The Maximortal

(Tundra, 1992-1993)
©1992 Rick Veitch

A childless couple driving an old truck see a flaming object fall out of the sky. Upon investigation, they discover a small, incredibly powerful life inside. At that point Rick Veitch (Bratpack, Swamp Thing) terminates all similarities to the origin of Superman. What this unfortunate couple, George and Meryl, find is a fully developed, albeit small man with a rather belligerent attitude. He bites off George’s finger, burns down their house, and finally abducts the man by riding on his shoulders.

Unbeknownst to the couple, ten years earlier in 1908 in Siberia, a lone rider was witness and unwilling participant to this little man’s genesis. Born to a giant woman, the newly emerged fetus was coated in molten rock and thrown it into the atmosphere. Now back on Earth and free of his rocky womb, the Maximortal is set to become America’s greatest comic book antihero.

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