“How could the richest country in the world allow so many of its people to live in such abject poverty? Where were all those superheroes now? “Driving through the middle of Brightmoor was like being on the set of I Am Legend or The Walking Dead,” he wrote. He wrote about this decision in The Spectator. When the first issue of MPH debuted in May 2014, Millar sent a copy to President Barack Obama and every United States Senator. Millar, who hails from Scotland and grew up inspired by American superheroes, was moved to write MPH after visiting Detroit and seeing the city’s plight first-hand. What will happen when their time runs out? But the supply of MPH is finite, and the “Runners,” as the media have dubbed them, are finding that power has its downsides. But in MPH, the April graphic novel by comics juggernaut Mark Millar (JUPITER’S LEGACY, STARLIGHT, Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service) and acclaimed artist Duncan Fegredo ( Hellboy), their fate changes, thanks to a mysterious new drug, the eponymous MPH.Įndowed with super-human speed, four young Detroiters zoom across the country, taking back ill-gained funds from banks - and then giving it back to the people (keeping a little for themselves, of course). They’re from Detroit, a city mired in debt, despair, and crime. Roscoe, Rosa, and their friends and family know what it’s like for the world to give up on you.
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