Fourth World Primer: Here's what's necessary to understand the relationships in this book. Apokolips and New Genesis were at war. To end the war, Darkseid and Highfather agreed to exchange sons. Scott went to Apokolips and Orion went to new Genesis as babies. This is why Orion is always such a dick, Darkseid is his true father and has a similar personality. Scott was raised in Granny Goodness's orphanage, eventually meeting Big Barda who was leader of the Female Furies. Scott and Barda escape Ap...

Hmm. This is interesting and also not my favorite. I meet this character in Justice League New 52 run and I was excited about this story. This is about a superhero living in the mundane world doing the normal stuff of life. There was some real PTSD in Scott Free's character and how could there not be growing up tortured under an evil tyrant. Scott, or Mister Miracle, marries Big Barda and they escape from their hell world and find their way to Earth where they raise their children while being in...

Like most good writers, Tom King does that thing with this book that lets each reader decide what the story means, while at the same time kinda pointing you toward what it meant to him.But.This story is also just bat-shit crazy.And it's not the kind of stuff I normally gravitate towards because of that. However, I've always had a really big soft spot for couples like Scott & Barda in comics. I love, absolutely love, to see solid relationships portrayed in any sort of media. Mister Miracle and Bi...

So I usually try to summarise a book before launching into the review but part of why Mister Miracle, Volume 1 didn’t fully click with me is because I don’t really know what’s going on?! I can explain bits of it: in addition to being a superhero, Mister Miracle/Scott Free (I know, these names - it’s superhero comics, just go with it) is an escape artist and he’s planning the ultimate escape... from death itself!! There’s a war on Apokolips/New Genesis (are they the same?) where Darkseid has the

While “Mister Miracle” sounds a little bit like a male enhancement product available only through a Canadian website (“Wait, wait...are you guys selling penis mightiers?”), he’s actually a New God who, as a baby, was turned over by his father—a good god (good god, man!)—to Darkseid (a decidedly bad god). Turns out being brought up in a nightmarish hellscape made ol’ Mister Miracle—who goes by the name Scott Free—pretty good at escaping, and so he makes a living as an escape artist (naturally). H...

Big Barda and Mr. Miracle are my new favorite super hero couple!Sure the ending or maybe the whole story in retrospect is nebulous and open for interpretation, but I don’t care. Knee deep in New God innards and poopy diapers, the love these two had for one another is palpable; each raised and tortured on the horrible world of Apokolips, they’ve somehow transformed this shitty experience into something incandescent. Bravo, kids!Add some amateur Descartes, mix it with some Dostoyevsky downer stuff...

Scott Free is found bleeding out on the bathroom floor by his wife, Big Barda, in an apparent suicide attempt. It seems there are things that even Mister Miracle, the world's greatest escape artist, can't escape...On the heels of his run on The Vision, Tom King's Mister Miracle was a no-brainer for me. Since my previous Mister Miracle experience was the Fourth World entries in Who's Who, a handful of issues of Super Powers, and the Giffen era of Justice League International, I was going in fairl...

Mister Miracle is a kind of superhero comic written by Tom King and illustrated by Mitch Gerards focused on a guy named Scott Free, who is—move over, Houdini--“the greatest escape artist who ever lived.” Mister Miracle, first seen in 1971, was the invention of Jack Kirby, and I read some of that to remind myself of his origins. I’m reading it because I think Tom King is one of the best contemporary comics writers, who also is doing a terrific Batman run, and did The Vision, The Sheriff of Babylo...

4.5 stars"I can always escape." -- repeated line of dialogue from Scott 'Mister Miracle' FreeThis Mister Miracle mega-volume (300 pages!) was a likably bizarre yet very involving graphic novel - featuring a story by King and illustrations by Gerards that perfectly complement each other - which works even if you have only a passing knowledge of the escape artist / superhero character and/or DC Comics history. Although 'MM' and his wife / partner-in-action Big Barda (the giant lady attired in batt...

