Editing Miracleman (character)

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| alliances           = [[Miracleman Family]]
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| powers              = * Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and senses
* Concussive energy blasts
* Invulnerability
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* Telekinesis
* Telepathy
* Longevity
* Flight
* Genius-level intellect
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'''Miracleman''' (originally known as '''Marvelman'''),<ref group=Note name=N1/> whose civilian name is '''Michael''' "'''Mike'''" '''Moran''', is a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] [[comic book]] [[superhero]] appearing in comic books first published by  [[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]] Created by [[Mick Anglo]], the character first appeared in ''[[Marvelman]]'' #25 (February 1954).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajput |first=Rohit |title=Who is Marvel's Miracleman? Comic origin and powers explored amid team up with X-Men |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/comics/who-marvel-s-miracleman-comic-origin-powers-explored-amid-team-x-men |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |date=15 June 2022 |language=en-us}}</ref> The character was subsequently revived in 1982 by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Garry Leach]] as the lead of ''Marvelman'' in the pages of ''[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]''. After that publication was cancelled, the revival was continued as ''[[Miracleman]]'' by [[Eclipse Comics]] in 1985, with the character renamed accordingly, but went out of print following the company's demise in 1994.

After a 15-year hiatus brought on by a confused legal situation, the character was successfully brought back into print by [[Marvel Comics]] in 2010, initially reverting to the Marvelman name. From 2014 onwards Marvel began reprinting the revival material, once again using the Miracleman name, and in 2022 began continuing the story.

==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>

==Publication history==
===1954–1963===
{{main|Marvelman}}
Due to the backlog of Fawcett material Miller already had the company was able to prepare readers for the upcoming change. ''Captain Marvel'' #19, dated 19 December 1953, featured an in-character letter from 'Batson' to readers, telling them he planned to lead an ordinary life and would be handing over his duties to Marvelman; #24 featured the modified title ''Captain Marvel - the Marvelman'' and from #25 the title was renamed ''Marvelman'', with the new character taking over. A similar process would take place on sister title ''Captain Marvel Jr.'', which would become ''[[Young Marvelman (comic)|Young Marvelman]]''. The result was well-received by readers, and sales of ''Marvelman'' were actually larger than those of its predecessor. Anglo initially wrote and drew the strips himself; later other Gower Studio artists would work on the character, including [[James Bleach]], [[Norman Light]] and [[Don Lawrence]]. Marvelman would also occasionally appear in the pages of ''Young Marvelman'' and later starred the additional monthly title ''[[Marvelman Family]]'', which also featured [[Kid Miracleman|Kid Marvelman]]. However by 1961 sales were declining as imported American comics began to arrive on the British market, featuring full-colour strips rather than the black-and-white adventures of Marvelman. Miller switched ''Marvelman'' to a monthly reprint title, causing Anglo to unsuccessfully attempt to set up his own Anglo Features label after turning down an offer to work for Miller's son Arnold on his own venture. ''Marvelman'' finally ended in 1963, and the character went into obscurity.<ref name=MMClassic1TMS/>

===1982–1985===
{{main|Miracleman}}
In 1981 [[Dez Skinn]] opted to revive the character for anthology ''Warrior''. After his preferred choices turned him down, he became aware of Alan Moore's similar interest in reviving the character and requested a proposal. Impressed by the writer's ideas, Skinn commissioned Moore as writer for the strip, which debuted in the first issue of ''Warrior'' in March 1982.<ref name=KDS>{{cite book |last=Khoury |first=George |author-link= |date=2001 |title=Kimota! The Miracleman Companion |url= |location= |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page= |isbn=9781605490274|chapter=Reign of the ''Warrior'' King}}</ref> Moore would later relate that he was drawn to the character's resemblance of the concept of the [[Übermensch]] from the writings of [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], a concept that would be frequently drawn on in this revival.<ref name=MMUS02>{{cite comic|title=[[Miracleman (Eclipse)|Miracleman]]|issue=#2|date=October 1985|publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|story=M*****man: Full Story and Pics}}</ref> After others had demurred, [[Garry Leach]] was assigned to draw the strip. He modelled the revised Marvelman on actor [[Paul Newman]] and redesigned the chest insignia into a more modern style. Leach and Moore opted for a graceful look for the character in contrast to the more common musclebound superhero archetype.<ref name=KGL>{{cite book |last=Khoury |first=George |author-link= |date=2001 |title=Kimota! The Miracleman Companion |url= |location= |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page= |isbn=9781605490274|chapter=The Architect of Miracleman}}</ref>

The strip was a critical success, winning Favourite Comic Character (UK) at the 1984 [[Eagle Awards]],<ref name=Eagles>{{cite web|url=http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/1984/ |title=1984 |website=[[Eagle Awards]]|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314223905/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/1984 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 }}</ref> and continued to be a success when [[Alan Davis]] took over as artist. Vintage Gower Street material would also be reprinted in the one-off ''Marvelman Special'', with the conceit it presented imaginary adventures of the character. However, creative differences between Moore<ref name=KAM/> and Davis would lead to the strip stalling in 1985; while [[Grant Morrison]] was eager to take over ''Marvelman'' the dispute would prevent the strip from returning before ''Warrior'' was cancelled in 1985 after its losses became unsustainable for Skinn.<ref name=KDS/>

===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>

===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.

