- Letters
- typeset
Basic credits for the collection. Full breakdown is in the credits pages at the end of the book.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Jean Diaz (credited)
- Inks
- Belardino Brabo (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Max is gonna be pissed.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage (introduction); Max Damage's henchmen [Carl [full name unknown]; Bob [full name unknown]; ? [name unknown]]; Jailbait (introduction); Lt. Louis Armadale (introduction; see Notes); The Plutonian (cameo; flashback)
- Synopsis
- A van driven by Jailbait, sidekick of notorious supervillain Max Damage, carrying three of his henchmen is stopped on a bridge by the police. During the ensuing firefight, Damage — who hasn't been seen in months — leaps into action, saving the life of Lt. Armadale and helping apprehend all but Jailbait. Damage brings Armadale back to his hideout, where he torches millions in stolen loot and vows to go straight.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. Armadale's first name is given in #2's recap.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Jean Diaz (credited)
- Inks
- Belardino Brabo (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- *pTuh*
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Jailbait; Lt. Louis Armadale
- Synopsis
- Jailbait is frustrated by Max's newfound morality. Armadale takes him on a tour of the city to see what's become of it since The Plutonian turned. Max is only partly successful in breaking up a domestic-hostage standoff, where he learns that the mad scientist known as Origin is experimenting with making people superhuman again.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Jean Diaz (credited)
- Inks
- Belardino Brabo (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, you might feel a pinch.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Dr. Origin [David Orjean] (introduction; see Notes); Jailbait; Lt. Louis Armadale; The Plutonian (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Max blows up Dr. Origin's warehouse, but not before getting info on a black-market device that may be the only possible escape from The Plutonian. Since Max considers his headquarters tainted, he and Jailbait crash at Armadale's home. Armadale prompts memories of an ugly day in Sky City.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. Dr. Origin was first mentioned in #2. He is only referred to as "Origin" in the story; "Dr. Origin" comes from the recap.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Jean Diaz (credited)
- Inks
- Belardino Brabo (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Imagine being at ground zero in Hiroshima.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; The Plutonian (flashback); Lt. Louis Armadale; Jailbait; Amberjack (introduction)
- Synopsis
- After sharing memories of The Plutonian's assault on Sky City with Lt. Armadale, Max Damage battles Amberjack for a priceless interdimensional portal.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Horacio Domingues (credited)
- Inks
- Horacio Domingues (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You'll be wearing this.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Annie [full name unknown; temporary Jailbait] (introduction); Jackie [full name unknown; Caliber's henchman] (introduction); Caliber [real name unknown] (cameo; introduction); Lt. Louis Armadale
- Synopsis
- Max rescues a kidnap victim named Annie and dresses her as Jailbait so that no-one will know his sidekick has gone missing. However, following an evening that includes taking down supercriminal Caliber and stopping a restaurant robbery, the newly minted hero comes home to bad news from Lt. Armadale.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Horacio Domingues (credited)
- Inks
- Juan Castro (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I sent that Annie girl home.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Lt. Louis Armadale; Deathgiver (introduction); Deathgiver's henchmen [names unknown]; Jailbait [Terri; full name unknown] (see Notes); Annie [full name unknown]
- Synopsis
- Jailbait isn't sure Max wants her back even if his and Armadale's raid on Deathgiver's stronghold is successful.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. Jailbait's first name is revealed as Terri.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Horacio Domingues (credited)
- Inks
- Juan Castro (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who's the girl, Lieutenant?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jailbait [Terri; full name unknown]; Lt. Louis Armadale; Max Damage; Annie [full name unknown]; members of The Diamond Gang
- Synopsis
- Annie shows up at the same hospital where Terri is recuperating and takes her Jailbait costume. Max goes after The Diamond Gang, "racial purity" punks who profess to follow the example of The Plutonian, but sleep deprivation is getting to him.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Horacio Domingues (credited)
- Inks
- Juan Castro (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- >KKK<
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Jailbait [Annie; full name unknown] (adoption of identity); Mazarin [local Diamond Gang leader; full name unknown]; members of The Diamond Gang
- Synopsis
- Max has been shot while vulnerable, but Annie — now dressed as Jailbait, her family murdered by The Diamond Gang, concluding she "just had a superhero origin" — comes to the rescue.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. First page has Max Damage shot and losing focus.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Horacio Domingues (credited)
- Inks
- Juan Castro (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After Plutonian kissed me that first time, I somehow failed to be magically transformed.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Jailbait [Annie]; The Plutonian (flashback); Alana Patel (mostly flashback); Modeus (image); Encanta (image); members of The Diamond Gang; Lt. Louis Armadale; Jailbait [Terri] (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Max Damage and Jailbait arrive in Sky City looking for Alana Patel, whose life as The Plutonian's girlfriend is narrated from her unpublished autobiography.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Horacio Domingues (credited)
- Inks
- Juan Castro (credited) (pages 1-11, 15-19, 21, 22); Michael Babinski (credited) (pages 12-14, 20)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This building isn't what it looks like.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Headcase [Annie; formerly Jailbait] (renaming); Senator Jefferson Swain (introduction) (see Notes); The Plutonian (silent cameo flashback); Alana Patel; Icarus [real name unknown] (introduction); Daedalus [real name unknown] (introduction); members of The Diamond Gang; Lt. Louis Armadale; Sgt. Greene
- Synopsis
- In Sky City, Sen. Swain stirs up the Diamond Gang as a pair of his agents, code-named Daedalus and Icarus, pilot the assault vehicle called Retribution towards Max Damage's hometown of Coalville. Max himself tears up Swain's HQ looking for Alana Patel and the new Jailbait, whom he renames Headcase.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. Senator Swain's first name is given as Dick in #11 but established as Jefferson in #12.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Terrible, Senator. Just terrible.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Sen. Dick Swain [Jefferson Swain] (see Notes); Lt. Louis Armadale; Sgt. Greene; Alana Patel; Headcase; The Plutonian [Dan Hartigan] (flashback); Icarus; Daedalus
- Synopsis
- Max and Alana bond awkwardly on the way to Coalville, while Swain, the true mastermind behind the Diamond Gang and Retribution, lays the blame on Max in a televised interview.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. It begins: "Terrible, Senator. Just terrible."
