And Then I Read: MISTER MIRACLE #3

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Unusual. That’s what I’d call this version of Kirby’s characters. Mostly we’re looking at them as real people here on our world, but there are trippy sequences from another sort of life, where Scott Free and Barda are fighting in a war with Darkseid, each a general leading many troops. They’re under the leadership of Orion, who is now the Highfather, and who demands obedience and loyalty, and has no compunctions against handing Scott a beating when he doesn’t get it immediately. Scott himself seems unsure what’s real and what’s only in his head. He’s still recovering from a suicide attempt, and is doing a professional escape act to make ends meet. One of the best lines in the book is when Barda describes it as “performing.” “I’m  not performing. It’s escaping. I’m ACTUALLY escaping,” he tells her. And maybe that’s what he’s doing in other areas, but from what exactly? That’s the interesting part.

I like the writing by Tom King, it’s complex but not hard to follow. The art by Mich Gerads is good, but hard to follow at times. That said, a book with good writing always wins me over.

Recommended.