Maximo, the Amazing Superman

Maximo, the Amazing Superman
Publication information
Publisher	Whitman Publishing Company
First appearance	Maximo, the Amazing Superman (Big Little Book)
In-story information
Full name	Maximo Miller
Abilities	Flight, Telekinesis, Hynotism/Mind Control, Varied electricity-based powers.

Maximo, the Amazing Superman is one of the few fictional characters that originated in a Big Little Book. The character, fully named Maximo Miller, first appeared in 1940, in a self-titled Big Little Book. Some copies of this book give authorship credit to Victor Appleton, the Stratemeyer Syndicate house name that was credited as the writer of the Tom Swift books. Other editions were credited to Russell R. Winterbotham, who was probably the true creator of the character. Maximo was created in response to the popularity of DC Comics' Superman, and is one of the few Superman knockoffs that did not provoke legal action from DC, even though the publisher was brazen enough to use the descriptive word Superman in block text on the covers of the books.

Maximo is a football hero at a college in the American southwest, but is also a hero off the field, thanks to his powers over electromagnetism and gravity and his ability to instantly hypnotize others. His powers are attributed to him being a mutant with a brain far more evolved then that of normal men.

References

• Blumberg, Arnold (2004). The Big Big Little Book Book: An Overstreet Photo-Journal Guide (1st edition ed.). Gemstone Publishing, Inc.. ISBN 0-911903-61-5. 
• BigLittleBooks.com[1]