MPH | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Image Comics |
Schedule | Monthly/Bi-monthly |
Format | Limited series |
Publication date | May 2014 – February 2015 |
No. of issues | 5 |
Main character(s) |
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Creative team | |
Created by | Mark Millar[1] Duncan Fegredo |
Written by | Mark Millar |
Artist(s) | Duncan Fegredo |
Letterer(s) | Peter Doherty |
Colorist(s) | Peter Doherty |
Editor(s) | Jennifer Lee |
Collected editions | |
MPH | ISBN 978-163215-2657 |
MPH (Miles Per Hour) is a British heist-action-thriller comic book limited series written by Mark Millar and illustrated by Duncan Fegredo. Published by Image Comics, the series is set in the Millarworld,[2][3] with its events being first referenced in 2014's Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years – Book Four.[4] Described as "The Fast and the Furious without cars",[5][6] the series follows a group of early-20s criminals who on discovering a drug that gives them super-speed, use it to go on a series of grand heists, while pursued by a government agency with a mysterious speedster of their own. The series, originally published between May 21, 2014, and February 18, 2015, was collected as a graphic novel on April 22, 2015.[7] Characters from the series would later return in the miniseries Big Game in 2023. Receiving a generally positive critical reception, both a comic book sequel and feature film adaptation of the series has been in development hell since its initial publication.
When Motor City criminal Roscoe Rodriguez stumbles upon a street drug called MPH, he gains the power of super-speed, using it to break out of prison and with his friends form a group of working class criminals to go on a series of high-octane urban adventures as bank robbers, while pursued by the forces of DENO and the mysterious Mr. Springfield.[8][9] While the initial announcement of the series described it as a six-issue series following teenagers, the final five-issue series saw the majority of its protagonists be in their early-to-mid 20s.[10][11]
Issue # | Publication date | Critic rating | Critic reviews | Ref. |
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1 | May 2014 | 6.9/10 | 23 | [16] |
2 | June 2014 | 7.6/10 | 14 | [17] |
3 | September 2014 | 8.0/10 | 4 | [18] |
4 | November 2014 | 7.6/10 | 4 | [19] |
5 | February 2015 | 8.6/10 | 4 | [20] |
Overall | 7.7/10 | 49 | [21] |
Ahead of its initial publication, MPH was optioned for feature film adaptation by Lorenzo di Bonaventura in April 2014,[22] who Mark Millar said to be "somebody I've always wanted to work with on one of the bigger Millarworld adaptations",[23][24] with the project ultimately entering development hell.[citation needed]