Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet #1 (Oct. 2000):
“A Very Dangerous Planet”
by Kurt Busiek, Jerry Ordway, Will Blyberg, Paul Ryan

Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet #1

Title: “A Very Dangerous Planet”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2000

Publisher:
Written by: Kurt Busiek
Art by: Jerry Ordway, Will Blyberg, Paul Ryan

106 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Lilandra Neramani (lead character)	Shi'ar religion	Starjammers [Majestrix (empress) of the Shi'ar Emperium]		170
Ego the Living Planet	sentient planet	Elders of the Universe (ally)		66
Ruul	alien	Kree [fake alien race Kree posed as]		9
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Skrulls	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Kree	Kree religion	[alien race]		238
Gladiator (Kallark)		Imperial Guard		166
Shi'ar	Shi'ar religion	[alien race]		106
The Badoon	Badoon religion	[alien race]		55
Z'Cann	Skrull religion	Cadre K		6
Avios	Shi'ar religion	[Shi'ar; assistant to Lilandra in Intergalactic Council]		2
Laxidazians	Laxidazian religion	[race of Pip the Troll; many (not all) are hedonistic]		2
Nuro	Skrull religion	Cadre K; Skrull		1
R'Tee	Skrull religion	Cadre K; Skrull		1
Spunje	Skrull religion	Cadre K; Skrull		1
Fiz	Skrull religion	Cadre K; Skrull [mutant Skrull]		19
Z'Nox	alien	[amoral, cruel, decadent reptillian alien race]		12
Aakon	Aakon religion	[invoke Aakis, Sharee, Yasa]		14
Toad Men (The Tribbitites)	alien	[alien race]		11
Sintariis	Kree religion	Kree ["Ruul" ambassador to Intergalactic Council]		4
Stonians	alien	[gargoyle-like alien species]		5
Kreddik	Skrull religion	Skrull [ambassador to Intergalactic Council]		4
Krylorians	Krylorian religion	[alien race]		10
Kymellians	Kymellian religion	[alien race]		7
Sneepers	alien	[alien race]		5
Wobbow	alien	[alien race]		2
Axi-Tun	alien	[alien race]		9
Rigellians	alien	[alien race]		45
Troyjans	alien	[alien race]		10
Vrellnexians	alien	[alien race]		2
Sagittarians	alien	[alien race]		9
Kt'kn	alien	[alien race]		6
Makluans	Makluan religion	[race of giant dragons]		9
Xandarians	Xandarian religion	[alien race]		5
Trl'k (8-panel cameo, pg. 1-2)	Skrull religion	Skrull		1
Dakr't (8-panel cameo, pg. 1-2)	Skrull religion	Skrull		1
Thor (Donald Blake) (4-panel cameo, pg. 18-19, 28, 36)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Analyzer (Recorder #211) (4-panel cameo)	N.A.	[servant]		10
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (3-panel cameo, pg. 18, 28, 36)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Bartos (3-panel cameo, pg. 9, 14, 37)	Krylorian religion	Krylorian [ambassador to Intergalactic Council]		1
Elan (3-panel cameo, pg. 5, 31, 39)	alien	[alien race]		12
Xeronians (3-panel cameo, pg. 31, 36, 39)	Xeronian religion	[Space Parasite's race]		5
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (2-panel cameo, pg. 18, 36)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (2-panel cameo, pg. 18, 36)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Vision (2-panel cameo, pg. 18, 36)	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Galactus (Galan) (2-panel cameo, pg. 18, 28)  Page 6, panel 3: Ambassador Kreddik: "Humanity is a danger -- an ongoing danger -- and a greater one, in its way, than Galactus ever was!"	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Supreme Intelligence (2-panel cameo, pg. 18, 23)  Seen on page 18. Voice heard (but yet unidentified) talking to Ruul ambassador on page 23. Identity behind voice revealed in Maximum Security #2.	Kree religion	[ruler of the Kree Empire]		120
Astra (2-panel cameo, pg. 18, 20)		Imperial Guard		22
Flashfire (Grannz) (2-panel cameo, pg. 18, 20)		Imperial Guard		30
Zanth (2-panel cameo, pg. 21, 39)	cosmic entity	Time Keepers		33
Vort (2-panel cameo, pg. 21, 39)	cosmic entity	Time Keepers		33
Ast (2-panel cameo, pg. 21, 39)	cosmic entity	Time Keepers		33
Alberik (2-panel cameo, pg. 14, 37)	alien	Axi-Tun; Intergalactic Council [posed as one of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]		4
Nelet Pa (2-panel cameo, pg. 29, 38)	alien	Rigellian [ambassador to Intergalactic Council]		4
Siris (2-panel cameo, pg. 14, 37)	alien	[Mutant Master's race]		3
Poppupians (2-panel cameo, pg. 8, 31)	alien	[Impossible Man's race]		5
P'kar (2-panel cameo, pg. 23, panels 5-6)	Shi'ar religion	Shi'ar [told Lilandra that evacuation ships were ready for Council]		1
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 3)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (1-panel cameo, pg. 36, panel 2)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 4)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 4)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 4)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 4)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 4)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (1-panel cameo, pg. 36, panel 2)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 6)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers		430
Tigra (Greer Grant) (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 2)	mystically empowered	Cat People; Counter Force...  Lady Liberators; The Avengers		310
Moondragon (Heather Douglas) (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 2)	Titanian priestess	Infinity Watch; The Avengers...  The Defenders [raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		335
Kang (Nathaniel Richards) (1-panel cameo, pg. 39, panel 5)		Council of Kangs [born in 31th century]		274
Thanos (1-panel cameo, pg. 36, panel 1)	occult; nihilist; worships Death	Eternals of Titan; Infinity Watch		306
