Issue Description

Mr. Gone sends a gang of his Isz to kidnap Julie.

The Maxx and Mr. Gone find themselves atop a gas station and begin battle. Mr. Gone admits to not being that talented a sorcerer and shoot the Maxx and leaves him for dead in a dumpster sealed shut by the vice like jaws of the Isz. Bleeding in a pile of trash Maxx slips into the Outback where he finds the Leopard Queen has gone mad.

Julie awakes to find herself tied by leash wearing some peculiar cloths and in the custody of Mr. Gone. Gone reveals his hatred of woman to Julie. While gone lectures Julie finds an Is tooth and uses it to decapitate Gone and frees Herself.

The Maxx (1993)

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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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