Maximus Lobo

Maximus Lobo is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in The Uncanny X-Men #417.

Maximus Lobo
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Uncanny X-Men #417 (March 2003)
Created by	Chuck Austen Kia Asamiya
In-story information
Alter ego	Maximus Lobo
Species	Mutant
Team affiliations	Dominant Species
Abilities	Lupine form, enhanced senses.

Fictional character biography

Maximus Lobo is part of the Dominant Species, a group of mutants with wolf-like abilities akin to werewolves. He runs the company Lobo Technologies, a subsidiary of Worthington Enterprises owned by X-Men member Warren Worthington III (Archangel).^[1]

In White Plains, New York, the headquarters of Lobo Technologies, Lobo and the Dominant Species slaughter a small group of humans. When a team of X-Men arrive to investigate the murder, Lobo and the Dominant Species confront the X-Men and force them to retreat.^[2] Lobo pursues Archangel and Husk, who learn of his plan to illegally sell Stark Enterprises products under the Lobo Technologies logo. When the rest of the X-Men arrived to help Archangel and Husk, Lobo created an explosion to cover his escape.^[3]

During the "Dark Reign" storyline, Lobo is revealed to have lost his mutant powers during M-Day. While researching potential threats and allies for Norman Osborn, Quasimodo states that Lobo would have made a good ally if he still had his powers.^[4] Following the events of "X-Men: Messiah Complex", Maximus is confronted by Wolf Cub, who he previously attempted to manipulate into joining his cause.^[5]

Powers and abilities

Maximus Lobo is a lycanthrope able to assume a werewolf form with superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina, reflexes, senses, and powerful claws and fangs. He claimed that his bones had evolved to be naturally stronger than adamantium.