WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Nebula #2 by Vita Ayala, Claire Roe, Mike Spicer and VC's Travis Lanham, on sale now.

Nebula #2, the most recent issue of Nebula's first solo series from Vita Ayala and Claire Roe, has several similarities to Mad Max: Fury Road. Both feature a tough, emotionally closed off title character and an unrelenting, bald female lead -- though in the case of Nebula, these are both Nebula. The two properties also see their title characters pulled into a regional water conflict that helps them uncover some inner humanity previously thought lost.

In Nebula #2, Nebula wakes on a desert planet with no memories of who she is or where she came from. She knows how to repair her own cybernetics, but not why she has them. While recovering from her crash landing, she is cared for by a young woman named Adira. In exchange for her care, Adira asks Nebula to repair her home moisture collector. She can't ask the local mechanic, because she must keep the collector a secret -- they are highly illegal. A man named Afir has built his complex over the only water source within three days' ride and he controls the water for the region by selling it off. Adira's personal moisture collector is a clear act of defiance to this tyrant.

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Nebula #2 interior art

Although Afir doesn't appear in-panel in Nebula #2, his character is reminiscent of Immortan Joe from Mad Max: Fury Road. Both hold power, influence and control over a region by controlling the water; they control the people who depend on that water to survive. They both have thugs to enforce their dominion. In this issue, Nebula beats up Nahzym and Samee, Afir's sons, when they come to intimidate Adira over her moisture collector. Immortan Joe has the War Boys, who are unwaveringly loyal to him and use Max as a human blood bag while they do Joe's bidding.

Nebula and Max stand with their new allies in open defiance of their respective water tyrants. In doing so, a long forgotten aspect of their humanity is awakened in them. Nebula begins this issue in an emotional state where she struggles with her memory loss, but she rediscovers her power and a sense of self when she defends Adira.

However, this is not the Nebula from before her memory loss. Before the incident in Nebula #1 -- a direct result of her own grab for power -- the title character was a tyrant, threatening children to get her own way. Now she is a defender of the innocent, and she is using the All Seer technology she stole to help instead of hurt -- for now.

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Max in Mad Max: Fury Road has been alone for quite some time before he is captured and abused by the War Boys. When his path crosses with Furiosa and the Wives, he is feral and instinct-driven. Over the course of the film, he bonds with the women and his humanity returns. This is exemplified when he willingly donates his blood to Furiosa to save her life near the end of the film.

Like Max, Nebula is just an interloper into the lives of women desperate to overthrow a water tyrant, but also like Max, that experience helps to develop the emotional depth of character in creating an opportunity to demonstrate compassion. While also beating people up without hesitation or remorse, Nebula #2 sees the title character show kindness to a local woman, while also showing off her new All Seer technology that allows her to kick butt more efficiently and effectively.

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Mad Max and Furiosa in car Mad Max: Fury Road

Nebula also shares similarities with Furiosa. They have a similar aesthetic as well as being powerful fighters. They both sport an iconic bald head, and prostheses that create an unmistakable and striking image. Their similar character designs are both born out of their troubled pasts. These physically strong women spend their stories opening up to a person with whom they previously would never have engaged. Nebula is not known for her kindness to strangers and Furiosa distrusts Max immediately upon meeting him. Nebula's blank memory gives her the opportunity to be more emotionally available than ever before. Max's alliance earns Furiosa's emotional vulnerability. Perhaps after her experience fighting against tyrants instead of with them, Nebula will evolve in more ways than just her cybernetic enhancements.

Perhaps even if her memories return, she will remember the lessons she learned trying to help a lowly woman on a desert planet stand up to water tyrants. While fans of Mad Max will have to wait and see if Max's time fighting Immortan Joe had a lasting impact, fans of Nebula get to pick up issue #3 on April 8 to follow Nebula's emotional development.

Nebula #3 releases April 8 from Marvel Comics.

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