Editing Miracleman (character) (section)

===1985–1993===
The story was eventually picked up by American publisher Eclipse Comics in 1985. To avoid legal attention from Marvel Comics the series and its leads were renamed Miracleman; Moore had previously suggested this as an alternate title in his original proposal as a substitute name should the editor decide against reviving Marvelman,<ref name=KOP>{{cite book |last=Khoury |first=George |author-link= |date=2001 |title=Kimota! The Miracleman Companion |url= |location= |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page= |isbn=9781605490274|chapter=Alan Moore's Original Proposal}}</ref> and had also used it in print for the name of a proxy version of the character that had featured briefly in his parallel work on [[Marvel UK]]'s ''[[Captain Britain]]'' strip. Those involved do not appear to have been aware of the name being previously considered by Anglo, or its use as the name given to a series of British reprints of the artist's Spanish-market ''[[Superhombre]]''. Moore was initially resistant to the name change due to Marvelman having predated the establishment of Marvel Comics but eventually agreed, though he would air his dissatisfaction with the issue in an essay printed in the second issue of the title.<ref name=MMUS02/> Eclipse began by printing coloured, relettered versions of the ''Warrior'' material before ''Miracleman'' #7 (cover dated April 1986) saw the story continue with new material. The series continued its critical success, and was by Eclipse's standards a sizeable commercial success. Initially [[Chuck Austen]] (then using his birthname Chuck Beckum) drew the new adventures before [[Rick Veitch]] continued the work. From ''Miracleman'' #11, [[John Totleben]] became regular artist until #16, which was also the final issue of Moore's run.<ref name=KMI>{{cite book |last=Khoury |first=George |author-link= |date=2001 |title=Kimota! The Miracleman Companion |url= |location= |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page= |isbn=9781605490274|chapter=Miracleman Index}}</ref>

Moore then passed over the title to [[Neil Gaiman]], having completed the stories he had planned for the character. Gaiman and new artist [[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Mark Buckingham]] planned three six-issue storylines for the character, and opted for an anthology approach for the initial arc. As such "The Golden Age" focused more on Miracleman's impact on Earth than the character himself, who was more felt than seen across ''Miracleman'' #17-22, largely featuring in cameos by various literary devices such as flashbacks, imaginary sequences and fictions-within-fictions. Meanwhile Gaiman found that numerous other creators were interested in working on the character; to harness this and expand their revenue, Eclipse produced the three-issue limited series ''[[Miracleman: Apocrypha]]'', featuring contributions by the likes of [[Alex Ross]], [[Kurt Busiek]], [[Matt Wagner]], [[James Robinson (writer)|James Robinson]] and [[Darick Robertson]]. Gaiman and Buckingham provided a framing story for the series which established it as a collection of imaginary stories. Miracleman returned to being more central in the creative team's second arc, "The Silver Age". However, after only two issues of the storyline had been published Eclipse went bankrupt; this also prevented the publication of another spin-off mini-series called ''Miracleman Triumphant'', written by Fred Burke and drawn by [[Mike Deodato]] and taking place between Gaiman's first two arcs.<ref name=KNG>{{cite book |last=Khoury |first=George |author-link= |date=2001 |title=Kimota! The Miracleman Companion |url= |location= |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page= |isbn=9781605490274|chapter=Ages of Gold, Silver and the Darkness}}</ref>