Comic fans are likely shocked to see Marvel now introducing Miracleman into their comic book universe. The once wholesome stand-in for Fawcett's original Captain Marvel was heavily rebooted in the 1980s, making him and his adventures into dark, realistic deconstructions of the superhero genre. Though Alan Moore's reworking of Marvelman/Miracleman wasn't quite as influential as Watchmen, it did seemingly inspire a movie for a usually much sunnier superhero.

Miracleman and Kid Miracleman's final battle has some shocking similarities between the fight between Superman and Zod in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. This showcases just how different that movie was for fans used to a more traditional take on the Last Son of Krypton, but it was also a full-circle moment. Much as Miracleman showed realism in superhero comics, Man of Steel did the same for superhero movies. Here are the six degrees of destructive separation for the man once known as Micky Moran.

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The Violent Final Battle Between Miracleman and Kid Miracleman

Kid Miracleman

The final confrontation between Miracleman and his former protege came after the distraught Johnny Bates is forced to call upon the power of Kid Miracleman in Miracle Man #15 'Nemesis' (by Alan Moore, John Totleben, Wayne Truman, and Sam Parsons). After doing so, he slaughtered his child tormentors before doing the same to others at his foster care facility and much of London. Wreaking superhuman havoc with his tremendous speed, strength, and flight, Kid Miracleman's trail of death and gore was all a predatory play to get Miracleman's attention.

Miracleman and his associates bombarded Kid Miracleman before he eventually turned back into Johnny Bates to escape from the pain inflicted upon him. The young Johnny Bates was scared and horrified at what he saw, knowing that it all happened because he let Kid Miracleman out again. Miracleman consoled the young boy and told him that everything would be alright since he'd now discovered a way to free Johnny and the world from ever being haunted by Kid Miracleman again. The boy's happiness at this idea was then suddenly met by Miracleman snapping his mortal neck, keeping his evil counterpart from ever returning.

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How Miracleman Inspired Man of Steel and the DCEU

2013's Man of Steel was controversial on several levels, the greatest of which involved Superman defeating General Zod by snapping the villain's neck. This came after Zod made it clear that he would do everything in his power to either bring back Krypton through Earth or doom the human race like his own had been damned. He aimed his heat vision at an innocent family, and Superman ended his threat by breaking his neck.

The scenes beforehand have several other similarities to the battle between Miracleman and Kid Miracleman. Destruction and mass chaos is rife in the streets of Metropolis, with building toppled over in the wake of the reign of the supermen. The scene wasn't nearly as gory or body-filled as Kid Miracleman's tirade, but it was definitely the first superhero movie to truly show what effect comic book battles would have in a realistic world. This mirrored how Miracleman was the first major book to do the same thing with superhero comics.

Miracleman of all characters inspiring a take on Superman is, in a way, incredibly creative, and not to mention legal irony. Miracleman, originally called Marvelman, was as mentioned a British equivalent to Fawcett/DC's Captain Marvel. That character had gotten into trouble for being so similar to Superman, so it's interesting that the "ripoff" of the "ripoff" would go on to inspire the originator. Miracleman also clearly inspired Marvel's The Sentry, a fact itself made ironic by Marvel now bringing Miracleman into their universe. It's unknown if this comic book version or even the incredibly unlikely Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Miracleman will be nearly as violent as his Alan Moore/Neil Gaiman incarnation, but Zack Snyder's take on the original superhero showed that audiences will accept a grim look at a man of steel in a world of Kleenex.

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