Or I don’t know- the designs aren’t cool. It felt like that was the one where he let the 70′s get to him. (I mean, there’s always some Golden Age comic about little kids at a ranch who are learning about their bodies or whatever, and who’s even read any of those except for your mom, judging by how much she knows about young men’s bodies). That’s like the biggest Kirby thing that I never liked very much, not including Golden Age stuff that I don’t really know. Oh right, they have Esad doing Eternals comics now. The world of her father, Superman, is destined to be her own Throneworld as Almerac's is Maxima's. Conquering Earth, and defeating Superman, will be the girl's rite of passage into cementing herself as Maxima's heir. After learning everything she can from Clark, said daughter will be charged with leading the invasion of Earth. Not for any sentimental reasons mind you, Maxima wants Superman to teach their daughter to be his equal in ability and resourcefulness. Secretly, her goal is to constantly push him to be stronger because she wants him to meet his daughter one day. The public reason for this is that he's become a roadblock to her aims, and needs to be eliminated. Maxima would occasionally dispatch assassins or go personally to attack Clark, for the purpose of preventing him from getting "soft". You can tell stories about Clark foiling Maxima's attempts to conquer other worlds, or Earth itself. Obviously that they're both super hot doesn't hurt as part of why they end up sleeping together.įor stories, Superman and Maxima are clearly going to clash given she's become an imperialist herself, no better than Mongul. A frequent source of fights between the two is whether the common person should have any voice in government with Maxima scoffing at that and point at how the mob gave in to Mongul, with Clark countering that Almeracans had long felt unheard and cut off from their rulers. He dislikes her arrogance and entitlement however, particularly when it comes to her royal right to rule. All traits that make him ponder if perhaps she does have it in her to be a good leader.
Clark admires Maxima's passion, bravery, and refusal to settle for anything less than the best in anyone including herself. She's skeptical of his idealism however, seeing it as a flaw that undermines his effectiveness, particularly when it comes to killing. Maxima admires Clark's resolve, restraint, and maturity, traits she's forced to admit she lacked.
Over the course of a series of battles, Maxima and Clark butt heads, watch each other's backs, and gradually fall in love with each other. Amused at her compassion for those who betrayed her, Mongul adds Maxima to the roster of gladiators, and she departs with Clark to the arenas. Initially planning to stay on Almerac and purge those who betrayed her while Clark fights on Warworld, Maxima chooses to give herself up to Mongul, after he announces that he will be vaporizing an entire continent as punishment for the Almeracans failure to turn her over to him.
Clark pretends to be a native of Almerac and is chosen as one of the champions. The two travel back to Almerac which is in the midst of choosing who will fight on Warworld.
Superman turns down the marriage offer, but agrees to follow her to take down Mongul and free Almerac. Being betrayed by her subjects still stings her though she takes great pains to pretend otherwise. Her hope is that will entice him to support her on what could be a suicide mission, and that offering power and wealth via marriage will cement his loyalty. Only interested at first in his power, and planning to use and dispose of him afterwards, Maxima at first presents herself to Clark as a potential mate.