have a hope on which to hang his hat? Strap yourself in for another hyperactive hayride!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Mike Allred. Cover by Mike Allred and Dave Cooper.
He's turgid! He's vile! He's food-stuff and bile! He's The Puke, and he's heaving his own brand of evil! Can Madman undo the man made of spew before he makes a mess of Snap City? Hang on to your barf-bag, comic-book comrades, 'cause a lot more than fists will be flying in Madman Comics #8!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Mike Allred. Cover by Geof Darrow and Mike Allred.
Hang on to your hair piece! It's Big Guy a go-go! Mike Allred introduces the latest addition to the Legend line-up in this thunderous two-part story pitting Frank Miller and Geof Darrow's Big Guy against Snap City's super-sensation, Madman! Madman's mad-scientist buddy, Dr. Boiffard, is suffering from an ever-expanding brain that's soaking up information like a roll of quilted Bounty. The American government figures Boiffard's got one valuable load of headcheese so it sends its golden retriever, The Big Guy, to reel in the big fish! Can Madman stop the ten-foot tall, twelve-hundred-pound armory from kidnapping his old buddy?! What doesn't kill him makes him sore for weeks!
Frank Miller does The Big Guy's dialogue; Geof Darrow draws the mechanical monolith on the cover. 32 pages, FC. 07 - Story and art by Mike Allred. Cover by Geof Darrow and Mike Allred.
Staple your butt to your Lazy Boy and grab a twelve-pack of Jolt! We've got a thirty-two page nuclear blast we're calling Big Brain-o-rama! Catch the thrilling conclusion to the cataclysmic Madman/Big Guy crossover, as the two twisted titans run a gun-toting gauntlet of rival renegade robots in their quest to get Dr. Boiffard and his ever-expanding gray matter into the protective hands of special agent Chow Skip Wang! Will they make it in time, or will Boiffard go kablooey?!! It's Madman mayhem at its mayhemiest, with a Big Guy bonanza thrown in for a bonus!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Mike Allred.
This issue: A flash from the past and a killer named Blast! Madman assumed he'd never see his android duplicate Astroman again after the creature took his own artificial life. But Dr. Flem surprises Madman with a new incarnation of Astroman! And his timing couldn't be better, 'cause some maniac killer calling himself The Blast thinks his mission in life is to rub out Madman, and our hero is gonna need all the help he can get! Also, there's a surprise mystery guest star this issue! And take our word for it, boy, he's one hell of a guest star!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Mike Allred.
A circus on the high seas sounds just like Madman's cup of java, so our dashing young hero aims to take a break from vile villainy for a cruise on the waterways. But when the bash goes bust and the passengers start passing away, Frank (a.k.a. Madman) becomes the prime suspect!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Mike Allred.
It's the second sensational issue of Madman Comics! After discovering the secrets of Mott the alien and the mutating beatniks, more mysteries arise. Frank (Madman) and the gang make their way to Buzztown where countless robots are being constructed. Who's building the robots? What's their purpose? This action-packed issue boasts dangerous mechanics, rival suitors, secret passageways, chemistry, a surprise party, nuptials, and cover-to-cover adventure! Madman Comics #2 is not to be missed!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Mike Allred.
This is it! The all-new, all-exciting, bimonthly continuing series makes its triumphant return to the racks! Thrilling stories, brilliant art -- this is the one, folks! The comic-book event of the decade! In fact, this is the comic-book series you'll be telling your grandkids about. This first issue begins with a six-page introduction that finds Frank (a.k.a. Madman) having his brain waves recorded, explaining much of what's gone on in the previous series.
Then, the main story, "Crash Course for the Ravers," involves creatures from outer space who crash into the outskirts of Snap City as local street beatniks are altered by an unknown element found in the city's sewers. Madman's world contains robots, aliens, mad scientists, and monsters. This comic boasts the best of action-adventure, science fiction, mystery, and romance.
Thirty-two pages of cover-to-cover comics, and a splendid color back cover by none other than Frank Miller!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Written by Steven Grant. Art by Doug Mahnke and Jimmy Palmiotti.
Arcadia is in flames as X battles his deadliest foes yet -- the Chaos Riders! Seemingly unstoppable, the mysterious Riders have a vulnerable point, but will X find it before it's too late?
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.00.
Written by Steven Grant. Art by Doug Mahnke and Jimmy Palmiotti.
Two-wheeled thunder hits Arcadia when a group of motorcycle assassins target Mayor Teal for death. X needs Teal alive and intervenes, but as tough as he is, these assassins are something more than human! Lock the doors and stay off the roads, this confrontation is going to be messy! Also in this issue: a tantalizing glimpse into X's past!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.00.
Written by Steven Grant. Art by Doug Mahnke and Jimmy Palmiotti.
X has straddled the fence of justice for too long, and now the forces of "justice" in Arcadia are out to take him in. Don't think that the local constables are dumb enough to just send out an APB, action fans -- Arcadia law enforcement likes assault helicopters, automatic weapons, and some rather enhanced patrolmen! As his war on those who oppose him escalates, so does the property damage, and you can bet X will take that war to where it will hurt his enemies the most. Guest starring the Pit Bulls, you'll have no doubts as to why this issue is entitled "Big Guns"!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.00.
Regular Edition (Full Color Cover) - Written by Steven Grant. Art by Doug Mahnke and Jimmy Palmiotti.
A cold wind blows along the streets of Arcadia, and black-hearted people on both sides of the law shudder at its passing. Word is out: The X-killer is on the loose! Cross him once and you get a warning; cross him twice and you're dead.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.00.
