adventurous challenging dark
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roc_ko's review

5.0

Before Watchmen there was Miracleman, a super hero whose only weakness is copyright. Alan Moore started his revisionism of super heroes here in great, great fashion. Highly recommended.

jeffs_300's review

4.0
dark mysterious tense fast-paced

The art was great! The story is just sort of an intro, but I’m intrigued as to how this develops. Seems pretty unique.

 Alan Moore is at the top of his writing skill, and the series continues to be great with Neil Gaiman. John Tottleben does an outstanding job with the art. The series includes Andy Warhol, has an absolutely moving issue called "Birth" and I love Winter, the child. Amazing. 
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bentleyc's review

1.0
slow-paced

Man but the re-color stole so much from this

georgesc's review

3.25
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Miracleman (Marvelman originally, but changed due to various intellectual property shenanigans) was Alan Moore's warning shot fired at the American superhero comic. These first four issues represent as thorough a dismantling of superheroes, their origins, and their place in the world as you could hope for.

brandonadaniels's review

3.0

It’s always great to see the early, sometimes messy work of the greats. This doesn’t quite hold up as well as V For Vendetta or Swamp Thing, but there’s still some good stuff here.
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated