Editing Miracleman (character) (section)

===1995–2008===
{{see also|Ownership of Miracleman}}
Gaiman mistakenly believed at the time he owned a one-third share of the rights to the Miracleman characters, with the other two-thirds residing with Eclipse. As such he reached an arrangement with [[Charlton Media Group (Canada)|Roger Broughton]] to continue the series once the Canadian publisher purchased Eclipse's rights. However at the 1996 liquidation auction Broughton was outbid by [[Todd McFarlane]], who had collaborated with Gaiman on various ''[[Spawn (character)|Spawn]]'' spinoffs.<ref name=KWH>{{cite book |last=Khoury |first=George |author-link= |date=2001 |title=Kimota! The Miracleman Companion |url= |location= |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page= |isbn=9781605490274|chapter=Whatever Happened to Our Miracleman?}}</ref> Gaiman began legal action while McFarlane remained sure he owned the character,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=122 |title=The Devil You Know…: An interview with Todd McFarlane |website=Comic Book Resources |date=2001-06-15 |access-date=2013-10-15}}</ref> and produced Miracleman merchandise. A reimagined Mike Moran, now a principled journalist at the ''New York Daily Times'', was added to the supporting cast of ''[[Hellspawn (comics)|Hellspawn]]'', a dark spin-off title of ''Spawn'', in February 2001.<ref>{{cite comic|title=[[Hellspawn (comics)|Hellspawn]]|issue=#6|date=February 2001|publisher=[[Image Comics]]|writer=[[Steve Niles|Niles, Steve]]|artist=[[Ashley Wood|Wood, Ashley]]|story=The Big League}}</ref> Artist [[Ashley Wood]] released teaser images of Miracleman ahead of his planned debut in ''Hellspawn'' #12. However, Wood left the book after ''Hellspawn'' #11 and the storyline was abandoned<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> when Gaiman sued McFarlane in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/1057.html |title=Miracleman Heads to Court |publisher=ICv2 |date=2002-01-27 |access-date=2013-10-15}}</ref> In-universe, the appearances were subsequently ascribed to the character [[Man of Miracles (comics)|Man of Miracles]], whose aspect is shaped by the perceptions of others.