[1] The comic book, starring an eponymous purple-skinned hero, spawned a 13-episode animated series on MTV that originally aired April–June 1995.

Remembering what happened the last time she stopped to help someone, she covers the unconscious body with trash, but in doing so unintentionally creates a link between it and the Outback.

Julie and Dave (the former Maxx) having vanished, the action focuses on Sara (as she now spells her name) and "Iago", a giant, murderous banana slug from her Outback.

Later, after reading a diary he leaves for her that reveals his tragic origin story, Sara eventually feels sympathy for and a connection to her father.

Mr. Gone soon reveals that time is unraveling for the group, which now includes Glorie, one of Mr. Gone's past victims who now has a friendly relationship with him.

Sara returns as a being whom different people perceive as a giant Isz, pink fairy, or football.

Before Mr. Gone can disappear, the three agents who previously tried to arrest him, now appearing as humanoid beings with insect bug heads, return and kill him, as he expected.

The Maxx considers attacking him, but the Jungle Queen says to leave him be, because even evil deserves a place to rest.

All the principal characters now lead completely distinct lives, yet retain a small part of their connection to the Outback and to each other.

One of the dominant concepts of The Maxx is that every human being has a spirit animal, which is linked to the person during a pivotal moment in their life.

Maxx, who is linked to Julie and her spirit animal, worries that, if he removes his mask, he will find the head of a rabbit beneath it.

In the latter half of the series, this spirit animal manifests itself as Norbert, a homeless man she takes pity on.

The main inhabitants of The Outback, the Isz are small, eyeless beings with egg-shaped bodies, arms and legs, about as large as housecats.

However, in one instance, a single White Isz was able to cross over into the real world unchanged when there was a small punctured hole in an alley wall that directly connected both realities.

In the latter part of the series, Sara's Isz appear as pink, flying, eyeless fairies that explode if not kept in water.

The Maxx has made cameo appearances in the graphic novel Popbot Book 2 (which Kieth co-wrote), issue #1 of the independent comic Armature, the Sonic the Hedgehog comic Sonic Super Special #7 Sonic/Image Crossover, the three issue limited series Altered Image, Bloodwulf #2, The Savage Dragon #28 (collected in Savage Dragon Vol.

In 2008, Chris Vick made an Atari Jaguar (1993 console) video game demo based on the Maxx for the JagCode II contest.

[13][14] On November 22, 2019, Channing Tatum and Roy Lee announced their intent to produce a film based on The Maxx.