Favorite Costumes In Comic Books - Number Two - Mr Miracle

Of all the people to ever draw a comic book, there was no one greater that Jack Kirby. They call him the King for a reason. I could go through all the reasons why he is such an important and innovative creator and vital to comic history but all comic fans already know all this. Kirby had more imagination and talent in his little finger than any ten artists you want to name. His dynamic style made the comic pages come alive, especially for a young Calvin who starving for that kind of visual overload that was a Kirby comic. For me, my favorite of all his multitude of creations was Mr. Miracle.

The mythology is that Jack Kirby was talking to fellow great Jim Steranko who was once an escape artist. From that germ Kirby created the greatest of all comic escape artists - Scott Free, Mr Miracle.

 

I would argue that Mr. Miracle is the heart and soul of what is called the Kirby's Forth World - Darseid and All-Father battling eternally exchange their sons as part of a peace treaty between Apocalypse and New Genesis.

 

 

Orion got the sweet life on New Genesis while Scott Free was tortured on Apocalypse until he said NO MORE and did what no other before had done - he escaped the slave pits of Darkseid and became one of those how actively opposed Darkseid's tyranny. He became HOPE in a world that no longer had any.

Comics are a visual medium and Mr. Miracle's costume is designed to take full advantage of that fact. He is as brightly colored as he can be and combined with Kirby's kinetic style, he is the perfect muse for an artist with so much imagination that it must have just poured out of his head.