![]() ![]() ![]() The ins and outs of the battle over Miracleman are complex and disputed, and I won’t try to recount them all here. And, perhaps most tragically, the legal fight over Miracleman showed the world just how petty comics professionals could be. Second, it was arguably the ballsiest superhero story ever told when it began publication in 1982 - overflowing with deconstructionist ideas and chilling violence. First off, it was one of the earliest superhero works by Alan Moore, the legendary comics writer who would go on to pen opuses like Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell, Batman: The Killing Joke, and many more. ![]() This was an artistic tragedy for a number of reasons. But for comics diehards, its release is nothing short of (forgive the unintentional pun, but no other word seems appropriate) miraculous.įor decades, it was an article of faith that the world would never see a legal reprinting of Miracleman, a seminal British series of the 1980s (it was originally titled Marvelman, but we’ll get to that in a moment). Such joy might seem like overkill to an outsider - after all, the book is merely a collection of superhero comics published more than 30 years ago. As I held Marvel’s just-released Miracleman Book One: A Dream of Flying in my hands a few days ago, my fingers trembled and these thoughts overtook me: Dreams can come true. ![]()
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