Madman Library Edition Volume 5

Madman Library Edition #5

by Mike Allred, Laura Allred (Illustrator)

The Madman comics universe continues with over 490 pages drawn by legendary comics creator Michael Allred and friends in this true homage to superhero fiction, metaphysical philosophy, 1950s science fiction films, rock and roll pop music, and much more!

Volume 5 collects and continues the hit Madman library edition series, collecting rare and early work such as It Girl and the Atomics, Dead Air, The Everyman, Crash Metro and the Star Squad as well as the limited series Dark Horse Madman .

This essential omnibus is perfect for all Madman and Allred fans alike featuring superhero team antics, music pop culture, and just plain ol’ zany, sci fi fun!

Featuring brand-new colors for Dead Air!

This six-volume Madman universe omnibus library edition series collects all of Allred’s award-winning Madman universe (a.k.a. the “Madmaniverse") stories in selected reading order for the ultimate Madman fan!

Genres: Comics

504 pages, Hardcover

Published December 5, 2023

About the author

Michael 'Doc' Allred (Also Credited as M. Dalton Allred) grew up in the 60's and 70's and was surrounded with the best in pop culture and a steady diet of music, movies and comic books including the three B's: Beatles, Bond and Batman to the point of obsession.

So it should come as no surprise that he keeps a hand in film and music (He's the lead singer and guitarist for The Gear), but comic books have always been a seminal source of joy for Mike and that joy remains the main ingredient in most of his work.

Allred first tasted success in the comics field with his wildly popular MADMAN series, which is currently being developed for a live action film with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. His earlier work from GRAFIK MUZIK was turned into the cult hit movie G-Men from Hell directed by Christopher Coppola (featuring Robert Goulet as the Devil). Other work includes Red Rocket 7, his history of Rock and Roll told in the context of a sci-fi adventure storyl the Madman spin-off THE ATOMICS and his magnum opus, THE GOLDEN PLATES, where he's illustrating the entire Book of Mormon.

Mike counts the secret to his success to be his wife, and creative partner, Laura Allred, who is is considered to be one of the best colorists in the business.

Reviews

[Brent Ecenbarger · Rating 3 out of 5]

Volume 5 of Mike Allred's Madman: Library Edition is an enjoyable read but definitely the most forgettable/skippable of the installments so far. It begins with 4 stories by Allred, three of which don't really include Madman but they're definitely the high point of the collection. Fantastic art, engaging stories, it was as pleasant of a surprise as seeing Red Rocket 7 included in the third volume of this collection. The problem is after that the rest of the volume collects It Girl and the Atomics, which is a fun series but is not written or drawn by Allred and really doesn't compare the 90% of the material we've gotten in the other volumes. I just picked up volume six, so I'm still very excited to read through and complete my collection of this material.

[Gabriel J. Clark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not sure why this was even categorized as a Madman collection. It was all It Girl comics.