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Swipe File: Superman Unchained And Rick Veitch's Maximortal

Published Sat, 06 Jul 2013 08:00:30 -0500

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Mon, 08 Jul 2019 03:25:49 -0500

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In the nineties, Rick Veitch published the incredible Maximortal, a follow up to his successful Brat Pack series. It told the story of True-Man from two different directions, one the goddess who gave birth to him on Earth, the kindly couple who adopted the infant – one tortured and killed by the young True-Man, before going on a rampage decapitating much of the town before being captured by the military.

And two comic creators who created a True-Man comic, only to be conned and ripped off, placed in poverty by their gangster publishing boss who took credit for the character.

While the military dropped the True-Man they had recovered onto Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Like this.

And then from last month's Superman Unchained #1…

Though I wonder if Scott Snyder and Jim Lee went through anything like this?

Though they probably don't feel too much like this…

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