Significant changes have happened to the Miracle Family, and the new bonds will be tested as moves are made. Young Miracleman will have his newly restored life turned upside down, which was a major cliffhanger for fans of Miracleman back in 1993. Before we get the new material, take time to appreciate this remaster of a significant issue. Read Full Review

THIS IS HOW YOU WRITE A STORY. Gaiman nailed the character development, building empathy for Young Miracleman as a man not only decades removed from his own time and confused by the new world that he sees, but also a man dealing with the realization that his own memories of those decades were false to begin with. And that kiss took things from 0 to 100 faster than anything I’ve ever seen in comics. Rather than shoehorn some nonsensical homosexual kiss into the story for no other reason than to mark off some woke checkbox (here’s looking at you, Tom Taylor), the kiss here works on so many levels to intensify what is happening in the story.

1) For young miracleman, a product of a bygone era where homosexuality was largely recognized as perversion, the kiss would’ve come across as immoral. On top of that, it was done by someone who he looked up to as a mentor, adding a Harvey Weinsteinesque creepiness to the situation.

2) For miracleman, the kiss hearkens back to Alan Moore’s earlier work, where he kissed Gargunza before killing him. However, here he is motivated by the idea that he is helping young miracleman, a thought implanted by miraclewoman against miracleman’s own doubts. Thus he is also confused and shocked by young miracleman’s reaction, leading to his confrontation of miraclewoman at the issue’s close.

3) This adds a high level of intrigue to the whole series. What was miraclewoman’s motivation for telling miracleman what she did to get him to do what he did? What will happen between the two now?

Brilliantly done. more