The first appearance of the character was in darker image #1 by image comics in march 1993 The maxx shifts between these worlds against his will Here, homeless, he lives in a box in an alley The only one who really cares for him is julie winters, a freelance social worker But in pangea, the other world, he rules the outback, and is the protector of julie, his jungle queen There he cares for her.
The maxx was an unlikely hit for sam kieth, a surreal comic with mature themes that broke through to the mainstream on mtv Plot the maxx summaries confused hulking homeless superhero the maxx tries to protect his social worker and friend julie from an omniscient serial killer mr Gone both in the real world, which may or may not actually be real, and the subconscious fantasy world Plot summaries of issues of the comic, current through issue 35 a timeline of important events in the maxx story (could probably use updating, 9/1/97) character sketches of the maxx, julie, sara, artie / mr Gone, and others (working on these, 9/27/97) a bestiary of outback denizens (updated, 9/27/97)
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