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Maxie, originally a slightly built, almost mild man, is originally a history teacher and a married man.

Through unrevealed circumstances he loses his wife and his sanity.

He becomes a crime lord, and uses his cunning and intelligence to rise to power amidst the chaos in Gotham City's underworld caused by the city's numerous insane criminals.

He fights Batman on several occasions before being committed to Arkham Asylum.