maximortal Archives

Before there was The Boys, before there was The Authority, after there was Miracleman (which he then became a part of), Rick Veitch created Bratpack, Maximortal, Boy Maximortal and more, telling a story of extreme violence, superhero satire, and psychological musing and psychedelic fantasy across the decades He has now published a new 100-page volume, True-Man[...]

Rick Veitch has self-published the complete Boy Maximortal, the second book in his King Hell Heroica series of graphic novels, which includes Maximortal and Brat Pack, published back in 1990 One of the central figures in superhero deconstruction, with The One from Marvel Comics, Miracleman from Eclipse and Swamp Thing at DC Comics, as well[...]

Such as Rick Veitch, who this week launched a new book in his King Hell Heroica series of graphic novels, Boy Maximortal part two And continuing the body horror, supernatural and comic book industry history and satire that have made u this very different tale of Superman As DC Comics is showing us a Superboy[...]

The following article was written last week and is reprinted today, along with the publication of the comic. Sometimes I dream of revolution, a bloody

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[...]