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Fire From Olympus is the 62nd episode of Batman: The Animated Series and the only appearance of Maxie Zeus in the DC Animated Universe.
Insane C.E.O. turned mobster Maxie Zeus
Maximillian Zeus is a shipping tycoon with underworld connections. In his debut episode, "Fire From Olympus", after recovering from a serious financial crisis, Maxie went insane, developed a god complex, believing himself to be the reincarnation of the Greek God Zeus, and his wife was the muse
Clio. He hijacks an experimental electron cannon and when Batman arrived at the top of his building, Maxie believed he was
Hades, as no 'mortal' could reach 'Mount Olympus' without his permission. Maxie plans to use the cannon to
rain 'lightning bolts' down on the wicked mortals of
Gotham City, "pitiful mortals" who dared to oppose him. During the episode, on a couple of occasions he seemed to revert to normal but his insanity took over. He was eventually taken down by Batman with help from Clio. While being dragged through
Arkham Asylum, he looked at the prisoners watching him and believed that he saw a Greek
deity in their place:
the Joker was
Hermes the trickster god,
Two-Face was the "double-faced"
Janus, and
Poison Ivy was the goddess
Demeter.
