Who Is Maxx? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Maxx is a Creator-Owned comic book character, the alter ego of Dave, with over 129 comic issue appearances. A mysterious, foul smelling, cartoon loving, Pez eating, self appointed hero to his social worker, Julie.

Who is Maxx?

Origin Maxx’s social worker and friend Julie was raped, beaten and left for dead while trying to help a homeless man. The physiological impact forces Julie to create a realm she calls ‘ The Outback ’ to cope with this trauma. One evening Julie hits a man with her car on her way to work. Still suffering the effects of the last time she tried to help somebody, Julie covers the homeless man with trash to hide the evidence and unintentionally opens a portal to the Outback. The homeless man (Dave), accidentally merges with Julie's rabbit spirit animal as it tries to enter this realm through the portal. A purple lampshade among the trash transforms into the mask of The Maxx. Creation Maxx was created by Sam Kieth , first appearing in black and white as Max the Hare in Primer (1982) #5. Character Evolution The Maxx has no memory of his life before Julie.

Key facts

Maxx is of human origin. The character is published by Creator-Owned. With 129 recorded issue appearances, Maxx ranks among the most featured characters in comics.