Tom King+Mitch Gerad To Write/Draw Mister Miracle

[Abe]

Wonderful issue. So strong. And the colours!

My favourite issue so far!

[Godlike13]

So good. Dah Dah...

[CaptCleghorn]

Every time I look at this and think I know what's going on, something else jumps out at me. I'm thinking this is going to be covering a major portion of Kirby's mythos and isn't just a Mr Miracle story, but a full fledged New Gods extravaganza. The solicits for 10 hint at another Pact between New Genesis and Apokolips.

Damn, this is so good. The juxtaposition of a traditional home life and a thoroughly bizarre "work" is extraordinary. The focus screams out what the characters are feeling and thinking. Wow.

[millernumber1]

This family...I really hope King doesn't pull it all away from us...though I did hear him promising two fans that he wasn't going to break up Scott and Barda...but that doesn't mean he won't kill them both or something equally sad...

[Ra-El]

This family...I really hope King doesn't pull it all away from us...though I did hear him promising two fans that he wasn't going to break up Scott and Barda...but that doesn't mean he won't kill them both or something equally sad...

From what I heard and read, what I fear is that Scott could end up in the same situation as Highfather, having to make a deal with Darkseid, maybe even one involving his son.

[millernumber1]

From what I heard and read, what I fear is that Scott could end up in the same situation as Highfather, having to make a deal with Darkseid, maybe even one involving his son.

Oh, man, I hadn't even thought of that, but that's HORRIBLE!

[Jody Garland]

I can't believe i hadn't picked up on Jacob being named after Kirby yet.

Good issue, overall. The war scenes hammer home just how monstrous the war is, while the juxtaposed baby scenes are, for lack of a better word, really cute.

[Naked Bat]

Gerads work really compliments the story. The juxtaposition was amazing. The fight against Kanto was funny as hell. I missed Barda. Her relationship with Scott is so sweet, and King di an incredible work with them, so having her being basent from most of the issue was a blow, but it was precisely the point. Good job King!

[gooch4011]

I am absolutely loving this series! I really hope Scott doesn't have to make a deal with Darkseid, that would probably ruin everything for me and this series has been one of my favorites.

[Green Goblin of Sector 2814]

So good. Dah Dah...

How much you wanna bet his first words are gonna be "Darkseid Is."

[soundsci]

Another solid issue by King/Gerads, though perhaps not my favorite of King story this week, surprisingly.

I agree that Barda's presence was missed, and that was likely intentional.

I have to wonder how many pages in the entire series don't utilize the 9-panel grid. Could've sworn there was at least one in the first issue, but I'd need to look again. But its frequent (constant?) use has given the presentation a sort of structure that will be seen as iconic in years to come, I suspect.

Also, "Batman kills babies"

[gregpersons]

From what I heard and read, what I fear is that Scott could end up in the same situation as Highfather, having to make a deal with Darkseid, maybe even one involving his son.

Oh crap, that makes a LOT of sense. Especially after this issue showing us how much they don't want to let go of the baby.

I've been trying to figure out what the dark twist is going to be — like, the home life is an artificial reality trap of comfort for Scott Free — but having to swap babies is definitely where this is going.

[Robotman]

I can't believe i hadn't picked up on Jacob being named after Kirby yet.

Good issue, overall. The war scenes hammer home just how monstrous the war is, while the juxtaposed baby scenes are, for lack of a better word, really cute.

Same here. Didn’t get the hidden meaning of naming the baby Jacob until Funky started calling him “Jack”. Of course Kirby’s really name was Jacob Kurtzberg.

“That’s my Jack! He’s the king!”

Such a great issue.

From what I heard and read, what I fear is that Scott could end up in the same situation as Highfather, having to make a deal with Darkseid, maybe even one involving his son.

Oh shit, that’s heartbreaking. But it would add a brand new wrinkle to the New Gods mythology. They’re doomed to make the same mistakes. Hopefully DC has already greenlit a sequel and we’ll get the results of the new Pact. Maybe the story will skip a few years ahead.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

This issue was beautiful. I love it even more now that I know about the meta-textual layer that Tom King is writing a reconciliation between Stan Lee and Jack Kirby with Funky Flashman and baby Jack.

[Lightning Rider]

I'm still curious about what the image distortions indicate. I thought we'd have been told earlier on whether or not the events we're watching are actually happening. It would seem cruel at this point for his newborn to be part of an illusion, but either he's being watched somehow, perhaps through Darkseid's gaze, or it's all another trap he has to escape.