Mister Miracle

I'm totally into this. King's Batman run has been underwhelming. But this has the potential to be as good as his run on Vision which was one of the best books of 2016.

 

Considering it's a 12-issue mini, I'll trade-wait for the inevitable deluxe hardcover. Really hyped for this.

 

Just caught this and read the first three issues. I'm loving it even though I'm not clear on what's going on or what is true and what isn't. Can't wait for more of the story to come out.

 

Yeah this has been exceptionally good so far.

 

I'm having trouble following this book in a monthly format, but I have a gut feeling that this book read in one setting is going to enter "classic" talks. It has the feel of something amazing, even if I'm too slippery-minded to get it yet. I'm eager to read it through all together once it's finished.

 

Issue #5 is fantastic. A great follow-up to the Batman annual when it comes to the DCU's power couples.

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"Stay." Damn, you just know they'll get through this because they care so much about each other.

 

I love this so much. Best book of the past year. Issue #8 was awesome.

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”Batman kills babies”

Lol.

 

Such an amazing series. But what the heck did I just read? That last issue was beautiful but soooo confusing.

 

It's been generating lots of interesting conversation.

My take-away:

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The ending reminded me of the Bobby Ewing Shower twist on Dallas. Scott made it out alive, but the lesson is that depression doesn't, and shouldn't, own and control you. It exists, but so do you. So make the best of it. It's not one way or the other.

The other explanation is that, based on page 15, the plane of existence where Scott exists is the true Fourth World. It's the place he sees when he closes his eyes and tried to escape. He made it there. On the other hand, it's as simple as this: The opening caption says that a new trap has been sprung on Scott, a trap so diabolical in it's simplicity - he's in the clutches of a trap that he doesn't want to escape from, but can at any time. Which is kind of bleak but maybe these two explanations go hand in hand? Was it a trap? Is Scott's situation good or bad?

I don't know. I plan on re-reading the whole series to see if there's something I'm missing. There's too much nuance in this series that it's hard to remember on a month-to-month (if that) basis.