Sen. Swain's first name is given as Dick in this story but established as Jefferson in #12.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There he is!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Alana Patel; Headcase; Lt. Louis Armadale; Hunter McCall (introduction); Sen. Jefferson Swain; Icarus; Daedalus
- Synopsis
- Armadale makes a show of arresting Max, who promptly takes off to help stop the Retribution device. Alana exposes Swain on national television. A drunk Headcase helps Armadale select supervillain tech to use on Retribution, after which she and Alana join Max on the lam (again).
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wish I knew who planted this garbage.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Alana Patel; Hayes Bellamy; Max Damage; Headcase; Armadale
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...and we're getting pictures, on this amazing day and night, of spontaneous celebrations erupting in cities and villages all over the globe.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Headcase; Louis Armadale; Alana Patel; Survivor [Cary]; Kaidan; Qubit
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Coalville
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Listen to me, Max!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Survivor [Cary]; Kaidan; Qubit; Headcase; Bellamy; Alana Patel; Louis Armadale
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Coalville
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're not taking the Paradigm's offer, are you?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bellamy; Alana Patel; Survivor [Cary]; Kaidan; Qubit; Max Damage; Headcase; Louis Armadale; Nebuchadnezzar (introduction); Loretta Grass (introduction)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Coalville
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hell of a way to wake up...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Alana Patel; Hayes Bellamy; Tumult (introduction); Charlie Hustle (introduction); Safeword (introduction)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Coalville
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Armadale, I need you.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage (also in flashback); Tumult; Charlie Hustle; Butcher (introduction); Safeword; Tiger Beetle (introduction, also in flashback); Fatcat (introduction); Hayes Bellamy; Alana Patel; Louis Armadale; Jailbait (in flashback); Mike Whelan (introduction, also in flashback); Plutonian (in flashback)
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I leave for one day...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Whelan (dies); Safeword; Armadale; Alana; Goss; Bellamy; Orlac; Charlie Hustle; Patel; Creature
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Beautiful sunrise, Hodge.
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Coalville.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Detective Armadale
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Two years ago.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage (also in flashback); Jailbait (also in flashback); St. Lucifer (also in flashback); Plutonian (also in flashback); Archie
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get up.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Plutonian; Jailbait
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Max! I saw what you did!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Charlie; St. Lucifer; Armadale; Jailbait; Butcher; General Spicer; Colonel Big Action (dies); QX2
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I met him once, years ago. The Plutonian.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Plutonian (origin); President Walter R. Ehrlich; The Eleos
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Twenty-two years ago.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage [Evan] (origin); Katy; Dan Hartigan [Plutonian]
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It would appear that our child is evolving.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Plutonian (also in origin flashback); The Eleos; Bill Hartigan (dies in flashback); Irene (dies in flashback); Alana Patel (flashbacks); Max Damage (also in flashbacks); Qubit
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It doesn't matter how carefully we plan.
- Characters
- Max Damage [Evan] (origin); Plutonian; Modeus; Nurse One; Touch; Charlie; Alana Patel; Katy
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Forget the cancers...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bill Henrie; Max Damage; Armadale; Qubit; St. Lucifer; Jailbait; Hate Crime; Emilio
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Damian Couceiro (credited)
- Inks
- Damian Couceiro (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Behold-- --I tell you a mystery.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Jailbait; St. Lucifer; Bill Henrie; Alana
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Damian Couceiro (credited)
- Inks
- Damian Couceiro (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is one of those it?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Bill Henrie; Alana Patel; Jail Bait
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Damian Couceiro (credited)
- Inks
- Damian Couceiro (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you, the warden here?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Bill Henrie; Hate Crime; Alana Patel; Lisa; Jailbait
- Reprints
- Pencils
- John Cassaday (credited) (signed as )
- Inks
- John Cassaday (credited) (signed as )
- Colors
- Laura Martin (credited) (signed as )
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Jailbait
- Reprints
Credited as volume 1 cover.
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero (credited)
- Inks
- Dennis Calero (credited)
- Colors
- Dennis Calero (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Jailbait
- Reprints
Credited as volume 2 cover.
- Pencils
- Christian Nauck (credited) (signed as )
- Inks
- Christian Nauck (credited) (signed as )
- Colors
- Christian Nauck (credited) (signed as )
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Jailbait
- Reprints
Credited as volume 3 cover.
- Pencils
- Christian Nauck (credited) (signed as )
- Inks
- Christian Nauck (credited) (signed as )
- Colors
- Christian Nauck (credited) (signed as )
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Headcase
- Reprints
Credited as volume 4 cover.
- Pencils
- Garry Brown (credited)
- Inks
- Garry Brown (credited)
- Colors
- Garry Brown (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage
- Reprints
Credited as volume 5 cover.
- Pencils
- Matteo Scalera (credited) (signed as )
- Inks
- Matteo Scalera (credited) (signed as )
- Colors
- Darrin Moore (credited) (signed as )
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage
- Reprints
Credited as volume 6 cover.
- Pencils
- Matteo Scalera (credited) (signed as )
- Inks
- Matteo Scalera (credited) (signed as )
- Colors
- Darrin Moore (credited) (signed as )
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage
- Reprints
Credited as volume 7 cover.