Madman Atomic Comics #6

Madman Atomic Comics #6 brings Michael Allred's singular vision to a vivid, crimson-drenched cover featuring the pale, lightning-bolt-suited Madman in the foreground alongside a masked blonde heroine in pink and yellow, both set against a sea of red that hints at the wild cosmic territory suggested by the story title "Crushed in the Court of the Crimson King!" Allred's clean, retro-pop linework — colored beautifully by Laura Allred — gives the duo an effortlessly cool energy that feels equally at home in 2008 superhero comics and a mid-century sci-fi paperback. If you've been following this series, this issue's cover alone makes a compelling case to keep going.