Blogotional: Comic Art

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Comic Art

Suppose for a minute you are one of the good guys. But your dad, the ultimate good guy, in order to keep the peace with the bad guys trades you to the ultimate bad guy in exchange for his son - Whadda ya do? Well, you try to escape, which pretty much explains Mister Miracle, the greatest escape artist of all time.

The Mister Miracle mantel has been worn by several individuals through the years, and his story is a bit hard to follow. Nonetheless he has been on of the most compelling and iconic characters to come from Kirby's DC masterwork - The New Gods. But the costume is mostly associated with Scott Free, son of the Highfather, but raised by Darkseid.

I was originally attracted to the character because of his resemblance to the Red Tornado, one of the cooler looking heroes out there. But as a child, I found the stories of the New Gods so complex as to be impenetrable. However, as I grew I came to appreciate the depth of work involved in this creation. Mister Miracle is especially notable because of his desire to be essentially human.

Married to Big Barda, they live on earth, try to act human and have joined the Justice League. He eshues his New God powers in favor of using his escape artist technique to save the day. Houdini as hero. What a concept - what a look!