===2009–present===
Since 2001, Marvel editor-in-chief [[Joe Quesada]] had been among the major industry figures to support Gaiman in the dispute.<ref name="press conference">{{cite web| last= Weiland| first= Jonah |date=2003-06-27 |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2406|title= Marvel's '1602' Press Conference|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]| access-date= 2008-02-18}}</ref> Marvel eventually discovered in 2009 that the rights to the Marvelman characters had resided with Anglo all along, having never been officially purchased by Skinn (who believed the character was in the public domain, and reached a private agreement with Anglo) in 1981. Marvel licensed the characters from Anglo directly and in 2010 began a series of reprints of classic material under the Marvelman name.<ref name=Bleeding1>{{cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/marvel-to-publish-mick-anglos-marvelman-and-they-own-it/|website=Bleeding Cool|title=Marvel To Publish Mick Anglo's Marvelman – And They Own It|author=[[Rich Johnston]]|date=24 July 2009 }}</ref> In 2014 after further legal rights were secured, Marvel began to reprint the revival material, now named ''Miracleman'' once again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/nycc-marvel-reprint-classic-alan-648083 |title=NYCC: Marvel to Reprint Classic Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman 'Miracleman' |publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=2011-11-17 |access-date=2013-10-15}}</ref> Marvel published new material with the character in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=55283 |title=Marvel Announces New "Miracleman" from Morrison, Quesada, Milligan & Allred |website=Comic Book Resources |date=2014-09-04 |access-date=2015-04-29}}</ref> and Miracleman's logo was featured in the one-shot ''Timeless'' in 2021, foreshadowing his introduction to the [[Marvel Universe]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Rabiroff |first=Zach |date=2021-12-29 |title=Marvel's Timeless teases a surprising new addition to the Marvel Universe |url=https://www.polygon.com/22857488/marvel-timeless-kang-miracleman-marvelman-alan-moore-neil-gaima |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230154007/https://www.polygon.com/22857488/marvel-timeless-kang-miracleman-marvelman-alan-moore-neil-gaiman |archive-date=2021-12-30 |access-date=2021-12-30 |website=Polygon |language=en}}</ref>

In October 2022, Gaiman and Buckingham continued The Silver Age storyline after a hiatus of nearly 30 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham 'Miracleman' Series Returns |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/miracleman-series-returns-neil-gaiman-mark-buckingham |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}</ref>

==Fictional character biography==
===Original===
Having discovered the keyword to the universe through his experiments, [[Mississippi]]-based astro-scientist Guntag Barghelt travels the world searching for a worthy recipient of this power. After young Micky Moran first attempts to return a [[Dime (United States coin)|dime]] Barghelt dropped and then defends the scientist from a trio of hoodlums, the scientist takes the youth to his laboratory. There further tests reveal Micky has absolute integrity and a well-defined discernment of good and evil, and treats him in his atomic machine. Micky is granted the power to turn into the superpowered Marvelman whenever he speaks the keyword "Kimota". After Marvelman thwarts an attempt by the villainous Herman Schwein to capture Barghelt's notes, the scientist withdraws to an [[asteroid]] in outer space, knowing Marvelman will protect good on Earth.<ref name=MM65>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#65|story=The Birth of Marvelman|date=13 November 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> Micky works for the ''Daily Bugle'' newspaper as a copyboy and keeps his superhero identity secret from the world while using his power to protect the innocent. To help him fight evil, Marvelman would later call on the scientist again when impressed by the courage of messenger boy Dicky Dauntless, and calls up Barghelt once again. The scientist gives Dicky an elixir that allows him to transform into Young Marvelman, who would become Marvelman's ally in the fight against evil.<ref name=YM64>{{cite comic|title=Young Marvelman|issue=#64|date=6 November 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|story=How Dicky Dauntless Became Young Marvelman|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|}}</ref> Marvelman later selected another youth, Johnny Bates, who was granted the ability to become Kid Marvelman.<ref name=MM102>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#102|date=30 July 1955|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|story=Introducing Kid Marvelman|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]}}</ref>

Among his many victories, Marvelman prevented Boromanian spy Balco from using the experimental XB999 [[Nuclear weapons delivery|atomic bomber]] aircraft against [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]],<ref name=MM025a>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#25|story=Marvelman and the Atomic Bomber|date=3 February 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> prevented crooks from poisoning Oklabama's water supply with [[radium]],<ref name=MM025>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#25|story=Marvelman and the Stolen Radium|date=3 February 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> and foiled an attempt by Professor Gargunza to use memory-loss gas on the world.<ref name=MM026>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#26|story=Marvelman and the Lost-Memory Gas|date=10 February 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> Marvelman also crossed paths with [[mad scientist]] Dr. Gargunza, thwarting his plan to use animated skeletons to intimidate a judge.<ref name=MM027z>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#27|story=Marvelman and the Skeletons in the Cupboard|date=17 February 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> Gargunza would however return with numerous other amoral plans, which Marvelman again defeated.<ref name=MM033>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#33|story=Marvelman and the Super Heat Wave|date=31 March 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref><ref name=MMGGM>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|story=Marvelman and the Great Gargunza Mystery|issue=#72-77|date=1 January to 5 February 1956|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref><ref name=MM159>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#159|story=Marvelman and the Stolen Kimota|date=1 September 1956|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|}}</ref><ref name=MMA56a>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Gargunza's All Bad|date=1956|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MMA5b>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Double Trouble|date=1956|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MM222>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#222|story=Marvelman and the Acid Vapour|date=16 November 1957|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|}}</ref><ref name=MMA57>{{cite comic|title=The Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman and the Space Dustmen|date=1957|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MMA57a>{{cite comic|title=The Marvelman Annual|story=Gargunza's Voodoo Doll|date=1957|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MMA57d>{{cite comic|title=The Marvelman Annual|story=Gargunza's Atomic Suit|date=1957|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MM235>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#235|story=Magnetised Marvelman|date=15 February 1958|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|}}</ref><ref name=MM252>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#252|story=Coal in Space|date=13 June 1958|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|}}</ref><ref name=MMA58a>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Gargunza Goes Straight|date=1958|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MMA59c>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Pipe Dream|date=1959|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MMA60>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman Becomes a Jinx|date=1960|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref>

Other escapades Marvelman was involved in included preventing Boromanian attempts to sabotage Professor Jowik's new mega[[bathysphere]];<ref name=MM027>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#27|story=Marvelman Counters Sabotage|date=24 February 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> stopping the [[ice cream]]-crazed [[Yeti|Abominable Snowman]] and his [[Snowman]] minions;<ref name=MM030>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#30|story=Marvelman and the Abominable Snowman|date=10 March 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref> defeating super-computer the Electronic Brain,;<ref name=MM029>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#29|story=Marvelman and the Electronic Brain|date=3 March 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> foiling a Boromanian plot to use scientist Doctor Ramado's miniaturised [[hydrogen bomb]] to blow up a [[table tennis]] tournament;<ref name=MM031>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#31|story=Marvelman and the Miniature Bomb Plot|date=17 March 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> saving oblivious astronaut Professor Swivelhead from his own oblivious behaviour;<ref name=MM031b>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#31|story=Marvelman and the Absent-Minded Spaceman|date=17 March 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[James Bleach|Bleach, James]]}}</ref> clearing his name after [[circus]] [[strongman]] the Great Anvello framed him as a criminal;<ref name=MM032a>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#32|story=Marvelman and the Flase Marvelman|date=24 March 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> defeating scientist Cuprini's evil mirror image version of himself;<ref name=MM032>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#32|story=Marvelman and the Stolen Reflections|date=24 March 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> preventing destruction of a [[United States Navy]] squadron by a two-headed [[kraken]];<ref name=MM033b>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#33|story=Marvelman and the Kraken|date=31 March 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[James Bleach|Bleach, James]]}}</ref> dealing with an epidemic of [[insomnia]] brought on by the King of the Land of Nod sulking;<ref name=MM034b>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#34|story=Marvelman and the Land of Nod|date=7 April 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> using a demonstration of his formidable powers to cause [[Martian]] War Lords to abort a planned invasion of Earth;<ref name=MM034>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#34|story=Marvelman and the Martian Menace|date=7 April 1954|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[James Bleach|Bleach, James]]}}</ref> stopping jealous electrical genius Austin Amps and his attempts to sabotage rival Oswald Ohms' all-electric town Wattingham;<ref name=MM096a>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#96|story=Marvelman Combats the Electric Terror|date=18 June 1955|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> 
travelling back to [[1588]] and helping [[Royal Navy]] Captain Farnaby warn [[England]] about the [[Spanish Armada]];<ref name=MM096>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#96|story=Marvelman and the Spanish Armada|date=18 June 1955|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> ending the crime spree of Professor Coisson's Marvelman II, a robot double of the hero;<ref name=MM168>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#168|story=Marvelman and the Robot Double|date=3 November 1956|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> foiling the attempt of unlicensed [[dentist]] Mr. Nook to use misery gas in revenge for being exposed as a quack by Moran;<ref name=MMA56>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman and the Misery Gas|date=1956|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref> putting an end to [[Nazi]] Otto Gruber's attempt to create a [[Fourth Reich]];<ref name=MM228>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#228|story=Marvelman and the Shadow of the Swastika|date=28 December 1957|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Norman Light|Light, Norman]]}}</ref> beating wizard Wizzo the Wizard and his mirror-henchman namlevraM;<ref name=MMA57c>{{cite comic|title=The Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman Fights Marvelman|date=1957|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref> capturing embezzler Charles Crank despite his attempts to hide out on the [[Moon]]<ref name=MM268-269>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#268-269|story=Marvelman and the Moon Venturer|date=27 September - 4 October 1958|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref>}; thwarting the attempts of Menzari [[Motorsport|driver]] Heinz Vifter to beat rival Nevady driver Micky Desmond to the Golden Wheel via sabotage;<ref name=MM268a>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#268|story=Marvelman and the Ace Drivers|date=4 October 1958|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref>
exposing [[pickpocketing]] [[clown]]s from a travelling circus;<ref name=MM268>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#268|story=The Circus Comes to Town|date=4 October 1958|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref> forestalling an invasion from underground hat-wearing giant [[ant]]s;<ref name=MMA58>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Giant Ant Plots to Rule Earth|date=1958|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]}}</ref> undoing disgruntled [[prop]] manager Eddie Gay's attempts to sabotage a [[Documentary film|documentary]] made by Peakpoint Films;<ref name=MMA59b>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman - Stuntman|date=1959|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref>
uncovering [[cargo cult]]-leading machine Klashna;<ref name=MMA59q>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Evil Monster of a Machine|date=1959|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref>
and halting elderly bad-luck projecting nuisance Irwin M. Trouble<ref name=MMA60c>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Troublesome Mr. I.M. Trouble|date=1960|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref>

