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MAX Comics is an imprint of specializing in comic book media aimed at adult-only readers. It was launched in 2001 after Marvel broke with the Comics Code Authority and established its own rating system.

History
The MAX Comics imprint is not Marvel's first effort to feature explicit content in their titles. The company's imprint in the 1980s and early 1990s often featured stronger content than their mainstream imprint. However, the MAX Comics imprint is the first time Marvel has specifically produced comics with uncensored content.

The first series to be published under the Max imprint was Alias, written by Brian Michael Bendis.

(2025). 9780756641238, DK Publishing.
Several limited series were then created specially for the Max imprint, such as and Haunt of Horror, but the majority of its publications were based around existing Marvel characters, such as Howard the Duck and .

One Marvel character who was revived by Max was who in 2002 became the first openly homosexual Marvel comic book character to star in his own magazine. The first edition of the Rawhide Kid's saga was called Slap Leather. According to a CNN.com article, "The new series pairs the original artist, , now 86, with Ron Zimmerman, a television writer. Making the Rawhide Kid was Zimmerman's idea." The character's homosexuality is conveyed indirectly, through euphemisms and puns, and the comic's style is campy. Conservative groups protested the homosexual take on the character, which they claimed would corrupt children, though the covers carried an "Adults only" label.

Since 2012, the new works under the MAX imprint have been limited to the series. Marvel now portrays MAX as a rating indicating mature content, rather than a separate brand. The latest MAX issue ( Get Fury #6) was published in October 2024 ().

Criticism
While some works such as Alias have received acclaim, the imprint has attracted controversy, with some critics considering some of the titles to be gratuitous in its use of mature or vulgar content. Former Marvel president and chairman openly criticized the Max imprint. Referring to an incident of strangulation with intestines in the 2001 Fury miniseries, based on the character , whom he co-created, Lee said, "I don't know why they're doing that. I don't think that I would do those kinds of stories".James Adams, "Code Red in the New Comicdom", The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2002, p. R9

Titles
  • Alias #1-28 (2001)
  • #1-4 (2002)
  • #1-3 (2002)
  • Blade #1-6 (2002)
  • Born #1-4 (miniseries, 2003; Punisher MAX origin)
  • Cage #1-5 (2002)
  • Dead of Night featuring:
    • #1-4 (miniseries, 2008)
    • #1-4 (miniseries, 2008)
    • Werewolf by Night #1-4 (miniseries, 2009)
  • 1-12 (2010)
  • 1-6 (2011)
  • one-shot (2011)
  • #1-5 (miniseries, 2009)
  • Doctor Spectrum #1-6 (2004)
  • #1-4 (2009)
  • The Eternal #1-6 (2003)
  • #1-4 (2013)
  • Foolkiller #1-5 (miniseries, 2007)
  • Foolkiller: White Angels #1-5 (miniseries, 2008)
  • Fury #1-6 (2001)
  • #1-13, also known as Fury: My War Gone By (2012)
  • Get Fury #1-6 (2024)
  • Haunt of Horror:
    • Edgar Allan Poe #1-3 (miniseries, 2006)
    • H. P. Lovecraft #1-3 (miniseries, 2008)
  • #1-5 (2006)
  • The Hood #1-6 (2002)
  • Howard the Duck #1-6 (miniseries, 2002)
  • The Punisher #1-65 (2004); later Punisher: Frank Castle MAX #66-75 (2008)
  • Punisher MAX One-shots:
    • Punisher: The End (2004)
    • Punisher: The Cell (2005)
    • Punisher: The Tyger (2006)
    • Punisher MAX Annual (2007)
    • Punisher: Force of Nature (2008)
    • Punisher MAX Special: Little Black Book (2008)
    • Punisher MAX X-Mas Special (2008)
    • Punisher MAX: Naked Kill (2009)
    • Punisher MAX: Get Castle (2009)
    • Punisher MAX: Butterfly (2010)
    • Punisher MAX: Happy Ending (2010)
    • Punisher MAX: Hot Rods of Death (2010)
    • Punisher MAX: Tiny Ugly World (2010)
  • #1-22 (2009)
  • #1-6 (2017)
  • Punisher: Soviet #1-6 (2019)
  • The Punisher Presents: Barracuda MAX #1-5 (2007)
  • Rawhide Kid #1-5 (2003)
  • #1-6 (2002)
  • Starr the Slayer #1-4 (2009)
  • #1-3 (2010, only #1 is under the MAX label, #2-3 are Marvel Knights)
  • #1-18 (moved to the normal imprint in 2006 under the name of its predecessor, Squadron Supreme)
  • #1-5 (2005)
  • #1-6 (2005)
  • vol. 2 #1-4 (2011)
  • Terror Inc. #1-5 (miniseries, 2007)
  • Terror, Inc. - Apocalypse Soon #1-4 (2009)
  • #1-5 (miniseries, 2003)
  • U.S. War Machine #1-12 (2001)
  • U.S. War Machine 2.0 #1-3 (2003)
  • Untold Tales of Punisher Max #1-5 (2012)
  • War is Hell: The First Flight of the #1-5 (2008)
  • Wisdom #1-6 (2007)
  • Wolverine MAX #1-15 (2012)
  • #2-3 (only issues #2-3 are under the MAX label, 2003)
  • Zombie #1-4 (miniseries, 2006)
  • The Zombie: Simon Garth #1-4 (miniseries, 2007)

MAX and miniseries were both solicited, but were cancelled before their release.

Some of the titles such as Alias, The Hood, Wisdom, Thor: Vikings and Apache Skies are considered part of Earth-616, the main , while others like Punisher MAX, Wolverine MAX, Fury, Deadpool MAX and Foolkiller take place in alternate universes.

See also
  • , similar Marvel Comics' former mature-readers imprint
  • DC Black Label, DC Comics' current mature-readers imprint
  • Vertigo, DC Comics' former mature-readers imprint

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