Quasar (Wendell Vaughn) (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 2)	atheist	Protectors of the Universe; S.H.I.E.L.D....  SHIELD Super-Agents; Star Masters; The Avengers		317
Starfox (Eros) (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 2)	Titanian religion	Eternals of Titan; The Avengers		207
Corsair (Christopher Summers) (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 3)		Starjammers (leader); U.S. Air Force [father of Cyclops, Havok and Vulcan]		113
Hepzibah (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 3)	Mephitisoid religion	Mephitisoid; Starjammers...  X-Force; X-Men		56
Raza (Raza Longknife) (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 3)		Starjammers		99
Ch'od (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 3)		Saurid; Starjammers		87
High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham) (1-panel cameo, pg. 28, panel 4)	Transhumanist	Animutants (founder); Knights of Wundagore (founder)...  New Immortals (founder); New Men (founder); Sensors (founder); The Godpack (founder)		108
Mister Mxyzptlk (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)		Maximums [Imp from the 5th Dimension]		199
Ronan the Accuser (Ronan) (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1)	Kree religion	Kree [former supreme public accuser]		170
Smasher (Vril Rokk) (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1)		Imperial Guard		33
Nightside (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1)		Imperial Guard		42
Starbolt (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1)		Imperial Guard		61
Neutron (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1)	alien	Borderers; Imperial Guard...  Stygian		31
Titan (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 4)		Imperial Guard		30
Fang (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 4)		Borderers; Imperial Guard		5
Fang V (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1)		Imperial Guard		6
Leonus (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman		33
Timberius (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman [has tree-like body, control over plants]		38
Avius (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman [winged]		8
Fayrelyte Strongheart (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 4)	Kymellian religion	Kymellian [defended Earth to Intergalactic Council]		4
Basaltar (1-panel cameo, pg. 35, panel 4)	alien	Stonian [ambassador to Intergalactic Council]		1
Wibbow (1-panel cameo, pg. 36, panel 3)	alien	Wobbow [ambassador to Intergalactic Council; feared human reprisal]		4
Dibdeb (1-panel cameo, pg. 35, panel 3)	alien	Sneeper [ambassador to Intergalactic Council]		1
Manat (1-panel cameo, pg. 36, panel 1)	Badoon religion	Badoon [ambassador to Intergalactic Council]		1
Blips (1-panel cameo, pg. 31, panel 3)	alien	[electrical beings]		4
Duckworlders (1-panel cameo, pg. 31, panel 3)	alien	duck [race Howard the Duck hails from]		10
Dark Phoenix (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 3)  Ambassador Kreddik: "Humanity is a menace! They interfere in our cultures... They harbored the Dark Phoenix, defied the Celestials!"	cosmic entity	The Hellfire Club; X-Men		129
Celestials (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 3)  Ambassador Kreddik: "Humanity is a menace! They interfere in our cultures... They harbored the Dark Phoenix, defied the Celestials!"	Celestial	[alien race]		155
K'ythri (mentioned, pg. 23, panel 7)  Lilandra: "Sharra and K'ythri!"	Shi'ar deity	[1st app: X-Men (vol. 1) #107 (Oct. 1977)]		7
Sharra (mentioned, pg. 23, panel 7)  Lilandra: "Sharra and K'ythri!"	Shi'ar deity	[1st app: X-Men (vol. 1) #107 (Oct. 1977)]		7
Taurians (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 1)  Lilandra: "A distress call was beamed into space, and picked up by a passing Taurian craft."	alien	[alien race]		5
Xantareans (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 2)  report to Intergalactic Council: "And near the Xantarean Principalities, the Silver Surfer... has failed in an assault on Ego."	alien	[alien race]		2
M'Ndavians (mentioned)  M'Ndavian justice system is central to this story and mentioned repeatedly.	M'Ndavian religion	[developed galaxy's most advanced system of judgement]		4
Lord Merrek (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 2)  Trl'k: "Another K-class -- a mutation. More and more of them, ever since Lord Merrek began the fecundity-supplement programs..."	Skrull religion	Skrull [started fecundity-supplement programs]		1
The Infinites (mentioned, pg. 19, panel 2)  Quote: "In Rigellian space, a group of self-stiled 'Avengers,' including Terrans, others of the Sol-System, and a Terran deity, have chosen to involve themselves in the plans of the cosmic beings known only as the Infinites -- with no clear outcome as yet."	cosmic beings	[immensely powerful; can steal whole galaxies]		4

This publication is also known as: Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet (Oct. 2000). This publication is commonly known as Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet #1. There is no actual issue number on the cover. Some sources refer to this one-shot comic simply by its title and date.

This one-shot comic is a prelude to the 3-issue Maximum Security mini-series.

An alternative form of this story's title is: “Maximum Security: A Very Dangerous Planet”. Webpage for Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet #1 (Oct. 2000) created 5 September 2010. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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