He would also team up with Young Marvelman and Kid Marvelman as the Marvelman Family to face threats such as Garrer and his army of time-travelling renegades;<ref name=MF01>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]|story=Marvelman Family and the Invaders from the Future|title=Marvelman Family|issue=#1|date=October 1956| publisher=[[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]]}}</ref> a combined alliance of Marvelman's arch-enemy Doctor Gargunza and his nephew, Young Marvelman rogue Young Gargunza;<ref name=MF02>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]|title=Marvelman Family|issue=#2|date=November 1956| publisher=[[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]]|story=Marvelman Family and the Shadow Stealers}}</ref> the King of Vegetableland;<ref name=MF03>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]|title=Marvelman Family|issue=#4|date=February 1957| publisher=[[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]]|story=Marvelman Family and the Giant Marrow}}</ref> invaders from the planet Vardica;<ref name=MF04>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]|title=Marvelman Family|issue=#4|date=March 1957| publisher=[[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]]|story=Marvelman Family and the Hollow Planet}}</ref> would-be dictator Professor Batts and his speech-scramber;<ref name=MF08>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]|title=Marvelman Family|issue=#8|date=July 1957| publisher=[[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]]|story=Marvelman Family and the Speech Scrambler}}</ref> a crime boss intent on sinking Pacific City below the ocean;<ref name=MF09>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]|title=Marvelman Family|issue=#9|date=August 1957| publisher=[[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]]|story=Marvelman Family and the City Under the Sea}}</ref> the cruel, slave-driving King Snop of [[Atlantis]] (which the story revealed would eventually become [[Australia]]);<ref name=MF10>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]|title=Marvelman Family|issue=#10|date=September 1957| publisher=[[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]]|story=Marvelman Family and the Atlantis Fable}}</ref> an attempt by Gargunza to declare himself King of the Universe;<ref name=MF14>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]|title=Marvelman Family|issue=#14|date=March 1958| publisher=[[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]]|story=Marvelman Family and King Gargunza}}</ref> cruel 14th century knight Simon de Carton (clearing the name of [[Amadís de Gaula|Amadis of Gaul]] in the process);<ref name=MF18>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]|title=Marvelman Family|issue=#18|date=July 1958| publisher=[[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]]|story=Amadis of Gaul}}</ref> a monster accidentally collected from the planet Droon;<ref name=MF29>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Norman Light|Light, Norman]]|title=Marvelman Family|issue=#29|date=August 1959| publisher=[[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]]|story=The Mighty Marvelman Family and the Dragons of Great Droon}}</ref> and Professor Wosmine's shrinking ray<ref name=MF30>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]|title=Marvelman Family|issue=#30|date=August 1957| publisher=[[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]]|story=The Mighty Marvelman Family and 'Jungle Fury'}}</ref>

===Revival===

==== Book One: 'A Dream Of Flying' - written by Alan Moore ====
Two decades later, Mike Moran is a middle-aged man working as a freelance journalist and happily married to Liz, but he is suffering from mid-life crisis and is plagued by headaches. He remembers nothing of his adventures as Miracleman, but has recurring dreams of flying and of the terrible fate that apparently befell the Miracleman family when they were caught in a nuclear explosion.

