Mister Miracle is part of the DC myth known as the fourth world, Maison des Nouveau Dieux on the two double planets New Genesis and Apokolips. The fourth world is the work of comic artist Jack Kirby, co-creator of the Marvel universe and one of the most important artists in the medium. Kirby thought of the fourth world and his characters like Darkseid while working at Marvel and brought ideas with him when he moved to DC in 1970.
“Mister Miracle” was one of the three original comics of the fourth world written and designed by Kirby, as well as “New Gods” and “The Forever People”. Mister Miracle is the son of Highfather, the sovereign of the new utopian genesis. To put an end to the conflict with Apokolips and his sovereign Darkseid, the new gods made a pact: Highfather and Darkseid exchanged sons.
Highfather raised Darkseid’s son, Orion with love like his own boy. Darkseid gave Highfather’s son to his torturer, Granny Goodness. The boy has never stopped trying to escape, winning the nickname “Scott Libre”, and finally, he was up to his name. Making his way to Earth, Scott used his experience to become a professional escape artist: Mister Miracle. He is married to Big Barda, former leader of Darkseid and Granny’s High Guard, The Female Furies. (Scott’s career based in Kirby on Jim Steranko, another comic strip artist and an escape artist, and Barda was based on Kirby’s own woman, Roz.)
But despite his new love and his life, Scott is always haunted by his childhood and his adoptive father. During King and Gerad’s “Miracle Miracle”, the character suffers from depression and tries to “escape” with a suicide attempt. He survives, and the rest of the series follows him and Barda, trying to enjoy a normal life. This life is interrupted by their deployment on a scale to fight in a renewed conflict between New Genesis and Apokolips (note that King’s military history appear?).
The synopsis for animation “Mister Miracle” sounds as remains faithful to comics: “[A] A heartbreaking, hilarious and heartbreaking journey through the traps of the ordinary and extraordinary while the Son of God raised by the devil tries to save his family, his world, and perhaps even. “”
It is logical that the series is animated. Kirby’s conceptions of original colorful characters adapt better than live action. Animation in general is the cinema closest to comics. (The two concern the drawings that have come to life.) King did not work in animation before, but it is not uncommon for the animators to start as a comic artists. Storyboard and comic drawing are similar art forms. The only question I have is how this story will work without be a comic strip. Each page of “Mister Miracle” is a nine panel grid to show how Scott feels trapped. The flow of panels is often broken by those representing a black vacuum and the words “Darkseid is”, showing how it haunts our main character. Can the show use different tips for the same effect? Since King himself is at the head to adapt his own story, I am convinced that this will find a means.
