Miracleman

Miracleman

Alan Moore, 1953-

Book - 2014

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COMIC/Miracleman
vol. 1: 1 / 1 copies available
vol. 2: 0 / 1 copies available
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2nd Floor Comics COMIC/Miracleman v. 1 Checked In
2nd Floor Comics COMIC/Miracleman v. 2 Due Dec 30, 2024
Subjects
Miracleman (Fictitious character) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Superheroes > Comic books, strips, etc.
Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.
Journalists > Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Published
New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc 2014-
Language
English
Main Author
Alan Moore, 1953- (author)
Other Authors
Mick Anglo (author), Garry Leach (illustrator), Alan Davis, 1956-, Don Lawrence, 1928-2003, Steve Dillon, Paul Neary
Item Description
"Miracleman created by Mick Anglo."
Marvelman, also known as Miracleman for trademark reasons in his American reprints and story continuation, is a fictional comic book superhero created in 1954 by writer-artist Mick Anglo for publisher L. Miller & Son. Originally a United Kingdom home-grown substitute for the American character Captain Marvel, the series ran until 1963. He was revived in 1982 in a dark, post-modern deconstructionist series by writer Alan Moore 'the Original Writer', with later contributions by Neil Gaiman.
Physical Description
volumes : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Audience
Ages 15-22; parental advisory for strong language & content.
ISBN
9780785154624
9780785154648
9780785154662
  • book 1 [v. 1]. Dream of flying
  • book 2 [v. 2]. Red King syndrome
  • book 3 [v. 3]. Olympus.
  • Contains material originally published in magazine form.
Review by Library Journal Review

Starred Review. After two decades out of print, one of the seminal works of modern comics has finally been extricated from legal snarls of incredible complexity and made available again, beautifully recolored. Pre-Swamp Thing, pre-Watchmen, this was the first story by Alan Moore (pseudonymous here) to retool an existing series in a darker, more adult fashion. The series was Marvelman, created in 1950s Britain as a takeoff of America's Captain Marvel. In Moore's 1980s revival (renamed Miracleman for American publication) middle-aged Michael Moran finally recalls a magic word that has been plaguing his dreams, and once again becomes the superpowerful Miracleman-only to discover that the heroic exploits he just now remembers performing have an awful secret behind them. In contrast to the mythic tone the series adopts later, the formative work here combines grimness and intrigue with a dose of satire. After Moore left, the series was continued by Neil Gaiman (during his tenure on Sandman) but left unfinished-yet Marvel has announced that once the original stories are reprinted, Gaiman will finally complete the run as originally planned. VERDICT Essential for every adult collection.-S.R. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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