Comic Title: Justice League America #41
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1990
On Sale Date: June 12, 1990 Shipping Date June 12, 1990
Source: Previews, #16

Shipping Date June 12, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #180

Shipping Date June 14, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #18

Direct Market Date June 14, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #153

Copyright Date June 12, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Andrew Helfer

Title: "Maximum Force"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Justice League (Post-Crisis)

Plotter: Keith Giffen
Scripter: J. Mark DeMatteis
Penciller: Mike McKone
Inker: Bruce D. Patterson
Letterer: Bob Lappan
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Reprinted In:
Justice League International Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice League (last appearance in Justice League Europe #19; next appearance in Suicide Squad #44)
• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Justice League Europe #19; next appearance in Suicide Squad #44)
• Blue Beetle (dream appearance)
• Booster Gold (dream appearance)
• Fire (dream appearance)
• Guy Gardner (dream appearance)
• Ice (dream appearance)
• Mister Miracle (dream appearance)
• Batman (last appearance in Huntress #19; next appearance in World's Finest #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Maxwell Lord (last appearance in Justice League Europe #19; next appearance in Justice League America #42)

Villain(s)

• Lord Evil (dream appearance)
• A mugger, a drug dealer, and a drug user (dream appearance)
• Masked Robber (dream appearance)
• Massivtron (dream appearance)
• A giant ape (dream appearance)

Other Character(s)

• Mitchell (Max's driver; no further appearances)
• Wanda (a party guest; no further appearances)

Comments:
Most of this story takes place in Max Lord's dream.

Synopsis:
Max Lord tells J'onn about his power to push his will on the minds of others. He then attends a party in which he mind controls a pretty party guest named Wanda. Max returns to his apartment with Wanda. Inside is a costumed villain named Lord Evil. Max uses his power to cause the villain to step off the high-rise balcony to his death.

Max then dons a garish costume and goes on patrol. He stops a drug deal, a petty theft, and a giant gorilla. In each case, Max's intervention leads to the death of the perpetrator. Finally, Max arrives at a JLA meeting where another villain named Massivtron has already defeated the League. Max kills him too. When the League confronts him, Max awakens from his dream.

Max drank too much at the party and passed out when he reached his apartment with Wanda. He calls J'onn to cancel a budget meeting, claiming illness.