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Kid Miracleman
Kid Miracleman (originally Kid Marvelman), whose civilian name is Jonathan James "Johnny" Bates, is a fictional British Golden Age comic book character, originally created by Mick Anglo for publisher L. Miller & Son in 1955, and debuting in Marvelman #102, dated July 10 of that year.
The character was subsequently revived in 1982 by Alan Moore as an antagonist in Marvelman, published in the pages of the anthology Warrior. The series was continued from 1985 as Miracleman, with the character renamed Kid Miracleman as a result.
By 1955 Mick Anglo had been producing the successful Marvelman and Young Marvelman comics for London publisher L. Miller & Son for around 18 months, inspired by the Fawcett Publications Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr characters. While the third member of Fawcett's Marvel Family was Mary Marvel, Anglo instead opted to make the a new male addition. Alan Moore and Denis Gifford would later speculate that the comic's audience was primarily prepubescent boys who would not react well to a female character.
Kid Marvelman debuted in the secondary strip of Marvelman #101, as the superhero identity of young boy Johnny Bates. The appearance was written by Anglo and drawn by Don Lawrence, who would illustrate the majority of the character's 1950s appearances. After a stint as a supporting feature in Marvelman, the character was span off into the new monthly title Marvelman Family, where the lead strip saw Kid Marvelman team up with Marvelman and Young Marvelman against various threats. Like his stablemates, Kid Marvelman's adventures began with the character already having his powers; unlike them, his origin was never related to readers. Instead a text box in his first appearance noting that Bates had been "appointed by Marvelman himself" was the only explanation given for how the character has been empowered.
A competitive market saw sales of the Marvelman comics decline, and in November 1959 Marvelman Family was cancelled, shortly after Lawrence's departure following a disagreement with Anglo. While his co-stars would appear in their own weekly comics until 1963, Kid Marvelman was rarely glimpsed within. The Marvelman Family name was briefly revived in 1963 for an annual – with Kid Marvelman on the cover along with his allies – but the contents featured only a single reprint appearance for the character.
When Marvelman was revived as a revisionist superhero strip in Quality Communications anthology Warrior, Kid Marvelman was part of the story's main cast. Writer Alan Moore reinvented the character as a villain, both of Marvelman and – in the early stages – the mooted shared 'Warrior universe'. The latter posited that another of Moore's strips for the magazine – V for Vendetta – took place in an alternate universe where Marvelman was never reborn; Warrior publisher Dez Skinn joked that Kid Marvelman killed V during his rise to power in the 'mainstream' universe. At the suggestion of artist Garry Leach, the character retained a business suit for his present day appearances, with the original yellow version largely being restricted to flashbacks. The artist based the character's updated design on musician David Bowie and actor Jon Finch. Later, a predominantly black version was created.
Moore's original proposal for the series gave Bates' year of birth as 1949 and his mother as an RAF worker. It also noted that he was born out of wedlock – a considerable social stigma in post-war Britain – and was orphaned at the age of five. Further detail was also added on his activities in founding Sunburst Cybernetics, suggesting he used his abilities to conduct industrial espionage. While these aspects are consistent with the published material they have yet to be referenced directly in the stories. After the Warrior strip entered hiatus following a disagreement between Moore and Leach's successor Alan Davis, Grant Morrison pitched a Kid Marvelman story featuring the character debating with a Catholic priest; however, Moore vetoed anyone else using the character. The story would eventually see print in 2014 as part of Marvel Comics' All-New Miracleman Annual #1, with new art from Joe Quesada. The series was continued from 1985 as Miracleman by Eclipse Comics in order to avoid legal action by Marvel Comics, with the character renamed Kid Miracleman as a result.
After being selected by Marvelman, tenement-dwelling schoolboy Johnny Bates gained the ability to change into Kid Marvelman by calling his hero's name. He fought crooks, spy rings, thieves' and squabbling yokels. He also frequently joined Marvelman and Young Marvelman as the super team known as the Marvelman Family; among the threats they faced were Garrer and his army of time-travelling renegades, a combined alliance of Marvelman's arch-enemy Doctor Gargunza and his nephew, Young Marvelman rogue Young Gargunza, the King of Vegetableland, invaders from the planet Vardica, would-be dictator Professor Batts and his speech-scramber, a crime boss intent on sinking Pacific City below the ocean, the cruel, slave-driving King Snop of Atlantis (which the story revealed would eventually become Australia), an attempt by Gargunza to declare himself King of the Universe, cruel 14th century knight Simon de Carton (and clearing the name of Amadis of Gaul in the process), a monster accidentally collected from the planet Droon and Professor Wosmine's shrinking ray.
