The story quickly goes off the rails as the young child brutally torments the elderly couple and grows to become a violent sadist who cares little for human life or Earth itself. Veitch shows how the concept of 'Superman' can become twisted and exploited as he takes readers through a hundred years of True-Man's life. The Maximortal 19.95 Buy from Description Comics visionary Rick Veitch marries the larcenous history of the comics business to the outrageous themes and characters of his infamous Brat pack universe, creating one of the most startling and uncompromising visions of the superhero archetype ever put to paper. Comics visionary Rick Veitch marries the larcenous history of the comics business to the outrageous themes. All rights for the images used on this webste are reserved to the original owners of the intellectual. Buy a copy of The Maximortal book by Rick Veitch. Related: The Boys: Why Black Noir Actor Is Happy About His Character's Kryptonite Maximortal (1992) 1 Rust (5.0-VGF) Rick Veitch. So far, it sounds vaguely familiar, doesn't it? The Maximortal by Rick Veitch, 2017 edition, in English - Third edition. The metallic womb crashes back to Earth decades later and is retrieved by an elderly couple who raise the child as their own. The series begins in 1908 when an alien impregnates herself and tosses the growing baby into space. At the end of the day, Maximortal is the story of the rise to global dominance by a stranger from another world who becomes omnipresent on Earth. Maximortal uses the universally known origin of Superman in creates a cynical, violent series that explores both behind the myth and the unlucky people who come in contact with such a being. In 1992, Veitch followed this up with the seven-issue Maximortal which, again, dove into the darker side of superheroes.