tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post4108110652549412057..comments2024-03-25T11:21:33.915-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Mining for Gold(en): Mister Miracle in "Double Bind!"The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-79914575230623116492009-06-20T18:31:55.175-04:002009-06-20T18:31:55.175-04:00I don't think it was so much that Mr Miracle w...I don't think it was so much that Mr Miracle was more popular than the New Gods or Forever People, it was just that Kirby had a contractual obligation to provide a certain number of pages every week, and Mr Miracle was the book most easily converted to a more reader-friendly super-hero title. Note there's very little Fourth World stuff after issue 10 -- well, apart from the big finale in #18.Allanhttp://www.thefifthbranch.com/gorilladazenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-1314979116660018482009-06-18T14:27:50.381-04:002009-06-18T14:27:50.381-04:00Supposedly, Len Wein was going to take over writin...Supposedly, Len Wein was going to take over writing chores with #26, although there was some talk of a Big Barda back-up by Gerber.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-51753516385440795012009-06-18T05:37:39.169-04:002009-06-18T05:37:39.169-04:00The fact that the work of the Gerber-Golden team o...The fact that the work of the Gerber-Golden team on Mr. Miracle was cut short was always one of the more tantalizing "would have beens" in comics, at least to me. I think both Englehart and Gerber really did a spectacular job of continuing the Mr. Miracle story and, in Gerber's case, setting off in a bold new direction. The "secular messiah" concept was intriguing, and it would have been really fascinating to see Gerber further develop that story-line. And that art alone in these 7 issues (Rogers followed by Golden!) would seem to warrant its release in a trade.<br />I think my only criticism of this run on Mr. Miracle is that the atmosphere was a little too weighty and serious, in contrast to the light-hearted, almost sit-com like vibe Kirby created among the main characters in the original series (which was resurrected in that later Mr. Miracle run from the late '80s/early '90s).Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.com