Maximus Jensen

Maximus Jensen stepped onto the Marvel stage in 2004, born from the creative partnership of Chuck Austen and Salvador Larroca in the pages of X-Men #161 — a Modern Age debut that dropped this character right into one of comics' most storied corners of the Marvel Universe. With a catalog presence spanning titles like X-Men: The 198 and Civil War: X-Men, Maximus Jensen navigated some genuinely turbulent chapters in mutant history, sharing pages with heavy hitters like Scott Summers, Hank McCoy, and Mammomax. Fourteen appearances may be a compact footprint, but the fact that one of them carries key-issue status makes this a character worth a second look for collectors digging into the rich, complicated mutant landscape of the mid-2000s.