Character » Maxie Zeus appears in 142 issues.
Maxie Zeus is reportedly a former professor of Greek and a foremost expert on their history and culture. Some unexplained events led Zeus to leave academia and turn to crime. It was about this time that his wife either left him or died and Zeus took to raising his daughter Medea alone. He quickly amassed a following, perhaps as a result of his charismatic personality. With Gotham's underworld in constant turmoil sparked by the comings and goings of masterminds like the Joker and the Penguin and the inevitable corruption which seems to be a part of Gotham City - Zeus was in a position to climb to the top. Maxie Zeus led the criminal underworld for some time until he came to the Batman's attention. Zeus fought Batman on several occasions before being committed to Arkham Asylum. Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, during Batman: Knightfall, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, during Road to No Man's Land - Wax Man and the Clown story arc, in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #15, etc.
Truly a mad man can even believe himself is a god. Fashioning himself as the Greek god Zeus, the mob boss Maxi Zeus led his minions into defeat.
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