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Maximum (character)
{{Infobox comics character , image= , caption = Maximum from ''Supermen of America'' #1, art by Doug Braithwaite. , character_name = Maximum , publisher = DC Comics , debut = ''Supermen of America'' vol. 2, #1 (March 2000) , creators = Fabian Nicieza (writer)Doug Braithwaite (artist) , real_name = Maxwell Williams , species = , homeworld = , alliances = Supermen of America , aliases = , supports = , powers = Can possess superhuman strength, speed, or senses at will, but only individually. Maximum is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Supermen of America'' vol. 2 #1 (March 2000), and was created by Fabian Nicieza and Doug Braithwaite. Fictional character biography Maxwell Williams was a young African-American high school athlete with a bright future ahead of him, but became a quadriplegic after a tragic accident, and would have remained so without specially designed surgical implants provided by LexCorp. The Lexcorp implants made Maxwell more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psilencer
The Supermen of America is the name of two fictional superhero teams published by DC Comics. The original group first appeared in a special written by Stuart Immonen published in 1999, and a later mini-series written by Fabian Nicieza, which was published in 2000. The second group debuted in ''Superman'' #714 in 2011. The Supermen of America appear in the second season of the television series ''Superman & Lois''. Historical Supermen The original Supermen of America was an official Superman fan club from the 1940s. Comic readers could send away for and receive special membership cards that also doubled as decoders. Members also received buttons and special certificates. Fictional history Original team The young members of the superhero team Supermen of America are all young metahumans gathered by Outburst after the shooting death of singer Junior K-D from the boy band Crossfire. Outburst and his family had been saved from death at Doomsday's hands by Superman. The young naiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Superheroes
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black people, Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Slavery in the United States, Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to Atlantic slave trade, European slave traders and Middle Passage, transported across the Atlantic to Slavery in the colonial history of the United States, the Western He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
