Miracleman, Book One: A Dream of Flying
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KIMOTA! With one magic word, a long-forgotten legend lives again! Freelance reporter Michael Moran always knew he was meant for something more-now, an unexpected series of events leads him to reclaim his destiny as Miracleman! The groundbreaking graphic novel that heralded a literary revolution begins here in A DREAM OF FLYING.
After nearly two decades away, Miracleman uncovers his origins and their connection to the British military's "Project Zarathustra" - while his alter ego, Michael Moran, must reconcile his life as the lesser half of a god.
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3 primary books4 released books#1 in Miracleman
Miracleman is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 1988 with contributions by James Robinson, Sarah Byam, and Dick Foreman.
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I'm absolutely thrilled that this has been reprinted. It's been unavailable for so long, and it's such an important part of superhero comics from a historical standpoint. Beyond that, I'm not sure what else there is to say about it - Moore and Leach's work is phenomenal, and really sells the idea of the superhero as Nitzschean übermensch in a way that would have been difficult with text alone.
At the same time, it's interesting to read this book now, because while it was completely groundbreaking and an integral part of Moore's reinvention of the he superhero genre in the 80s, it's also a victim of its own legendary status. It's almost like listening to an old Chuck Berry record - revolutionary for its time, but show it to someone now and it seems hackneyed and cliche (because it first created those cliches). I have to admit I'm jealous of people who got to read this before Watchmen, before The Authority, before Irredeemable and all of the other versions that have come since.
