Maximus Lobo

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Maximus Lobo
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance The Uncanny X-Men #417 (March 2003)
Created by Chuck Austen
Kia Asamiya
In-story information
Alter egoMaximus Lobo
Species Mutant
Team affiliationsDominant Species
AbilitiesLupine form, enhanced senses.

Maximus Lobo is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in The Uncanny X-Men #417.

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Fictional character biography

Maximus Lobo is part of the Dominant Species, a group of mutants with wolf-like abilities akin to werewolves. He runs the company Lobo Technologies, a subsidiary of Worthington Enterprises owned by X-Men member Warren Worthington III (Archangel). [1]

In White Plains, New York, the headquarters of Lobo Technologies, Lobo and the Dominant Species slaughter a small group of humans. When a team of X-Men arrive to investigate the murder, Lobo and the Dominant Species confront the X-Men and force them to retreat. [2] Lobo pursues Archangel and Husk, who learn of his plan to illegally sell Stark Enterprises products under the Lobo Technologies logo. When the rest of the X-Men arrived to help Archangel and Husk, Lobo created an explosion to cover his escape. [3]

During the "Dark Reign" storyline, Lobo is revealed to have lost his mutant powers during M-Day. While researching potential threats and allies for Norman Osborn, Quasimodo states that Lobo would have made a good ally if he still had his powers. [4] Following the events of "X-Men: Messiah Complex", Maximus is confronted by Wolf Cub, who he previously attempted to manipulate into joining his cause. [5]

Powers and abilities

Maximus Lobo is a lycanthrope able to assume a werewolf form with superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina, reflexes, senses, and powerful claws and fangs. He claimed that his bones had evolved to be naturally stronger than adamantium.

References

  1. Uncanny X-Men #417 (March 2003)
  2. Uncanny X-Men #418 (March 2003)
  3. Uncanny X-Men #419-420 (April - May 2003)
  4. Dark Reign Files one-shot (April 2009)
  5. Young X-Men #1 (June 2008)