You keep opening the egg after egg until your left with a big, empty, dissatisfied feeling of weariness.After an almost 20 year absence, Miracleman reappears, throwing his alter ego Mike Moran's life into chaos...After an almost 20 year absence, Miracleman reappears, throwing his alter ego Mike Moran's life into chaos...A god shall walk among men, thus spake Zarathustra; this one walks from the technicolor innocence of the comic book 1950s into the dark and grime of the real world 1980s. Freelance reporter Michael Moran always knew he was meant for something more-now, an unexpected series of events leads him to reclaim his destiny as Miracleman! Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Obviously still a great peace of work by the consitently class Alan Moore refered to as The Original Writer in these books due to some legal wrangles. As you'd expect with Alan Moore, an interesting take on a familiar theme. Miracleman, Book One Publisher: Eclipse Comics Writer: Alan Moore Subtitle: A Dream of Flying Item Type: Comic Contributors: Garry Leach (Artist), Alan Davis (Artist) You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.Something went wrong. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Miracleman Book 1: A Dream of Flying has 1 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace It is one of the earliest major works by Alan Moore (The Original Writer) and it really is yet another piece of brilliance from him, revealing the thinking and writing of a man who would redefine comics.Beautiful art, beautifully written and high standard printing! This is Alan Moore's revisionist take on Marvelman, a superhero from the 1950s created by Mick Anglo, and it's a key work in helping comics to break free from their restrictive code. By now, it has become a cliche to depict the fascist superman, the debauched superman, the corrupt superman. Please try again. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. I don't know if that's a new thing with Alan Moore but it is quite strange. He helped finish Michelle McNa...KIMOTA! One of the best pieces of work Alan Moore has written. A very good friend brought it to my attention back in the early 90's but I've never got a copy until this new hardback print. Lets just say many many creators and writers took inspiration from what Moore did here (they just copied it), and I was shocked to see that in his books from the early 80s.This short trade paperback collects together the first few issues of Eclipse's Miracleman series in the US - which were themselves reprints of black and white material originally published in the Warrior magazine in the UK.This short trade paperback collects together the first few issues of Eclipse's Miracleman series in the US - which were themselves reprints of black and white material originally published in the Warrior magazine in the UK.Before The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, before Watchmen, there was Miracleman. Miracleman Book 1: A Dream of Flying by Alan Moore, Marvel Comics Marvel Comics (Text by), The Original Writer (Text by) starting at $3.28. A meta commentary on that ridiculous, wonderful innocence, an homage and a critique as well. The artwork is painterly, the prose are florid though not overly so by this point, and the characters are treated as ordinary human beings having to come to terms with the fact that they have extraordinary powers.One of the best stories done dealing with the idea of putting super heroes in the real world.One of the best stories done dealing with the idea of putting super heroes in the real world.This is early Alan Moore, and is an excellent example of the superhero/horror cross overs that Gaiman, Morrison and other British comics authors did so well a few years later.