Madman Atomic Comics #7

Madman strides across an alien desert landscape on this Michael Allred cover for issue #7 of Madman Atomic Comics, his gleaming white-and-red costume contrasting with the sandy terrain as he carries a red gas can — with his little round sidekick companion trotting along beside him and a sleek spacecraft looming in the background beneath a star-filled sky. The story title "Mostly I'm Silent" hints at something contemplative within, and the cover's retro-sci-fi sensibility — complete with a green moon and a hypnotic spiral in the cosmos — is pure Allred charm. Laura Allred's colors give the whole scene a vivid, clean pop that makes this 2008 Image series feel like a love letter to golden-age adventure comics.