Maximizers
DC · 2016 · 1 issue
About the series
A single-issue DC comic from 2016, Maximizers introduces a team of young superheroes grappling with the pressures of corporate sponsorship and public image. The series, associated with writer and artist Frank J. Barbiere, satirizes the commercialization of heroism through its premise of a reality TV-style squad. Though brief, it offers a pointed, self-contained commentary on media culture within the superhero genre.