Issue Description

Mr. Gone gives Julie pictures she drew as a child, revealing that he has a history with her. And with that Gone tells us another Fairy Tail.

This story begins with Gone visiting Julie’s parents and telling them about his trips to the Australian outback where he had started following a religion that believes that two worlds can exist at the same time. He also uses his sorcery to show Julie’s mom the outback. Gone explains to Julie that he’s been watching her, her whole life. He also hints that Julie may have been rapped during her teenage, rebellious years.

After Julie objects to path of the story, Gone jumps to three weeks later where Julie hits someone with her car. She goes to investigate and in her distressed emotional state Julie inadvertently opens a portal to the Outback and a broken lamp that resmbles the Maxx’s mask falls partially through. At the same time Gone was witnessed the lamp while strolling through Julie’s mind and pushes the lamp back to the real world. Julie hides the still breathing man with trash (including the conspicuous lamp) and we see The Maxx form.

Oh, and Maxx and Leopard Queen are still being chased by the Hooly.

The Maxx (1993)

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Image

Volume Description

The Maxx, originally a 35-comic-book series, is a superhero parody whose costumed crusader is a caring but insecure man, his "Gotham City" the inexplicable world of sex and violence that adolescents find both attractive and repulsive. The Maxx is a full-bodied man in purple, with yellow claws and a set of gleaming upper chompers. When down, he is homeless in a dumpster or a box. But, up or down, he is often with hottie Julie Winters, playing the role of boyfriend, protector, or pet. This clever setup matches up with angst-drenched teen fantasies and how teen relationships can look to an outside observer. The Maxx fights a never-ending battle with Mr. Gone and the Isz – eyeless ovoids with needle teeth – and a delusion that he is in "the Outback", an alternate reality that complicates everything. Kieth says a common reaction to The Maxx is "I just don't get it." He doesn't say (as with adolescence) "not getting it IS getting it", or that his weird, kaleidoscopic-y artwork makes it harder to get, but glorious at the same time.

The Maxx was an off-beat "superhero" series and more a universe of its own, rather than sharing the Image universe. The Maxx developed such a cult following, it was adapted into an MTV show: The Maxx.

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