Written by Michael Kaluta and Joel Goss. Art by Gary Gianni. Cover by Michael Kaluta.
Her mother, the famous evangelist Sister Eugenia Overton, has been killed by a fire-breathing thing crawling through New York's sewers. Now Sister Ellen tells the press about this monstrous Leviathan, a biblical fury that no normal man can hope to stop! The police are helpless against the menace. Can the Shadow defeat it? Maybe, but only after he takes care of his more pressing problem -- dozens of heavily armed gangsters in their hideout! This is one of the most exciting gun-battles ever seen in comics!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Written by MICHAEL KALUTA & JOEL GOSS. Art & cover by GARY GIANNI.
An ice-cold stiff ignites a burning racial war! In the muddy waters of the East River, New York's Finest are fishing for the frozen corpse of a Chinese John Doe. When they reel him in and cut him open, they find a woman's severed finger stuffed in his sewn-shut mouth, an executioner's game traditionally dealt by the Sicilian mob.
It's clan against family, race against race, as spilled blood boils on the dirty avenues of Gotham. Everyone is looking for someone to blame, but one man is looking for the truth. One man known as...The Shadow.
Cover price $2.95.
Written by Mike Baron. Art by Steve Rude and Gary Martin. Cover by Steve Rude.
He is the galaxy's most feared executioner. He hunts the worst mass-murderers of his time and summarily executes them. He is Nexus. And now he must face a monster of his own creation -- a girl whose father fell before Nexus' great power. God help her. And God forgive him.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Written by Dan Abnett, John Tomlinson and Steve White. Art by Peter Snejbjerg.
Jack Goodfellow didn't kill Jo Hanlon. Or so he says. He didn't hack her to bits with a meat cleaver. He loved her. But the police don't believe him -- they keep questioning his story. And the human-sized dog monsters keep trying to kill him. And a plague of rats has descended upon him, with their little red eyes and teeth like needles. It's a tough life for Jack. But it looks to be a tougher death.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Written by Dan Abnett, John Tomlinson and Steve White. Art by Peter Snejbjerg.
In a remote village called Callow, urban legends are becoming a chilling reality. A thread of murder and insanity runs through the history of the town, repeatedly intersecting in the life of Jack Goodfellow, Callow's native son. When horror invades his life yet again, Jack travels to Callow to discover if old tales of dark gods invading our world are more than fantasy. Guided by the psychotic ravings -- possibly predictions -- of his homicidal brother, Goodfellow must find the truth before more people meet their deaths.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Staples are rusty - shows a bit on pages
Story and art by Frank Miller.
Dwight and the gals've got five dead cops on their hands. And while that means five fewer annoyances for the gals of Old Town, it also leaves the door open for the mob to come sniffing around their streets. Killing's easy. It's getting rid of the bodies that's hard.
B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Staples are rusty - shows a bit on pages
Story and art by Frank Miller.
Criminals have always called the shots in Sin City, whether they were bootleggers, gamblers, or politicians. But since the first dame set up shop in Old Town, those side streets have been run by the women that walk the night. Now the mob's looking to break up the party and reclaim Old Town. They're gonna have to put down a bunch of tough gals to do it, and one guy named Dwight. Dwight, he knows something that the mob's gotta learn the hard way: Sometimes standing up for your friends means killing a whole lot of people.
B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Staples are rusty - shows a bit on pages
Story and art by Frank Miller.
For all of the pain, humiliation, and suffering he's put him through, Hartigan's gonna wipe that yellow bastard all over this forty-eight page finale!
48 pages, B&W (and Yellow). Cover price $3.50.
Staples are rusty - shows a bit on pages
Story and art by Frank Miller.
It was dedication that got Hartigan put away -- his dedication to saving a little girl, and a corrupt politician's dedication to saving himself. But now Hartigan's done his time and paid his debt for all the crimes he didn't commit. Once again he's a free man. Free to uncover the fate of that little girl, whose loyalty kept him sane all those years. Free to find out why her letters mysteriously and disturbingly ceased arriving just months before his release. And free to do whatever it takes to save that little girl . . . again.
32 pages, B&W (and Yellow). Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Paul Chadwick. Cover by Geof Darrow.
Most of us have trouble enough just getting by. We never know how far we'd go for our beliefs. But environmental-minded Concrete faces just that when he's lured to the Pacific Northwest by a small group from Earth First! These are the guerillas of the environmental movement. They resist, blockade, and sometimes monkeywrench, wrecking equipment worth millions. They also spike trees. Concrete would be the ultimate monkeywrencher if he can be persuaded -- or manipulated -- into crossing the line. And he can. This six-part series explores the history of Earth First! and the moral questions it raises in a heady mix of suspense, humor, sexual tension, and painless dollops of natural history.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Paul Chadwick. Cover by Geof Darrow.
The conclusion to Think Like a Mountain proves the pen is mightier than 1,200 pounds of living stone! Concrete and his Earth First! friends have failed to prevent their forest from becoming yet another clear cut -- when the national press comes to their rescue. Concrete's tracks through the old-growth forest have been mistaken for those of Bigfoot, creating a media circus as reporters and big-game hunters alike converge to hunt for the legendary creature!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Paul Chadwick. Cover by Geof Darrow.
Spiking trees, hammering equipment, and setting cranes ablaze -- that's what the eco-activists call "Night work," and Concrete's in the thick of it! Emotionally primed for sabotage -- if not actual confrontation -- Concrete and his companions make use of the stone man's incredible night vision and tremendous strength to wreak major damage on some logging equipment. It seems like exciting and righteous work. And then the men with the rifles show up...
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