When a peaceful protest at an atomic power station is overtaken by terrorists, Moran is present and is taken hostage. In the throes of a migraine - he sees the ‘magic word’ (that has eluded him for decades but haunts his dreams) written on a glass door: ‘Kimota’. When he speaks this aloud he transforms into Miracleman, incapacitates the terrorists and flies away.

Miracleman returns home to a startled Liz and attempts to explain his newly-remembered backstory. Liz is initially skeptical but eventually convinced, and they spend the night together.

Miracleman’s appearance is noticed by Johnny Bates, who has become a very successful international businessman in the intervening decades. Bates invites Mike and Liz to his offices, and though they are initially convinced by his story Mike confronts Bates with his suspicions that he has become corrupted by his powers. These suspicions are confirmed when Kid Miracleman attacks. Transforming into Miracleman, Moran attempts to fight Kid Miracleman but is overpowered and only spared by Bates mistakenly speaking his ‘magic word’ and transforming back into a young boy. Miracleman and Liz escape, leaving the young Johnny Bates in the hands of the authorities.

As a result of their single night together, Liz becomes pregnant with Miracleman’s child, an event that fuels Mike Moran’s feelings of inadequacy in comparison to his superhuman alter-ego.

The ‘Spookshow’, a government agency, recruits Evelyn Cream to kill Moran. Cream instead kidnaps Moran and they agree to work together to discover Miracleman’s real origins. This leads them to a hidden bunker in the countryside where Miracleman encounters various ineffectual traps and a deranged superhuman called Big Ben, who he subdues effortlessly.

Once inside the bunker, Miracleman is confronted with the true nature of his past: he is the result of an experimental program by the British government to create superhumans as an escalation of the Cold War arms race. The program is derived from alien technology discovered in the 1950s and adapted and overseen by Dr Emil Gargunza, an ex-Nazi scientist given shelter by the British government. It is revealed that his entire past has been a virtual reality fiction created to subdue him and the rest of the Miracleman Family and make them pliable as super-weapons. Enraged by this, Miracleman destroys much of the bunker and, once calmed by Cream, returns home.

==== Book Two: 'The Red King Syndrome' - Written By Alan Moore ====
As the birth of her and Miracleman’s child grows near Liz is kidnapped by Gargunza, now living in Paraguay, where Liz is taken. Whilst she is held captive Gargunza relates to her his life story, telling of how he worked on the Zarathustra Project, adapting the technology of a crashed spaceship and creating the Miracleman Family. He hopes to transfer his consciousness into the body of Miracleman’s child, thus achieving immortality.

Miracleman and Cream travel to Paraguay and confront Gargunza. However, Gargunza has implanted another ‘magic word’ which changes Miracleman back into a defenceless Mike Moran for an hour. He then sets his ‘Miracledog’ - a monstrous, genetically altered super-animal - on Moran and Cream. Cream is killed and Moran is maimed but he remembers the ‘magic word’ Gargunza used on the dog and it reverts back to its harmless original form, whereupon Moran kills it and evades Gargunza’s mercenaries until such time as he can change back to Miracleman. When he does, he slaughters Gargunza’s guards, kills Gargunza and rescues Liz who then gives birth to a daughter, Winter - who can already speak.

Back in England, domestic tensions between Mike and Liz are exacerbated by Liz’s mood swings - which she suspects are caused by Winter, who is developing at an unusually accelerated rate. Meanwhile two alien agents are tracking Moran, but are themselves being followed by a mystery woman.

==== Book Three: 'Olympus' - Written By Alan Moore ====
The aliens - of the race The Qys - attack Moran, who becomes Miracleman and attempts to fight them off, but the aliens are able to change bodies in a manner similar to Moran / Miracleman himself and easily defeat him. Upon learning of Winter’s existence, they turn their attention to Liz but are thwarted by the mystery woman, who reveals herself to be Avril Lear - Miraclewoman - and tells the story of her past as another of Gargunza’s experiments.

The Qys take Miracleman and Miraclewoman to their homeworld where the future of the Miracleman Family - and Earth itself - is discussed by the ambassadors of the Qys and their mortal enemies the Warpsmiths. Miraclewoman convinces the assembly that Earth should be a neutral world wherein the two cultures can work together and hopefully achieve some form of understanding.

