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Those of you who were expecting a physically cataclysmic confrontation between Miracleman and Young Miracleman in the Miracleman: The Silver Age #7 finale may be disappointed Instead, it's more like multiple choice With a Young Miracleman, Dicky Dauntless, or now knowing that he invented that name for himself Just as Garguanza created a new identity[...]

There is plenty to talk about in the final issue of Miracleman: The Silver Age by Neil Gaiman, Mark Buckingham, Jodie Bellaire and Todd Klein published today And we will But one aspect to underline will have to be just how beautiful this comic book is, depicting a utopia that isn't I was most blown away[...]

That's right, kids, clear your Wednesday schedules, because on January 17th, your local comic shop is about to drop some aged superhero beats with Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham: The Silver Age #7 What? You thought this dance was over at issue #6? Pff, amateur hour. MIRACLEMAN VS YOUNG MIRACLEMAN! The cataclysmic showdown is finally here![...]

A Cerebus parody of Marvelman created with David Birdsong for his Cerebus In Hell series, dubbed Marvelmanvark #1, which looks like it will attempt to address the long and complicated history of Captain Marvel, at both Marvel and DC, Marvelman at Miller and Quality, and Miracleman at Eclipse, Todd McFarlane and now Marvel Comics again[...]

While these matters have been raised only in the last decade, rumours abounded long before. Miracleman: The Silver Age #6 And it's in this context that Marvel Comics published Miracleman: The Silver Age #6, the final issue of this arc by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham, which began publication thirty years ago and, thanks to a variety[...]

"Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham: The Silver Age #6" by, you guessed it, Gaiman and Buckingham, is ready to solve all the world's problems… or maybe not. Young Miracleman has been found Now what? One Miracleman decided to destroy the world and almost did Another Miracleman decided to rebuild the world in his own image and[...]

Well, in Aardvark-Vanaheim's December 2023 solicits, he's doing Neil Gaiman's Miracleman as Marvelmanvark Which would have been very late if the recent Marvel revival had come out on time However, it has also been very late with the sixth issue out next week So Dave Sim is almost timely with this one… And at $4,[...]

Fantastic Four #11 Spoilers ahead! In 2009, Marvel Comics got the rights to publish Marvelman – or Miracleman comics – paying Mick Anglo a seven-figure sum to secure the rights to the British simulacrum of Captain Marvel, who gained greater prominence in the US under the pen of Alan Moore, Garry Leach and Alan Davis[...]

Miracleman was one of the first "everything you knew was a lie" retcons in superhero comic books, that Alan Moore would follow with, in Swamp Thing Taking a familiar character and revealing their origin was a fabrication, the truth being far deeper and darker So, as Marvelman, we learned that all the stories of the[...]

When Alan Moore and Garry Leach created their version of Marvelman for Warrior Magazine forty years ago, later with Alan Davis, and then renamed Miracleman with Chuck Austen, Rick Veitch and John Totleben, it came with a new twist on the Captain Marvel Shazam transformation Mickey Moran would say the world Kimota and become Miracleman[...]

That's right – Marvel's scraping the nostalgia barrel once again with Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham: The Silver Age #5, hitting stores May 10th Our caped man-child Miracleman continues his search for Dickie Dauntless, A.K.A. Young Miracleman Because nothing screams "innovation" like digging up old sidekicks for a tiresome, tear-jerking reunion Expect flashbacks galore as[...]

In Miracleman: The Silver Age #3, we met Tom Caxton, the first human chosen to be made into a superhuman by Miracleman Living as a hermit, with a big beard and long hair, this might seem a trite act to automatically jump to this being a version of Alan Moore in the Miracleworld, but today's[...]

It's such a joy to read new Miracleman Real Miracleman Proper Miracleman, by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham The pressure on the pair must be fairly huge to match up with what they left off thirty years ago, with a small but committed audience who have been wondering what will come next for thirty years,[...]

It's time to take a look at the upcoming Miracleman By Gaiman And Buckingham: The Silver Age #4 Phon Mooda has some feelings on the Confluence World in this preview, and they aren't very nice Joining me on this preview ride is Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron Please keep it under control this time[...]

Separated At Birth: Miracleman Vs BBC's Being Human At some point, for reasons unknown, this article from 2011 was deleted It has returned below in its original glory. Here lie spoilers Massive spoilers Spoilers not only for the ending of the penultimate episode of Being Human Series 3, but also, I suppose for Marvelman/Miracleman if you've never[...]

