Issue Description

Julie and Tilly enjoy a warm summer day, leaving Maxx at home to fix her larmp.

The Savage Dragon has a cameo, and he’s looking for the ‘dangerous psychopath Mako!

Fleeing from the Dragon, Mako burst in on Maxx. Maxx knows he’s no match for the blood thirsty land shark, especially with his claws glued shut. The Maxx is a lousy handyman.

The chase goes on into the night. Mako ends the chase by tackling Maxx into a swimming pool. This causes Maxx to slip into the Outback. There Maxx meets the Leopard Queen again, only this time she appears darker. She inform Maxx that this change is due to Cruelty and pain. We also learn that her Leopard is dead.

The chase continues until they find their way to a phone cord store. Maxx frees his claws with some solvent.

Whit her car broken down Julie finds herself in the Outback where she meets Lil’ Julie. Lil’ Julie tells Julie that she is not part of Maxx;s outback, but the Maxx is part of hers.

She also learns that the Leopard Queen is a part of her.

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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