Dynamo 5

Dynamo 5
Dynamo 5 #1, showing the team with their father, the late Captain Dynamo in the upper right. Cover rt by Mahmud A. Asrar and Ron Riley.
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date	March 2007 – October 2009
Number of issues	1-25
Main character(s)	Smasher Menagerie Wraith Supervision Ramjet Maddie Warner
Creative team
Creator(s)	Jay Faerber Mahmud A. Asrar

Dynamo 5 is a fictional comic book superhero team created by writer Jay Faerber and artist Mahmud A. Asrar, which appears in an eponymous series published by Image Comics. The team first appeared in Dynamo 5  #1 (Jan. 2007). The monthly series ended with issue #25 (Oct. 2009). The team has also appeared in a 2010 miniseries, Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father, and the one-shot Dynamo 5 Holiday Special 2010 (Dec. 2010).

Dynamo 5 is a spin-off of Noble Causes, a previous comic book series created by Faerber, which also explores the dynamics of a superhero family.

Dynamo 5 is a spin-off of Noble Causes, another comic book series created by Faerber and published by Image Comics, which likewise explores the dynamics of a superhero family. Faerber created Dynamo 5 with the intent of making it more action-driven. The team is composed of five young men and women, each of whom inherited one of the five superhuman abilities of their father, the late superhero Captain Dynamo, and their mentor and leader, Dynamo’s widow, Madeline "Maddie" Warner, who assembled the team following Dynamo’s death.

Faerber explained that his inspiration for the series came from a conversation with editor Andy Helfer, in which he was asked what made the Teen Titans unique. When Faerber opined that the Titans were like a family, Helfer pointed out that all superhero teams could be described as such. From this, Faerber devised a team that was a biological family but did not act like it. Another influence, he said, was his parents' divorce.

Artist Asrar came at the suggestion of Invincible artist Ryan Ottley. Invincible writer Robert Kirkman, whose work on that title was influential on Faerber's writing, assisted Faerber during the development stage with advice on production and marketing. Asrar was the regular artist on the monthly series for its entire 25-issue run.