After returning to Earth Miracleman finds himself growing apart from his human ties as Liz leaves him and Winter [who is physically a small child but already beyond even Miracleman himself in terms of mental development] leaves Earth to find and learn from The Qys.

Mike Moran, his life turned upside down, commits a form of suicide by trekking into the wilderness and leaving a small memorial for himself to find when he transforms for a last time into Miracleman. Miracleman understands this gesture and never returns to his human form again.

With the help of Qys and Warpsmith agents including Aza Chorn, the initial alien/superhuman project is to gather together all the remaining superhumans on Earth and work in secret to begin to nudge Earth towards a more enlightened path. This is cut short, however, by the sudden re-emergence of Kid Miracleman. 

Johnny Bates, who has been kept at a children’s home in England, has been attempting to keep his alter-ego at bay; but the brutal abuse he suffers at the hands of fellow inmates forces him to transform into a vengeful Kid Miracleman, who then destroys half of London in Miracleman’s temporary absence and kills forty thousand people. When he is discovered, a battle ensues where Miracleman and his cohorts - with apparently little regard for human life - attempt to subdue him.

Kid Miracleman is only eventually defeated by a dying Aza Chorn and, mortally wounded, transforms back to Johnny Bates. Miracleman then kills Bates to prevent him ever becoming Kid Miracleman again. In the ruins of London, surrounded by thousands of dead and dying, Miracleman now realises the world can never be the same. 

He and Miraclewoman reshape the world into a utopia. All the practical ills of human society are cured, and the offer of superhuman powers and children is gradually taken up by a humanity who regard the Miracleman Family as gods. The pantheon of new gods build Olympus, a huge temple in the ruins of Central London where they are worshipped by human acolytes. Despite having created a utopia, Miracleman is haunted by Liz’s accusation that he has lost touch with his humanity.

==== Books Four and Five: 'The Golden Age' & 'The Silver Age' - Written By Neil Gaiman with Mark Buckingham ====
After a series of short stories detailing the effects of this new society on ordinary humans and supporting characters from the series ['The Golden Age'], the main story picks up again in the year 2001 ['The Silver Age'], where Young Miracleman - Dickie Dauntless - is revived but has a great deal of trouble adjusting to the new world he finds himself in.

Miraclewoman convinces Miracleman that Dauntless is infatuated with him, and Miracleman attempts to kiss him to assuage his frustrations. This shocks and enrages Dauntless, whose attitudes towards sexuality and the world in general are still very much those of the 1950s. He leaves Olympus to discover himself in the changed world of 2001. Landing in the Himalaya mountains, a bewildered Dauntless ends up meeting Bill Caxton (Mister Master), the first superhuman created by Miracleman and also the only to ever give up his powers. Inspired by this experience, and accompanied by the somewhat directionless but enhanced Meta-Maid, Dauntless finds the orphanage where he grew up prior to being abducted by Gargunza. In an extended flashback, Dauntless remembers the physical and mental abuse he experienced before changing back to his Young Miracleman form and vowing to confront Miracleman. 

In the finale of this series, Miracleman meets Young Miracleman who after rebuking his options and criticising this present world states "I'm going to be your adversary. Not now. But One Day. I'm going to be the opposition. If this is Eden, I'm going to be the Serpent.". Ultimately agreeing to these terms, Miracleman lets Young Miracleman leave where he starts meditating for prolonged periods and begins a social movement. Under Miraclewoman's encouragement, Miracleman unofficially cedes Australia for Young Miracleman. In the final panels of the series, Young Miracleman hears the voice from Kid Miracleman from infra-space asking to be let out.

The series is to be concluded in Book 6, The Dark Age. 

