Mad Max: Fury Road (comic book)
| Mad Max: Fury Road | |
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Cover of Mad Max: Fury Road graphic novel
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Vertigo |
| Format | Limited series |
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| Publication date | 20 May 2015 – 5 August 2015 |
| No. of issues | 4 |
| Main character(s) |
Max Rockatansky Imperator Furiosa Immortan Joe Nux |
| Creative team | |
| Written by |
Nico Lathouris Mark Sexton George Miller (story) |
| Letterer(s) | Clem Robins |
| Colorist(s) | Michael Spicer |
| Editor(s) | Alex Antoine |
Mad Max: Fury Road is a limited comic book series created by George Miller, Nico Lathouris, and Mark Sexton. Serving as a prequel to the 2015 film of the same name, the series focuses on several characters from the film at various points in their lives before it.
The series consists of four issues. Beginning in May 2015, Vertigo published one issue per month, ending in August. A single-volume collection of all of the issues was published on 26 August. Reception of the series has been mixed; some consider it unnecessary and poorly executed, and many harshly criticized the issue centred on Imperator Furiosa. However, the issue focused on Nux and Immortan Joe and the two issues focused on Max Rockatansky were received more positively.
All of the prequel comics begin with the introduction of the “Wordburger”, an oral storyteller and historian whose body is tattooed with names of important people, places and events. In each comic, the Wordburger is seen narrating the story of the protagonist of the respective comic to the people of the Citadel after it has been liberated from Immortan Joe's rule.
The first comic centres on the origins of Nux and Immortan Joe.
The first part of the comic focuses on the origins of Nux. A mother and father, with the infant Nux, travel to the Citadel where they live on the ground in poor conditions, without adequate supply of food and water. To support his family, Nux's father takes up a job at the top of the Citadel; however, unbeknownst to him, the job is very hazardous and he eventually dies due to the conditions. Nux never finds out what happened to his father, and his sick mother dies later. Believing his father is still alive, he tries to reach the top of the Citadel by grabbing onto the elevator used by the guards to transport to the top. One of the guard is about to push him off, but he is stopped by another guard who wants to see how long Nux can hold on. Nux desperately tries to hold onto the edge of the elevator, even as he starts to slip. The War Boys watching him start laughing, to which he laughs back in a mocking response and refuses to let go. Upon seeing this, the War Boys and guards are stunned by his grit. A guard who is impressed by his determination saves him from slipping and pulls him up to the platform. Impressed by his grit, the War Boys call him "a hard nut to crack", which leads to him being named "Nux". He eventually joins the War Boys when he grows up and Immortan Joe becomes like a father figure to him.
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