Madman Volume 3

Madman Volume 3 by Mike Allred
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Madman Volume 3 collects Madman Comics #12-20 plus Madman King-Size Super Groovy Special.

In this volume, the saga of Doctor Boiffard's ever-expanding brain comes to a conclusion and Madman runs afoul of the G-Men From Hell and more giant robots and monsters than you can shake a stick at. He also finally learns his real name and gets further hints of his ultimate destiny.

While some storylines were wrapped up in this volume, countless seeds for future stories were planted. In the foreword, Allred said he altered his style to make a monthly book more doable but you can't really tell the difference at first glance. His art is as smooth and awesome as ever, a distillation of everything good about the comics of yesteryear with some modern updates.

The stories are all over the place and the supporting cast keeps expanding. Cheetahman is introduced and Mike Mattress and Dean Crept are revealed as the G-Men from Hell. The saga of Doctor Boiffard finally comes to a conclusion. Oh, and there are fishmen.

The zany adventures of Madman are some of the best comics out there. 4.5 out of 5 stars. Now I'll have to track down whatever volume comes next.

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