So, Scott tries to kill himself in ' an attempt to escape death'.

Still, if you'd rather not know anything, look away now.Īlright. Spoiler Alert - but not really because it happens in the first few pages. Mister Miracle and Big Barda are one of the coolest (if underrated) couples in the DC universe. I love, absolutely love, to see solid relationships portrayed in any sort of media. However, I've always had a really big soft spot for couples like Scott & Barda in comics. Like most good writers, Tom King does that thing with this book that lets each reader decide what the story means, while at the same time kinda pointing you toward what it meant to him.Īnd it's not the kind of stuff I normally gravitate towards because of that. Is death the trap that's been waiting for him all along? Or is it life itself? And what price will Scott Free have to pay to learn the answer?Įisner Award winners Tom King and Mitch Gerads present a bold new vision of one of Jack Kirby's greatest creations with Mister Miracle–powerful, intimate and utterly unique, this modern comics classic will challenge everything you know about super-heroism! But the terrible power of the Anti-Life Equation may already be at work in his own mind, warping his reality and shattering the fragile happiness he's found with the woman he loves. With war raging between their homeworlds of Apokolips and New Genesis, Scott's cruel adoptive father, Darkseid, seems to have finally found the Anti-Life Equation–the weapon that will give him total victory.Īs the mountains of bodies on both sides grow ever higher, only Mister Miracle can stop the slaughter and restore peace. Something has gone horribly wrong with the perfect life that Scott and his wife Big Barda have made for themselves on Earth. But can he pull off the ultimate trick–and escape death itself? He is Scott Free, the worldwide celebrity sensation known as Mister Miracle, and he is the greatest escape artist who ever lived.

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