Vance Maximus

Vance Maximus, Renegade Starsoldier is a member of the superhero team The Vindicators, who made his first appearance in "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender." He is a pastiche/parody of flippant, scene-stealing heroes like Peter Quill/Star Lord and Tony Stark/Iron Man.

Biography
Maximus appears calm, collected, and suave. With a love for casual drinking and a seemingly endless charm, he is much loved by his teammates. He recruited Rick and Morty to help them once before but later neglected to summon them for their second adventure due to "personality conflicts."

They were eventually summoned again for their third mission to stop the evil Worldender. However, during the mission they discover that Rick had gone on a drunken rampage the night before and had killed Worldender and all his goons while setting up a Saw-like death game to prove that the Vindicators aren't as great as they, or anyone else, thinks they are during his blackout. It's during this that Vance succumbs to his own anxiety and his true self is revealed: an emotionally-insecure neurotic who collapses under pressure. During this he harshly admitted that the only reason he let Morty tag along was because he's "the learning disabled kid we do photo ops with." While frantically attempting to escape the game he flew into a booby-trapped air duct, killing him. His death left everyone in the room shocked, including Rick.

Appearance
Vance is a Caucasian human male with auburn hair and beard stubble. He wears a blue suit with tints of white on his jacket, and has the Vindicators logo on it. He also wears a jetpack.

Personality
At first, he appears to be a very calm, humorous, and caring leader. The team often laughs at his jokes, and Morty was very appreciative of Vance when he gave him a Vindicator's jacket.

But when they are trapped, another side is revealed. Behind the affectation of a dashing rogue, he is actually an anxious, image-conscious phony as he reveals he only brought Morty along and gave him the jacket because Morty was the mentally challenged child that they needed to boost their publicity as affectionate heroes.

Trivia
He can also be seen as a reference to Peter Quill aka Star-Lord, as both are charismatic leaders of a team of space-faring superheroes, they are both lovable rogues, and both have jetpacks.
 * Vance can be seen as a reference to the Marvel superhero Iron Man, due to how both are portrayed as the defacto leader of their respective groups, along with their overall demeanor as a ladies man and being alcoholics.