Editing Miracleman (character) (section)

==Concept and creation==
Following Fawcett Publications' cessation of their superhero titles in 1953, British publisher L. Miller & Son were left with the prospect of having to cancel their popular ''Captain Marvel'' and ''Captain Marvel Jr.'' weeklies due to a lack of material. Len Miller contacted [[Mick Anglo]], whose Gower Street Studio had provided cover artwork and other material for Miller's titles, to create a replacement.<ref name=KMA>{{cite book |last=Khoury |first=George |author-link= |date=2010 |title=Kimota! The Miracleman Companion |url= |location= |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page= |isbn=9781605490274|chapter=The Man Behind Miracleman}}</ref> Anglo modified Captain Marvel, changing his human identity from newsboy Billy Batson to copyboy Micky Moran. The character's superhuman form was changed from Captain Marvel to Marvelman, after consideration was given to naming the new character Captain Miracle and Miracleman<ref name=MMClassic1TMS>{{Cite comic|writer=Wilson, Derek|title=Marvelman Classic|issue= Volume 1|date=19 January 2017| publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]|story=The Marvelman Story}}</ref>—both names that would later be used by Anglo for further derivatives of Captain Marvel.<ref name=sergi>{{cite book|last=Sergi |first=Joe |title=The Law for Comic Book Creators |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers| date=2015 |isbn=9780786473601}}</ref> Anglo took the opportunity to simplify the character's costume, eliminating Captain Marvel's cape and switching his lightning bolt to a simpler "MM" chest logo. To provide greater contrast Marvelman was given close-cropped blond hair and a predominantly blue colour scheme. Anglo considered giving the character a gravity belt but eventually decided to retain flight as an inherent ability of the superhero.<ref name=KMA/>

While Marvelman and (less frequently, despite debuting concurrently) [[Young Miracleman|Young Marvelman]] are occasionally called the first British superheroes this is not the case as the short-lived [[DC Thomson]] ''[[The Dandy|Dandy]]'' character ''[[The Amazing Mr X (comics)|The Amazing Mr. X]]'' debuted some ten years previously.<ref name=Murray>{{cite book |last=Murray |first=Chris |author-link= |date=2017 |title=The British Superhero |url= |location= |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |page= |isbn=9781496807380}}</ref>