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There is plenty to talk about the final issue of Miracleman: The Silver Age by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham published today.
There is plenty to talk about in the final issue of Miracleman: The Silver Age by Neil Gaiman, Mark Buckingham, Jodie Bellaire and Todd Klein published today. And we will. But one aspect to underline will have to be just how beautiful this comic book is, depicting a utopia that isn’t. I was most blown away by the stereotypical Yorkshire village that never quite existed in previous issues, but today we get… Australia.
But we also get a promise. This is the conclusion of the second book of Gaiman and Buckingham’s story that followed the Alan Moore/Garry Leach/Alan Davis/Chuck Austen/Rick Veitch/Steve Bissette/John Totleben Marvelman/Miracleman saga. Gaiman and Buckingham’s first book of the sequel, The Golden Age, told 30 years ago, looked at the intricacies and eccentricities of this supposed perfect world, with some of the imperfections that make up any life worth living. The sequel, The Silver Age saw a new perspective on this world, the Captain America/Adam Adamant/Demolition Man/Brave New World story of a man out of time and place, trying to fit into it, or at least workm out what has happened and what is going on. And maybe do something about it.
And now we have a new promise. As planned all those decades ago and coming to fruition. The Dark Age. It is coming. We don’t know when. Maybe they will tell us. But for now we have a promise.
See you in another thirty years maybe? Hopefully sooner than that… but as to the solicitation copy below, cataclysmic shpowdown? No. This is Silver Age #7, not Miracleman #15. Come on now. Let’s wait for The Dark Age… I reckon I can make it to 81 years old if I start exercising a bit more.
MIRACLEMAN SILVER AGE #7
MARVEL COMICS
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(W) Neil Gaiman (A/CA) Mark Buckingham
MIRACLEMAN VS. YOUNG MIRACLEMAN! The cataclysmic showdown is finally here!
Mature In Shops: Jan 17, 2024 SRP: $4.99
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