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Kid Miracleman
Kid Miracleman (originally Kid Marvelman), whose civilian name is Jonathan James "Johnny" Bates, is a fictional British Golden Age comic book character, originally created by Mick Anglo for publisher L. Miller & Son in 1955, and debuting in Marvelman #102, dated July 10 of that year.
The character was subsequently revived in 1982 by Alan Moore as an antagonist in Marvelman, published in the pages of the anthology Warrior. The series was continued from 1985 as Miracleman, with the character renamed Kid Miracleman as a result.
By 1955 Mick Anglo had been producing the successful Marvelman and Young Marvelman comics for London publisher L. Miller & Son for around 18 months, inspired by the Fawcett Publications Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr characters. While the third member of Fawcett's Marvel Family was Mary Marvel, Anglo instead opted to make the a new male addition. Alan Moore and Denis Gifford would later speculate that the comic's audience was primarily prepubescent boys who would not react well to a female character.
Kid Marvelman debuted in the secondary strip of Marvelman #101, as the superhero identity of young boy Johnny Bates. The appearance was written by Anglo and drawn by Don Lawrence, who would illustrate the majority of the character's 1950s appearances. After a stint as a supporting feature in Marvelman, the character was span off into the new monthly title Marvelman Family, where the lead strip saw Kid Marvelman team up with Marvelman and Young Marvelman against various threats. Like his stablemates, Kid Marvelman's adventures began with the character already having his powers; unlike them, his origin was never related to readers. Instead a text box in his first appearance noting that Bates had been "appointed by Marvelman himself" was the only explanation given for how the character has been empowered.
A competitive market saw sales of the Marvelman comics decline, and in November 1959 Marvelman Family was cancelled, shortly after Lawrence's departure following a disagreement with Anglo. While his co-stars would appear in their own weekly comics until 1963, Kid Marvelman was rarely glimpsed within. The Marvelman Family name was briefly revived in 1963 for an annual – with Kid Marvelman on the cover along with his allies – but the contents featured only a single reprint appearance for the character.
When Marvelman was revived as a revisionist superhero strip in Quality Communications anthology Warrior, Kid Marvelman was part of the story's main cast. Writer Alan Moore reinvented the character as a villain, both of Marvelman and – in the early stages – the mooted shared 'Warrior universe'. The latter posited that another of Moore's strips for the magazine – V for Vendetta – took place in an alternate universe where Marvelman was never reborn; Warrior publisher Dez Skinn joked that Kid Marvelman killed V during his rise to power in the 'mainstream' universe. At the suggestion of artist Garry Leach, the character retained a business suit for his present day appearances, with the original yellow version largely being restricted to flashbacks. The artist based the character's updated design on musician David Bowie and actor Jon Finch. Later, a predominantly black version was created.
Moore's original proposal for the series gave Bates' year of birth as 1949 and his mother as an RAF worker. It also noted that he was born out of wedlock – a considerable social stigma in post-war Britain – and was orphaned at the age of five. Further detail was also added on his activities in founding Sunburst Cybernetics, suggesting he used his abilities to conduct industrial espionage. While these aspects are consistent with the published material they have yet to be referenced directly in the stories. After the Warrior strip entered hiatus following a disagreement between Moore and Leach's successor Alan Davis, Grant Morrison pitched a Kid Marvelman story featuring the character debating with a Catholic priest; however, Moore vetoed anyone else using the character. The story would eventually see print in 2014 as part of Marvel Comics' All-New Miracleman Annual #1, with new art from Joe Quesada. The series was continued from 1985 as Miracleman by Eclipse Comics in order to avoid legal action by Marvel Comics, with the character renamed Kid Miracleman as a result.
After being selected by Marvelman, tenement-dwelling schoolboy Johnny Bates gained the ability to change into Kid Marvelman by calling his hero's name. He fought crooks, spy rings, thieves' and squabbling yokels. He also frequently joined Marvelman and Young Marvelman as the super team known as the Marvelman Family; among the threats they faced were Garrer and his army of time-travelling renegades, a combined alliance of Marvelman's arch-enemy Doctor Gargunza and his nephew, Young Marvelman rogue Young Gargunza, the King of Vegetableland, invaders from the planet Vardica, would-be dictator Professor Batts and his speech-scramber, a crime boss intent on sinking Pacific City below the ocean, the cruel, slave-driving King Snop of Atlantis (which the story revealed would eventually become Australia), an attempt by Gargunza to declare himself King of the Universe, cruel 14th century knight Simon de Carton (and clearing the name of Amadis of Gaul in the process), a monster accidentally collected from the planet Droon and Professor Wosmine's shrinking ray.