Maxie is killed as a result of that plot and his sacrifice brought about Ares' return. The intent being to re-establish Ares' rule on earth. Sometime later, however, he was drawn into a plot engineered by the children of Ares - Deimos, Phobos, and Eris to merge Gotham City with Ares' throne capital, the Aeropagus. When the Joker escapes, he ignores Maxie's pleas for help because the Joker finds him annoying. Maxie's escape attempt is disrupted when he collides with a tree. Returned to Arkham, Maxie is one of the villains that escape when Bane brings down the walls of Arkham Asylum during Knightfall. This plot is foiled by Batman and the Outsiders, who beat the Olympians in a series of Olympic-style games. He attempts to kidnap Olympic athlete Lacinia Nitocris and force her to marry him and become a mother figure for his daughter Medea. He fights Batman on several occasions before being committed to Arkham Asylum, where he remains until escaping to form a team of superhuman agents, the New Olympians. He became a crimelord, and uses his cunning and intelligence to rise to power amidst the chaos in Gotham City's underworld caused by the city's numerous insane criminals. Through unrevealed circumstances he lost his wife and his sanity. Maxie, a slightly built, almost mild man, was a history teacher and a married man.
First appearance: Detective Comics #483 (May, 1979).
