Screech (comics)
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Maxwell "Max" Taylor aka Screech is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics
universe.
. Max's older brother Hugh was a Guardsman
at the Vault
a prison for super powered criminals. Hugh was murdered by Venom
during his escape. Max and Hugh's father General Orwell Taylor
was devastated at the loss of his son. To this end he recruited Max as well as friends of Hugh's from the Army and his fellow Guardsmen at the Vault and gave them Guardsman based armors designed to help them destroy Venom using weapons based on fire and sonics both of which are potentially lethal to Venom's symbiote. The Jury failed to kill Venom during their battles. They also battled Spider-Man
and lost.
Screech often clashed with his father over the way he ran the Jury. Max had originally agreed to join the Jury as a way to bond with his emotionally distant father. Orwell eventually began to make shady deals with the Life Foundation of which he was a shareholder and the Jury became the bodyguards for their clientele's bunkers (designed to survive the end of the world). Eventually the Jury broke away from Orwell and found funding somewhere else. Orwell and Roland Treece were arrested for their parts in the Arachnis Project at the Life Foundation. Max gave up his Screech identity and chose to defend the defendants in the Jury's trials. Max soon recruited Olivia Lentz
as a prosecutor. A mysterious man known only as Gavel
was appointed as the judge for their trials. Max's replacement in the group was Wysper
.
The Jury eventually lost their funding and cut ties with Olivia and Gavel. The Jury would later be led by U.S. Agent
and funded by Edwin Cord
. When the Thunderbolts
faced the Jury Screech was apparently not a part of the team. Oddly enough in a scene in Thunderbolts #23 showing the Jury out of costume you see a blonde who looks like Max even though he isn't one of the members of on the team. This was most likely an art error and the man who was shown as Firearm
should have been a black man rather than a blonde white man.
Max's whereabouts are currently unknown.
Screech (disambiguation)
Screech may mean:*Samuel "Screech" Powers, character played by Dustin Diamond in the NBC television sitcom Saved by the Bell*A mascot for numerous sports teams, including:**Screech , the Major League Baseball Washington Nationals...
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Maxwell "Max" Taylor aka Screech is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
universe.
Fictional character biography
Max Taylor aka Screech is a member of the armored vigilante group The JuryThe Jury (comics)
The Jury is a fictional group of armored vigilantes in the Marvel Comics universe. The team was first introduced in Venom: Lethal Protector #2.-History:...
. Max's older brother Hugh was a Guardsman
Guardsman (comics)
Guardsman was the name of a superhero in the Marvel Universe, but was later applied to a small squad of agents. He/they wear suits of power armor while working security at the Vault; the suits were designed by Tony Stark, better known as the superhero Iron Man....
at the Vault
Vault (comics)
The Vault is the widely used nickname of a fictional defunct prison facility for technological-based superhuman criminals in Marvel Comics' Marvel Universe. The prison's full official name is the United States Maximum Security Installation for the Incarceration of Superhuman Criminals.It first...
a prison for super powered criminals. Hugh was murdered by Venom
Venom (comics)
Eddie Brock is a fictional character created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane. A comic book supervillain, Brock's earliest appearance is a cameo in Web of Spider-Man #18 before making his first full appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #299 as Venom...
during his escape. Max and Hugh's father General Orwell Taylor
General Orwell Taylor
General Orwell Taylor is a character in the Marvel comics universe.-Fictional character biography:Orwell Taylor and his wife had two sons Hugh and Maxwell . Hugh joined the army, and afterwards he became a guard at the Vault, a prison for super powered criminals...
was devastated at the loss of his son. To this end he recruited Max as well as friends of Hugh's from the Army and his fellow Guardsmen at the Vault and gave them Guardsman based armors designed to help them destroy Venom using weapons based on fire and sonics both of which are potentially lethal to Venom's symbiote. The Jury failed to kill Venom during their battles. They also battled Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
and lost.
Screech often clashed with his father over the way he ran the Jury. Max had originally agreed to join the Jury as a way to bond with his emotionally distant father. Orwell eventually began to make shady deals with the Life Foundation of which he was a shareholder and the Jury became the bodyguards for their clientele's bunkers (designed to survive the end of the world). Eventually the Jury broke away from Orwell and found funding somewhere else. Orwell and Roland Treece were arrested for their parts in the Arachnis Project at the Life Foundation. Max gave up his Screech identity and chose to defend the defendants in the Jury's trials. Max soon recruited Olivia Lentz
Olivia Lentz
Olivia Lentz is a minor character in the Marvel comics universe.-History:Olivia was a former lawyer who was recruited to aid the Jury prosecute the criminals they abducted in their staged trials. Former jurist Max Taylor aka Screech served as the defense attorney...
as a prosecutor. A mysterious man known only as Gavel
Gavel (comics)
Gavel is a minor fictional character in the Marvel comics universe.-Fictional character biography:Gavel was a masked mystery man who served as the judge for all of The Jury's trials which were usually little more than a farce before they executed their prisoners...
was appointed as the judge for their trials. Max's replacement in the group was Wysper
Wysper
Wysper is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She first appeared Venom: Lethal Protector #2 and was created by Dan Slott and John Calimee.-Fictional character biography:...
.
The Jury eventually lost their funding and cut ties with Olivia and Gavel. The Jury would later be led by U.S. Agent
U.S. Agent
U.S. Agent is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, usually those starring Captain America and the Avengers. He was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary in Captain America vol...
and funded by Edwin Cord
Edwin Cord
Edwin Cord is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He is created by David Michelinie, Bob Layton, and John Romita, Jr. in Iron Man #125 .-Fictional character biography:...
. When the Thunderbolts
Thunderbolts (comics)
The Thunderbolts are a Marvel Comics superhero team, which consists mostly of former supervillains. The group first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #449 , and was created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley.-Publication history:...
faced the Jury Screech was apparently not a part of the team. Oddly enough in a scene in Thunderbolts #23 showing the Jury out of costume you see a blonde who looks like Max even though he isn't one of the members of on the team. This was most likely an art error and the man who was shown as Firearm
Firearm (Marvel Comics)
Firearm is a fictional character, owned by Marvel Comics who exists in that company's Marvel Universe. He is a member of The Jury.-Fictional character biography:...
should have been a black man rather than a blonde white man.
Max's whereabouts are currently unknown.