The previous two issues of DC's Mad Max: Fury Road tie-in filled in some of the movie's plot gaps without ever really serving as compelling stories in their own right. Furiosa #1 had other problems as well, but that's another story. As the tie-in shifts focus to Max himself, though, more of its potential is finally realized. Mad Max #1 is the first book to stand on its own as an enjoyable post-apocalyptic adventure.
Granted, this issue does get off to a fairly clunky start as writers Marc Sexton and Nico Lathouris launch into an extended retelling of the first three Mad Max movie. This sequence is helpful as far as solidifying where Fury Road falls in that timeline, but not much else. The pages are too terse to fully explain Max's back-story to newcomers, but too long to do anything but bore readers who are familiar with the mythology.
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Granted, this issue does get off to a fairly clunky start as writers Marc Sexton and Nico Lathouris launch into an extended retelling of the first three Mad Max movie. This sequence is helpful as far as solidifying where Fury Road falls in that timeline, but not much else. The pages are too terse to fully explain Max's back-story to newcomers, but too long to do anything but bore readers who are familiar with the mythology.
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