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Miracleman #2
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"Because we tried to set it in as realistic a world as were capable of, we found that every aspects of the character’s life presented us with new questions. If superheroes were real, then what would their relationships with their loved ones be like—especially in the case of a character like Marvelman, who is literally two completely separate people? Would there be psychological ramifications of constantly being the junior partner—constantly being the Billy Batson, who has to say the magic word and turn into the invulnerable superhero, in order to achieve anything? That could get to you after a while. We started to think about those ramifications. We also thought about what the political ramifications of some of these things would be. What would the government’s part be in all this? Where did this extraordinary technology come from in the first place to actually give someone another body at the utterance of a magic word? So, the whole Marvelman continuity kind of spread out from there. And, very early on, we started thinking about why Marvelman has been out of the picture all these years. What happens to his former sidekicks?"
- Alan Moore
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Miracleman #1
May. 31st, 2018 09:09 pmhistory79
"Picking up on a character like Marvelman was something that really put a lot of my unproven theories to the test, because right from the start you’ve got the problem that the character is faintly ridiculous. The standards of the 1950s and early 1960s were very, very different to anything we’re familiar with today, at least in terms of English comic books. So, you’d have Marvelman meeting fairy tale characters or scientific super-villains from another planet, and this was all, apparently, completely consistent and logical. No one really bothered with consistency back then! And yet, I approached the character thinking it would be arrogant to simply say, “Well, none of these previous stories ever happened and I’m now going to tell you a completely revamped story.” There’d be no point in actually doing that story about Marvelman, because the whole thing is to stick to the original continuity. But, I thought that it could maybe be reinterpreted in such a way that would make the character a lot more credible and a lot more involving. So, I looked at those ridiculous fairy tale adventures and thought, “Well, this plainly couldn’t have happened. And yet, this is part of the Marvelman continuity. What about if this happened entirely in his mind in some way? What if there was a whole other story going on?” And, I gradually, probably leaning heavily upon Philip K. Dick, came up with the idea of these people who were kept in a dream state, with programmed dreams, for a number of years. And, I thought that would explain the odder 1950s and ‘60s stories."
- Alan Moore
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Miracleman #1
Sep. 4th, 2015 07:46 pmhistory79
"In old comics, like old sitcoms, it didn’t matter what happened — at the beginning of the next episode you’re back in the status quo. Alan was the first person to go, “You can’t actually do that.” If Superman existed, he would change the world. Miracleman, with almost infinite power, creates a utopia as best he can and sets himself up as a god."
- Neil Gaiman
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Warrior #10, Part One: Alan Moore
Feb. 27th, 2010 09:08 pmskjamWhile I've tried to cover some of the breadth of the UK comics industry circa 1983 in my previous posts, many US fans think of a handful of creators when they say "British comics." And I know a few of you have been anxiously awaiting a post that would include one of them. Handily, the first three stories in "Warrior" #10 were all written by Alan Moore.
( Alan Moore, Alan Moore, riding through the glen )
Next time: Three more stories, not by Alan Moore.
Your thoughts, comments?
suggested tags:
character: Miracleman/Mickey Moran
creator: Alan Davis
creator: Alan Moore
creator: David Lloyd
creator: Garry Leach
medium: British comics
publisher: Quality Communications
title: Miracleman
title: V For Vendetta
title: Warpsmith
title: Warrior
( Alan Moore, Alan Moore, riding through the glen )
Next time: Three more stories, not by Alan Moore.
Your thoughts, comments?
suggested tags:
character: Miracleman/Mickey Moran
creator: Alan Davis
creator: Alan Moore
creator: David Lloyd
creator: Garry Leach
medium: British comics
publisher: Quality Communications
title: Miracleman
title: V For Vendetta
title: Warpsmith
title: Warrior
McFarlane's Man of Miracles
Aug. 5th, 2009 03:02 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
une_croix.insanejournal.comGuess who's back?
What with all the MiracleMan/MarvelMan talk over the past week, I thought I'd post 4 of the six pages from MM's most recent appearance - the Image anniversary hardcover.
To think, we'll never get to see more of this masterpiece...
(Coming up: LIEFELD!)
What with all the MiracleMan/MarvelMan talk over the past week, I thought I'd post 4 of the six pages from MM's most recent appearance - the Image anniversary hardcover.
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To think, we'll never get to see more of this masterpiece...
(Coming up: LIEFELD!)
SDCC: Marvel Buys Marvelman
Jul. 24th, 2009 03:33 pmtrueredorion.insanejournal.comMarvel announced at SDCC that they've bought Marvelman (better known as Miracleman in the states) from creator Mick Anglo. 1 image under the cut.
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Quality badges in colour! (and a link)
May. 5th, 2009 09:11 pmdr_hermes.insanejournal.com
This is from the back cover of WARRIOR# 12, August 1983. Some of the characters depicted are well known today, but others have fallen into obscurity. (Although you never know with fictional characters-- some may be revived and become more popular than before). The V FOR VENDETTA symbol and the accompanying Guy Fawkes mask would be good choices if you could somehow mail a money order for 65p back twenty-six years. The one with the bowler, umbrella handle and rose was for BIG BEN ('the Man With No Time For Crime') but people would almost certainly take it to be John Steed ("Oh, I love THE AVENGERS! Mrs Peel was just so cool!")
Pronably the funniest to wear (and one that works on a metatextual level) would be either of the Pressbutton badges. (Bloodsplattered or clean). Axel Pressbutton himself is shown on badge U. He was a psychotic cyborg, a former florist whose body was almost entirely eaten away by a telepathic plant. His robot body substituted a large button on his chest that, when pressed, stimulated all his pleasure centers. (Considering he had a large cleaver on his left arm, this was not always a safe thing to do.) Anyway, actuaslly wearing a "Press" button opens several different conversational gambits.
Then we have this link to something called TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT. This is not comics related, but I thought denizens of scans_daily might find it amusing in a horrifying sort of way.
http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/
