Mister Miracle
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4.5 • 20 Ratings
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
�The Best Superhero Story of the Summer. Mister Miracle might be one of the rawest superhero comics I�ve read in recent memory.� -GQ �One of the most mind-bending superhero comics currently on stands.� -Entertainment Weekly �Every year, one book stands up above everyone else�s. Fans and creators alike stop and stare in amazement at a couple of creators finding a new voice, new point of view and new levels of artistic expression. This year it is Mister Miracle.� -Brian Michael Bendis, author �There are master magicians performing here. Their names are Tom King and Mitch Gerads.� -Brad Meltzer, author of Identity Crisis �For those wishing that an �adult superhero comic� meant more than just swearing and violence, Mister Miracle might just be the series you�ve been waiting for all along.� -Hollywood Reporter No prison can hold him. No trap can contain him. He is Scott Free, the worldwide celebrity sensation known as Mister Miracle, and he is the greatest escape artist who ever lived. But can he pull off the ultimate trick-and escape death itself? Something has gone horribly wrong with the perfect life that Scott and his wife Big Barda have made for themselves on Earth. With war raging between their homeworlds of Apokolips and New Genesis, Scott�s cruel adoptive father, Darkseid, seems to have finally found the Anti-Life Equation-the weapon that will give him total victory. As the mountains of bodies on both sides grow ever higher, only Mister Miracle can stop the slaughter and restore peace. But the terrible power of the Anti-Life Equation may already be at work in his own mind, warping his reality and shattering the fragile happiness he�s found with the woman he loves. Is death the trap that�s been waiting for him all along? Or is it life itself? And what price will Scott Free have to pay to learn the answer? Eisner Award winners Tom King and Mitch Gerads present a bold new vision of one of Jack Kirby�s greatest creations with Mister Miracle-powerful, intimate and utterly unique, this modern comics classic will challenge everything you know about super-heroism! Collects the entire 12-issue series.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This masterful continuation of Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga breathes new life into Scott Free, aka brilliant escape artist Mister Miracle. The book opens with his attempted suicide, and it's clear that a history of struggle has made its mark on Scott. While he recovers with help from his beloved wife, Big Barda, Scott learns that his father ruler of the planet New Genesis has died. While fighting his half-brother, Orion, for the throne, Scott becomes a father himself. Balancing rulership, fatherhood, and war, Scott is forced to question whether he is willing to sacrifice what is most important to him in order to end a cycle of pain. Though there is no shortage of action, the story's script expertly tackles intense issues of trauma without pandering or offering any easy answers, instead extending a sense of empathy. The writing's subtlety is aided by Gerads's impeccable attention to detail and dynamic coloring, which nod to the story's origins while giving the characters a realistically updated aesthetic. Thoughtful insights connect to the reader on a deeply human level. Fans of Mister Miracle and new readers will be equally enthralled.
Customer Reviews
Wow
I’m not a huge DC fan, but this graphic novel was incredibly well written. We’ll done.