DC Entertainment will release a motion comic the explores the backstory of the upcoming Mad Max video game from Avalanche Studios and WB Games.

Written by Tom Taylor (Injustice: Gods Among Us, Earth 2) and illustrated by Jason Shawn Alexander (Legends of the Dark Knight), the story introduces Max's trusted mechanic Chumbucket, who plays a central role in the game, which will be released next year in conjunction with director George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road.

"I love the Mad Max movies," Alexander tells USA Today, adding that the motion comic "was a great bit of nostalgia for me and also an opening to lend my own touches to this iconic character."

In the game, set in the post-apocalyptic world of the movie series, Max must cross a desert wasteland after his Interceptor his stolen by a gang of marauders.