==Powers and abilities==
Miracleman can fly, has super-strength and is invulnerable. The source of his strength and durability is a forcefield,<ref name=B1C6/> derived from Qys technology.<ref name=B2C6/> He is able to tear open a bunker door without apparent effort,<ref name=B1C9/> push his finger through a human chest without any sort of run-up,<ref name=B2C10/> and clapping his hands together causes a concussive blast that deafens those within range.<ref name=B1C1/> Miracleman survives being in the range of the Operation Dragonslayer nuclear bomb unscathed, only being forced into dormancy by the physical and mental damage done to Mike Moran, and is impervious to bullets,<ref name=B1C1/> blades, rocket launchers and conventional explosives.<ref name=B1C8/> He can survive without oxygen,<ref name=B1YG/> and is able to singlehandedly carve Silence from subsea rock.<ref name=B3C4/> Liz finds his speed cannot be measured by a stopwatch, estimating it as well over Mach 2.<ref name=B1C6/> In the original, the character could fly around Earth fast enough to move backwards<ref name=MM078>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#78|date=12 February 1954|story=Marvelman and the Court of King Arthur|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|}}</ref><ref name=MMA57b>{{cite comic|title=The Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman and the Man in the Iron Mask|date=1957|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MM136>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#136|story=Marvelman and Hannibal|date=26 March 1956|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|}}</ref><ref name=MM148>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#148|date=16 June 1956|story=Marvelman and Hippocrates|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|}}</ref><ref name=MM175>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman|issue=#175|date=22 December 1956|story=Marvelman and Icarus|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|}}</ref><ref name=MMA56c>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman and Charles II|date=1956|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MMA59>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman and the Jester|date=1959|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MMA60q>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman and Scheherazade|date=1960|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MMA60b>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman and Dick Whittington|date=1960|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref> or forwards<ref name=MMA58c>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman and the Case of the Missing Space Ace|date=1958|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MMA59d>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=The Empty City|date=1959|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref><ref name=MMA60a>{{cite comic|title=Marvelman Annual|story=Marvelman and the Venasaur|date=1960|publisher=[[L. Miller & Son]]}}</ref> in time, an ability that has yet to be featured in the revival.

== Reception ==

=== Critical reception ===
Timothy Adams of ''[[ComicBook.com]]'' called Miracleman a "classic superhero."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Timothy |title=Marvel Teases the Long-Awaited Return of Miracleman |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/marvel-teases-long-awaited-return-of-miracleman/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=[[ComicBook.com]] |language=en}}</ref> Michael Doran of ''[[Newsarama]]'' included Miracleman in their "Best Marvel characters left to adapt to the MCU" list.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Michael DoranContributions from George Marston |date=2022-11-01 |title=The best Marvel characters left to adapt to the MCU |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/remaining-marvel-characters-to-adapt-to-the-mcu/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=gamesradar |language=en}}</ref> Danilo Raul of ''[[MovieWeb]]'' ranked Miracleman 7th in their "Obscure Marvel Characters That Deserve Their Own Films" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raul |first=Danilo |date=2023-03-22 |title=Obscure Marvel Characters That Deserve Their Own Films, Ranked |url=https://movieweb.com/marvel-characters-that-deserve-their-own-film/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=MovieWeb |language=en}}</ref>

==Other versions==
An alternate version of Miracleman is one of the heroes of Earth-238 that appears in the ''[[Captain Britain]]'' stories written by Moore and [[Alan Davis]] around the time of their work together on ''Marvelman'' for ''Warrior''. A grave bearing the name is seen by Captain Britain shortly before he is killed by [[Fury (Marvel Comics)|the Fury]] on the alternate world;<ref name=MSH388>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=Graveyard Shift|title=[[The Mighty World of Marvel|Marvel Superheroes]]|issue=#388|date=August 1982|publisher=[[Marvel UK]]}}</ref> the character's death at the hands of the symbiote was then shown in flashback during a nightmare experienced by
Linda McQuillan (the superhero [[Captain UK]]).<ref name=TDD7>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=Rough Justice|title=[[The Daredevils]]|issue=#7|date=July 1983| publisher=[[Marvel UK]]}}</ref> Moore would later recall that they came up for the name for the Marvel appearances<ref name=KAM/> but it features in his original proposal for the ''Warrior'' strip as an alternate title,<ref name=KOP/> but it was the first use of the name in print.<ref name=KMI/> When asked, Moore could not recall if he remembered using it when settling on renaming Marvelman for Eclipse Comics.<ref name=KAM/>

== Collected editions ==
{{further|Marvelman#Collected editions|Miracleman#Collected editions}}

==Notes==
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<ref name=N1>Since licensing the characters from Mick Anglo in 2009, [[Marvel Comics]] have used the Marvelman name for original 1954-1963 appearances and the Miracleman name for revival material.</ref>}}

