• Fear and paranoia are alive and well in The Golden Age.
• For Sandra Walsh, every dark corner in The City conceals a threat - but does one hold the truth?
• Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham's first Miracleman story, "Screaming," reintroduces a familiar face from Miracleman's past!
• The Golden Age's god of the dead joins Miracleman's Infra-Space "Retrieval."
• Including material originally presented in MIRACLEMAN (1985) #21 and TOTAL ECLIPSE #4, plus bonus content.
What at first seems an espionage thriller is revealed as an attempt by the gods to redeem the various spies, spooks, and secret agents of the previous age from their perpetual paranoia. The particular operative we follow completes the purgation designed by the gods and is deemed worthy of paradise, but the sin remains. In the final panel she theologizes that the Golden Age and its gods and all of reality itself may prove another plot to unravel, a scheme beset by beings greater still. Having viewed the world as through a mirror darkly, shes now seen the gods face to face, and remains at heart an unbeliever; she may not be wrong. Read Full Review
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