Maximum X-Men #17 was published by Panini France on May 1, 2005, as part of a series that began in 2004. Brian K. Vaughan and Sean McKeever write, and art comes from Jorge Lucas, Matt Milla and Mike Mayhew. It features Professor X, Mystique, Shortpack, Helena Carlson and Jura, among 12 characters cataloged on VerseDB.