From my ratings of King's previous work you can probably tell I'm a pretty big fan of this guy. Taking on Mister Miracle I was a little worried. Always am from getting overhyped. When I began reading this title I was a tad bit confused why so many people loved it. I couldn't get into the first 3 issues really much at all, but the rest? Well...Who is Mister Miracle? Well, if you're like me, you have no fucking clue. You might have seen him before but never as a main character. He's the ultimate e...

God, how do I even do this? How can I review one of the best comics I've ever read and describe everything it made me go through while I was reading it? I know this is a big statement to make about a book that has barely wrapped up, like, a month ago, but I feel like Mister Miracle will now forever be one of my favourite books of all time.And no, I can't review it. Sorry. I tried several times. I just can't. This book is too personal, it hits too close to home, and I won't be able to do it justi...

This is without a doubt one of the best books on the market at the moment.World: The art is absolutely fantastic. Gerad's art sets the tone for the world and the story that grounds this little family and character tale like no other. The colors, the frames, the character expressions and personality that pop off the page, the art is perfect. The world building is basic, it's there for the story and it serves it well. We have Scott as a performer, and that part of his world. We have Scott the son

For the literary DC fan... Mister Miracle does what a modern superhero deconstruction should do perfectly. It takes a classic 60s character--of the very out there Jack Kirby 'Fourth World' mythos no less--and puts them in a modern relatable context thereby gaining a fresh new perspective. This version of Miracle is very much tied into the cosmic war between the planets of Orion (his sort of stepbrother) and evil father arch-villain DARKSEID. But in-between the space wars, Scott Free and his wife...

Originally read as single issues.One of todays top writers takes on one of Jack Kirbys most underrated creations, and hits it out of the park! This is, hands down one of my favorite runs of the last few years! It takes a relatively minor character and brings him directly to the forefront of the DCU.Tom King masterfully navigates this complex character, throwing in enough history to please long-time fans while still making it accessible to new/casual fans.Highly recoommended (along with the Visio...

"Darkseid is.” This is a term that was introduced in the "Rock of Ages" storyline in Grant Morrison and Howard Porter's JLA run, in which the tyrannical ruler of the planet Apokolips has finally claimed the Anti-Life Equation and in the future has turned the Earth into an apocalyptic dystopia. Although Darkseid has often been depicted as a physical threat who could easily take on the Justice League, comics like JLA have depicted the character as a dark psychological concept that goes back to whe...

Never having been a huge fan of Mister Miracle or the New Gods, I went into this one with no preconceived expectations, and I'm glad I did, because this is quite a different comic story. There are a lot of cool concepts thrown around. (Especially interesting is the creative team's twist on the old mystery of whether any of this is real or not.) The art is distinct and unique. And Scott Free's characterization is intriguing as he is a god pretending to be an ordinary person yet having to deal wit...

Well, this was... different.Tom King gets ballsy and delivers a very different book than  average. Does that make it good? If you're like me-and I reckon we're a crowd out there- and started the book knowing zilch about Mr Miracle, Big Barda and the gang of New Gods or whatever, you'll end up with about the same level of knowledge as when you started. So most relationships, stakes, reasons for battles and stuff largely remain a mystery throughout. A bit annoying if you ask me.The plot now... Wel...

I went into this volume without knowing anything about Mister Miracle or the New Gods. At first, I didn't think I would like it. It was very confusing, I didn't know who anyone was or what was happening. Luckily, King does a pretty good job of filling you in on most of the backstory that you need to understand, and the weirdness begins to make sense in its own way. Then, looking deeper, you begin to see some of the brilliant things that King is doing in this volume. He is humanizing super heroes...

I had to keep reminding myself as I read this that it was a superhero comic from one of the big 2 publishers. It certainly didn't feel like it. If you are looking for a flashy fight book with big huge action scenes...this probably isn't the book for you. However, if you are on the hunt for a deep character study that asks some meaningful questions, this is certainly that book. And more.I absolutely loved it. I loved the 9-panel pages...it brought us in so tight and close to the characters that y...

I’m hopeful I can come up with a more thoughtful review soon but for now all I can say is I want Scott Free’s T-shirt collection.4 NOV 2020 UPDATE: Nope, nothing else to say, but the tshirt thing is legit.