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Section I: Bios/History


Bios:

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History...

Based on her first account to Superman, Maxima comes from a hearty star-spanning people who wage war tirelessly. Her own family spent thousands of years conquering, and assimilating only the strongest survivors from carefully selected worlds with rich genetic stock. Accordingly, Maxima continued the same progression of striving without exhaustion through sheer force of will and psychic discipline:

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Section II: Telepathy (continued)



Mentally incapacitates Misa:

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Mentally incapacitates Orion:

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After his connection to Warworld was severed, Maxima mentally incapacitates Brainiac 5:

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Section II: Telepathy (continued)



An Eclipso-possessed Maxima mentally incapacitates Wonder Woman, then mentally possesses her:

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Mentally incapacitates Dr. Polaris:

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Mentally manipulates Dana Dearden (aka. Obsession) via projecting illusions into her mind:

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Section II: Telepathy (continued)


Maxima is able to pull herself (and others) onto the astral plane:

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Before mentally incapacitating Brainwave II, Maxima had been combating him on the astral plane:

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Section III: Telekinesis/Ferrokinesis(continued)


Despite being weakened in a previous battle with Starbreaker, Maxima successfully utilized her TK to pull massive fissures together, as a means to save a crumbling planet:

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Section IV: Other Psionic Abilities


Kyle Rayner and Superman were investigating the disappearance of Pluto when Maxima showed up with what appeared to be an army of Almeracians. Contrary to what Superman thought was an invasion of his solar system, Maxima was in fact leading a mass exodus away from her devastated home world. By creating a psionic highway, the Empress of Almerac provided intergalactic transport for the remnants of her people to rendezvous with Grayven:

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Section IV: Other Psionic Abilities (continued)


Owns Captain Atom with a psi-bolt:

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A psi-bolt appeared sufficient to harm Captain Marvel as well:

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Owns Power Girl:

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And Superman:

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Section IV: Other Psionic Abilities (continued)


Aside from the above abilities, Maxima also had the ability to create avatars of herself (or simulacrums as she calls them) which possessed powers similar to her own, in order to act in situations when she cannot be present. She created these vessels by placing some of her psychic energies into them:

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(The amount of psychic energy she can place in each avatar is undefined.)

Section V: Strength/Durability (continued)


Aside from Superman himself, Maxima was the ONLY member of -that- JLA whose blows were able to phase DoS-Doomsday. She was also the only other one durable enough to weather an onslaught from him:

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And finally...

Maxima ultimately met her demise in a heroic effort to put her ship between the destructive beams of Brainiac 13's Warworld which would have resulted in the destruction of the entire universe:

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Thanks, Max. You will be missed... salute

Nice thread Galan.

Mad respect for one of the few true female High Heralds in comics.

Phucking awesome.

Thanks for this, Galan.

She needed it.

Thanks, guys!

I love her.

Good job Galan. I was wondering when someone would take the time make her respect thread. She deserves it. Thumbs Up.

Didn't she transport her people in a ship through space, using her TK? While creating a breathable atmosphere for them? I heard this a few years ago.

Glad someone finally did this. Great thread, hopefully...in time...we will get to see some more of Maxima.

Thank you Galan!

Wow thanks again, guys.

I really didn't think this many people would care about Maxima. Glad to see the interest, though.

Nice job

Originally posted by Galan007
Wow thanks again, guys.

I really didn't think this many people would care about Maxima. Glad to see the interest, though.
Now how bout one for Sinestro? uhuh

^ Maybe after Brightest Day/War of the Lanterns has concluded.

Nice thread. I've always wanted to read more on Maxima, do you reccomend any good trades? I've read about her in OWAW and DoS.

You might want to check out Panic in the Sky.

Not only is it a good all-around read, but it showcases quite a bit of Maxima's awesomeness.

Originally posted by Galan007
^ Maybe after Brightest Day/War of the Lanterns has concluded.

You better believe that thread will be widely used 'round these parts.

Good job.

Maxima is one of those characters I've never really got a chance to read but wanted to learn more about them.

Good thread. My only experience with her was from DOS and the DCAU

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A few additions, nothing major...


Maxima telepathically controls a group of humans, and orders them to attack Superman. She also telepathically communes with several different villains simultaneously:

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Owns a Thanagarian warrior via rock-throw:

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Kills a member of the Extremists:

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Owns Power Girl via energy-vision:

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Manifests a force-field capable of weathering an assault from Atlanteans, as well as an initial blitz from Power Girl:

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Note how Maxima casually chokes-out Aquaman in the first scan, and physically swats Power Girl away in the second.