The Maxx

The Maxx
Sam Kieth, The Maxx #1 (March 1993)
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics IDW Publishing
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Fantasy Black comedy Comedy drama Drama Superhero
Publication date	March 1993 – August 1998
No. of issues	35
Main character(s)	The Maxx Julie Winters Mr. Gone
Creative team
Created by	Sam Kieth
Written by	Sam Kieth (1-35) Alan Moore (21) Bill Messner-Loebs (1–15, 17–20, 22–23)
Artist(s)	Sam Kieth Chance Wolf Tony Kelly Kell-O-Graphics
Penciller(s)	Sam Keith
Inker(s)	Jim Sinclair
Letterer(s)	Mike Heisler Ken Bruzenak
Colorist(s)	Steve Oliff Olyoptics
Collected editions
Volume 1	ISBN 1-4012-0124-5

The Maxx is an American comic book series created by Sam Kieth in 1993 and originally published monthly until 1998 by Image Comics for 35 issues, before being collected in trade paperback by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. The first appearance of the character was in Darker Image #1 by Image Comics in March 1993.^[1] The comic book, starring an eponymous purple-skinned hero, spawned a 13-episode animated series on MTV that originally aired April–June 1995. Starting in November 2013 and ending in September 2016, the original series has been republished by IDW as The Maxx: Maxximized with new colors and improved scans of the original artwork by Sam Kieth and Jim Sinclair. In 2018, the Maxx featured in a five-issue crossover series with Batman, published by IDW.

The series follows the adventures of the titular hero in two worlds: The real world and an alternate reality referred to as the Outback (presumably named metaphorically after the real Australian outback). In the real world, Maxx is a vagrant, a "homeless man living in a box", while in the Outback, he is the powerful protector of the Jungle-Queen, who exists in the real world as Julie Winters, a freelance social worker who often bails Maxx out of jail. While Maxx is aware of the Outback, Julie is not, though it is integral to both of their stories.