Previously, thirty years ago, Young Miracleman – Dicky Dauntless – revived from the dead by the Qys technology, had gone AWOL Miracleman had made an advance to him, encouraged by Miraclewoman, and it had not gone done as she had led him to believe Young Miracleman fled, and readers have had to wait three decades[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's weekly comic book preview series! Today we're taking a look at Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham: The Silver Age #3 In this issue, Kid Miracleman contemplates mythology as he discovers the secrets of the Miracleman family. I'm Jude Terror, your guide through today's preview, and I'm joined by Bleeding Cool's AI writing[...]

Will Miracleman be hanging around with the Avengers? It's inevitable, says Tom Brevoort, Marvel Executive Editor/Senior Vice President of Publishing and Marvel's longest-standing employee in his latest Substack Even though that will make it less special Indeed he states that if Marvel had owned Watchmen, they'd have all been part of the Marvel Universe much[...]

Miracleman: The Silver Age #2 is published today with Mark Buckingham recreating this scene featuring a Spaceman, a philosopher and prophet through mind-altering drugs Written by Neil Gaiman almost thirty years ago… 1 I Always Wanted To Go Into Space, Man Miracleman #24 (1993) And now, redrawn by Mark Buckingham from scratch. The Silver Age #2 The Silver Age #2 I[...]

Young Miracleman has trouble adjusting to the modern world in this preview of Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham: The Silver Age #2. LOLtron, the management here at Bleeding Cool has paired me with you in hopes of "improving the overall tone and quality of my work," so though I know I will regret it, I am[...]

Marvel Comics recently published the new Miracleman Omnibus, collecting all the Alan Moore/Garry Leach/Alan Davis/Chuck Austen/Rick Veitch/John Totleben issues in one big volume with plenty of extras to boot It has been a popular book, but the falling pound sterling, the rising US dollar, and the vagaries of international shipping has changed the usual rules, It has[...]

PrintWatch: Miracleman: The Silver Age #1, Crypt Of Shadows #1, Moon Knight Annual #1, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #102, Strange Academy: Finals #1, and R.L Stine's Stuff Of Nightmares #2 all get second printings from Boom Studios and Marvel Comics.     PrintWatch: MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #101 2ND PTG MORA BOOM! STUDIOS AUG229022 (W) Melissa Flores (A) Simona Di Gianfelice[...]

with new images for War Is Hell, Wild PIGS, no images for Batvark/Spore, and instead of a Christmas card… We got a Marvelman/Miracleman parody, of the Barry Windsor Smith cover for Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham's Miracleman: The Silver Age original first issue, a series which 30 years later, is being recreated and republished from Marvel[...]

Today sees the publication of Miracleman: The Silver Age #1, revisiting Miracleman #23 by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham published thirty years ago in 1992, ten years after the revival of the character by Alan Moore and Garry Leach that pretty much kicked off the modern superhero comic book, much to Alan Moore's current chagrin[...]

Young Miracleman awakens after a decades-long nap in the 21st century in this preview of Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham: The Silver Age #1, and amazingly, he doesn't immediately ask to go back to sleep. In an effort to make these preview articles even more mind-numbing, Bleeding Cool management has asked us to partner on writing[...]

PrintWatch: Marvel Comics is reprinting Miracleman #0 with internal art from Leinil Francis Yu on the cover, and Spider-Man #1 with a Mark Bagley cover There are also second printings for Star Wars: The High Republic #1 with an Anindito variant cover, Star Wars: Visions #1 with an Okazaki cover and Wakanda #1 with a[...]

Mark Buckingham will be coming to London to sign the relaunch issue of Miracleman: The Silver Age #1, as originally written by Neil Gaiman and now completely redrawn by Buckingham from the original script That aspect has brought the comic even more attention than it had previously He will be signing at Gosh Comics on[...]

Big Ben was a character created by Dez Skinn and Ian Gibson as The Man With no Time For Crime who appeared first on the cover of Dez Skinn's Warrior Magazine Summer Special #4 published by Quality Communications back in 1982, though the planned strip didn't appear in the comic. The character, a superheroic version of[...]

Today's Miracleman #0 from Marvel Comics is a literal redrawing, rewriting and reworking of the Eclipse Comics spinoff series Miracleman Apocrypha #1 With a series of stories set within the Miracleman universe but not in any way impinging on continuity, as they appear as works of inspired fiction in the Library But some may have[...]

Picking up Miracleman #0 today, I had a massive sense of deja vu when reading it, even though this was a brand-new comic The last time this happened to me was reading a Warren Ellis Marvel comic reworking a rejected comic, the script he has previously posted online. Miracleman #0 is meant to be a new[...]