Comics :: The Only Exciting News Out of Comic-Con - Miracleman

Hi, I'm Brent! Long, long, looong time friend of Aj and now the resident comic nerd of this here blog. My goal when it comes to writing about comics is always to not be such a gigantic nerd that it's hard to follow along unless you're already a comic fan. Plus, I'm not exactly an all knowing fanboy myself...just a dude that likes comics.

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Coming out of Comic Con the only news that really jumped out as "OMG! NERD BONER!" worthy was the news that Marvel had purchased Alan Moore's Marvelman (Miracleman) stories and was looking into possibly reprinting them as a nice hardcover set.

While "deconstructing the superhero" is just standard operating procedure in the comic world now, Marvelman was one of the first times (if not THE first time) it was done really well. Alan Moore is a nutjob with an amazing mind for comic book writing and it truly is a shame that this story hasn't had a beautiful reprint treatment to this point. The truth is the story behind why this hasn't happened is just long and boring. If you want to read about it (and the history of the character pre-Alan Moore), just go here.

The important thing is that it may be happening sometime in the future and everyone with any interest in comics should read these stories. Miracleman features deep subject matter and graphic art (including a birth scene showing the baby emerging from the vaginal canal) that trumps most everything you get from anything in the modern comic world. The amazing thing is that for all the graphic moments it is not a "shock" tactic. The birth scene is just to bring you closer to the moment, the classic Kid Miracleman attack on London is meant to be brutal in its dipiction, shock is needed to get the point across...etc.

Speaking of Kid Miracleman (or Kid Marvelman if you prefer), he is one of the best villains in the history of comics. He is just pure evil. See the image to the right for proof.

Anyway, I could write a complete recap of the series but I'd rather hope that SOMEONE reads this and either seeks the books out once they're released in hardcover format or if you can't wait there are always torrent sites...not that I'm advocating such a thing.