==References==
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<ref name=KDS>{{cite book |last=Khoury |first=George |author-link= |date=2001 |title=Kimota! The Miracleman Companion |url= |location= |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page= |isbn=9781605490274|chapter=Reign of the ''Warrior'' King}}</ref>
<ref name=KAM>{{cite book |last=Khoury |first=George |author-link= |date=2001 |title=Kimota! The Miracleman Companion |url= |location= |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page= |isbn=9781605490274|chapter=Revival and Relevation}}</ref>
<ref name=KGL>{{cite book |last=Khoury |first=George |author-link= |date=2001 |title=Kimota! The Miracleman Companion |url= |location= |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page= |isbn=9781605490274|chapter=The Architect of Miracleman}}</ref>
<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>
<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>
<!--ref name=B1C0>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]; [[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Don Lawrence|Lawrence, Don]]|story=Prologue - 1956|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#1|date= August 1985| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref-->
<ref name=B1C1>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Garry Leach|Leach, Garry]]|story=...a Dream of Flying|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]] |issue=#1|date=March 1982| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<!--ref name=B1C2>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Garry Leach|Leach, Garry]]|story=(Untitled)|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]] |issue=#2|date=April 1982| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B1C3>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Garry Leach|Leach, Garry]]|story=When Johnny Comes Marching Home...|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]] |issue=#3|date=July 1982| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B1C4>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Garry Leach|Leach, Garry]]|story=Dragons|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]] |issue=#5|date=September 1982| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B1C5>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]; [[Garry Leach|Leach, Garry]]|story=Fallen Angels, Forgotten Thunder|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]] |issue=#6|date=October 1982| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref-->
<ref name=B1C6>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]; [[Garry Leach|Leach, Garry]]|story=Secret Identity|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]] |issue=#7|date=November 1982| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<!--ref name=B1C7>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=Blue Murder|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]] |issue=#8|date=December 1982| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref-->
<ref name=B1C8>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=Out of the Dark|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]] |issue=#9|date=January 1983| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B1C9>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=Inside Story|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]] |issue=#10|date=April/May 1983| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B1YG>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=The Yesterday Gambit|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]] |issue=#4|date=August 1982| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<!--ref name=B1C10>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=Zarathustra|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]] |issue=#11|date=July 1983| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B2C1>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=Catgames|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]|issue=#13|date=September 1983| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B2C2>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=One of Those Quiet Moments|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]|issue=#14|date=October 1983| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B2C3>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=Nightmares|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]|issue=#15|date=November 1983| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B2C4>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=The Approaching Light|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]|issue=#16|date=December 1983| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref-->
<ref name=B2C6>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=A Little Piece of Heaven|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]|issue=#20|date=July 1984| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<!--ref name=B2C7>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Alan Davis|Davis, Alan]]|story=...and Every Dog Its Day|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]|issue=#21|date=August 1984| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B2C8>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Chuck Austen|Beckum, Chuck]]|story=All Heads Turn as the Hunt Goes By|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#6|date=February 1986| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B2C9>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Chuck Austen|Beckum, Chuck]]|story=Bodies|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#7|date=April 1986| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref-->
<ref name=B2C10>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Chuck Austen|Beckum, Chuck]]|story=The Wish I Wish Tonight|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#7|date=April 1986| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<!--ref name=B2C11>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Rick Veitch|Veitch, Rick]]|story=Scenes from the Nativity|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#9|date=July 1986| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B2C12>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[Rick Veitch|Veitch, Rick]]|story=Mindgames|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#10|date=December 1986| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref-->
<ref name=B3C4>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[John Totleben|Totleben, John]]|story=Pantheon|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#14|date=April 1988| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<!--ref name=B2MF>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[John Ridgway (comics)|Ridgway, John]]|story=The Red King Syndrome|title=[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]|issue=#17|date=January 1984| publisher=[[Quality Communications]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B3C1>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[John Totleben|Totleben, John]]|story=Chronos|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#11|date= May 1987| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B3C2>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[John Totleben|Totleben, John]]|story=Aphrodite|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#12|date=September 1987| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B3C3>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[John Totleben|Totleben, John]]|story=Hermes|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#13|date=November 1987| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B3C5>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[John Totleben|Totleben, John]]|story=Nemesis|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#15|date=November 1988| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B3C6>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]]|artist=[[John Totleben|Totleben, John]]|story=Olympus|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#16|date=December 1989| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B4C1>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]]|artist=[[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]|story=Prologue|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#17|date=June 1990| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B4C2>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]]|artist=[[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]|story=A Prayer and a Hope...|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#17|date=June 1990| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B4C4>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]]|artist=[[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]|story=Trends|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#18|date=August 1990| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B4C9>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]]|artist=[[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]|story=Carnival|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#22|date=August 1991| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B4C10>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]]|artist=[[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]|story=Retrieval|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#17-22|date=June 1990-August 1991| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B5C1>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]]|artist=[[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]|story=The Secret Origin of Young Miracleman|title=Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age|issue=#1|date=December 2022| publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B5C2>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]]|artist=[[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]|story=When Titans Clash!|title=Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age|issue=#2|date=January 2023| publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B5C3>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]]|artist=[[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]|story=Trapped... in a World He Never Made!|title=Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age|issue=#3|date=February 2023| publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B5C4>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]]|artist=[[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]|story=An Alien Walks Among Us|title=Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age|issue=#4|date=March 2023| publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name=B5C4b>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]]; [[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]; [[Mick Anglo|Anglo, Mick]]|artist=[[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]; [[George Partlett|Partlett, George]]|story=Why? Part One|title=Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age|issue=#4|date=March 2023| publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref-->}}
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