</s> ▁The ▁Maxim ums ▁is ▁a ▁DC ▁Comics ▁team ▁of ▁super ▁hero es ▁par ody ing ▁Marvel ▁Comics ' s ▁Ult im ates ▁and ▁New ▁Aven gers , ▁including ▁the ▁lower - case ▁speech ▁b ub bles ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁Ult imate ▁Un iverse ▁and ▁the ▁Aven gers ' ▁battle c ry ▁" A ven gers ▁Ass emble !" ▁to ▁their ▁" Max im ums ▁March !" ▁They ▁are ▁based ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco . ▁ ▁They ▁were ▁introduced ▁in ▁Super man / B at man ▁# 2 0 ▁( J une ▁ 2 0 0 5 ) ▁as ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁an ▁alternate ▁world . ▁It ▁was ▁eventually ▁revealed ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁J oker ▁and ▁Mr . ▁M xyz pt l k . ▁ ▁Origin ▁The ▁Maxim ums ▁were ▁cre ations ▁of ▁the ▁J oker ▁and ▁Mr . ▁M xyz pt l k . ▁They ▁imag ined ▁a ▁U . S . ▁government ▁san ction ed ▁super h ero ▁team ▁from ▁a ▁parallel ▁world . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁a ▁battle ▁with ▁the ▁A xis ▁of ▁Ev il , ▁the ▁Maxim ums ▁encountered ▁Super man ▁and ▁Bat man ▁from ▁an ▁alternate ▁tim eline , ▁whom ▁they ▁claimed ▁that ▁Sk ys cra per ▁murder ed ▁their ▁Lo is ▁Lane . ▁Super man ▁k ills ▁Sk ys cra per ▁and ▁after ▁the ▁en su ing ▁battle ▁with ▁the ▁Maxim ums , ▁escape ▁via ▁Bo om ▁T ube . ▁With ▁myster ious ▁information ▁provided ▁by ▁their ▁fallen ▁com rade , ▁Bow man ▁(