Maximum Security (comics)
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Cover of Maximum Security 1 (Dec, 2000).Art by Jerry Ordway.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||
| Publication date | December 2000 – January 2001 | ||
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| Writer(s) | Kurt Busiek | ||
| Penciller(s) | Jerry Ordway | ||
| Letterer(s) | Jason Levine Troy Peteri Albert Deschesne |
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| Colorist(s) | Tom Smith Jason Wright |
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"Maximum Security" was a comic book story line and company-wide crossover that ran through a three-issue, self-titled limited series and individual issues of the other titles published by Marvel Comics with a cover date of either December 2000 or January 2001. In it, a multitude of alien civilizations that have previously interacted with Earth join forces to prevent humans from interfering further with galactic affairs. To accomplish this, they designate Earth as a penal colony.
The miniseries and its crossover in the pages of Avengers were written by Kurt Busiek.
Marvel collected half of the story arc in trade paperback on November 24, 2010.
In December 2000, Marvel Comics published Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet, which recapped relevant events and set up the crossover's main plot. All three issues of Maximum Security were published in January 2001. Most other comics from the publisher that month tied into the event, if only marginally.
While not carrying the "Maximum Security" banner, plotlines from the earlier miniseries Avengers Forever (1999) and Avengers Infinity (2000) were concluded in Maximum Security.
Thor, Tigra, Starfox, Quasar, Moondragon, Photon and the Jack of Hearts become the temporary Avengers Infinity squad when they travel into space and encounter a group of cosmic entities called the Infinites. The Infinites planned to rearrange galaxies (destroying all life in those galaxies in the process) in order to improve the flow of their energies. The heroes convinced the Infinites not to destroy the Earth and the other threatened planets. At the end, the unofficial team began to make their way to an intergalactic bar.
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