(Action Comics #650) - Maxima watched footage of Superman in gladiatorial combat in Mongul's games and was more convinced than ever that he'd be a perfect mate. She planned on turning him into a warlord and conquering worlds alongside him.

(Adventures of Superman #522 (fb)) - Maxima, Superman and a number of heroes went to Metropolis after it had been decimated during Zero Hour. The heroes contained a group of DMN junkies and then set about rebuilding the city. They couldn't finish the job in one day so Zatanna linked minds with Perry White and Superman to rebuild the city from their memories, using Maxima and the other heroes as a power source for her spell.

(Final Night #1) - Superman organized a summit of superheroes, including Maxima, to listen to an alien named Dusk. She'd seen the Sun-Eater snuff out the sun of countless planets, and she was there to warn the heroes that the Sun-Eater was headed towards Earth. Maxima and a team of herons opened up a Boom Tube to transport the Sun-Eater to the Source, but it overloaded and failed because the Sun-Eater only partially existed in their dimension.

(Young Justice: Sins of Youth #2) - Under orders from the Agenda Mini-Maxima and the Junior Injustice Society led coordinated attacks on Gotham, Metropolis and Happy Harbor. They were opposed by Young Justice, the JLA and JSA, but were teleported to the Agenda’s Alaska hq when the heroes turned their attentions there. The heroes defeated the Junior Injustice Society and dismantled the Agenda’s Alaskan operation. In order to be reunited with his familiar Teekl, whom Young Justice had captive, Klarion returned Maxima and all the other de-aged superheroes and supervillains to their proper age.

(Superman: The Man of Steel #115) - Maxima and the Alien Alliance transported Superman and every last citizen of Metropolis by zeta-beams to the orbiting space ark. Superman fought the aliens until he met the Alliance leaders, who explained that this was an evacuation necessary because Metropolis would be a staging ground against Imperiex. Adam Strange transported Superman to the remains of Almerac, which had been destroyed by Imperiex, and told him Imperiex intended to destroy Earth in the same way.

(JLA: Our Worlds at War #1) - The JLA fought a group of Imperiex Probes in space, and although victorious the explosions caused by the defeated Probes severely injured the team. Maxima and Starfire brought them aboard the Alien Alliance's space ark for medical treatment.

(Action Comics #781) - Darkseid and Maxima sent their holograms to Washington when President Luthor briefed them about the Imperiex War, and let them know that if Imperiex destroyed Earth he would complete his plan to set off a new Big Bang and recreate the universe.

(Superman: The Man of Steel #117) - The Alien Alliance broke apart when Imperiex died, and Maxima and Massacre led their own faction to take over Warworld. The disorganized effort almost led to Maxima's death, but Superman saved her. In gratitude she rammed her ship into Warworld to disable it, and keep it from overtaking Earth. Her effort was futile, Warworld responded by destroying the ship and killing Maxima.

Comments: Created by Roger Stern & George Perez

Maxima received a profile in Who’s Who in the DC Universe #2. Maxima (as Mini-Maxima) received a profile in Sins of Youth Secret Files #1 under the Junior Injustice Society entry

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