The Jacked Kirby Podcast: Episode #6.5 - A Fireside Chat - Mister Miracle #1

Back in 1933 US President Franklin D Roosevelt began to hold "Fireside Chats" with the American Public via the Radio. The purpose of these "conversations" was to establish a connection between the President and the regular people during a trying time when they needed information. As a history buff I thought this was a perfect moniker for a feature that we will be doing from time to time here on the Jacked Kirby Podcast. These short episodes, or .5 episodes, will consist of one hosts talking about a specific issue or arc of Kirby's work... kind of how Roosevelt used his "Fireside Chats" to introduce new information to the citizens of the US. In the first installment of the feature Mike D will be discussing one of his favorite Kirby 4th World stories: Mister Miracle #1

Super Team Family: Mister Miracle & The Escapist by Ross

One of my favorite blogs on the Internet is 'Super Team Family: The Lost Issues' by an excellent digital artist named Ross. The site has gone through a few incarnations, once focusing on Batman team-ups and then on Thing team-ups. Now he puts together awesome Super Family team-ups that have not and probably will not ever happen. He takes great characters that bare totally unrelated and makes you see just how great they would work together. Case in point: Today's team-up features one of my favorite characters in the history of comics Mr. Miracle as well as the titular superhero from The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay novel The Escapist. Both of these guys are escape artists and magicians... that is the easy tie in. But Ross dug deep into the world of a Pulitzer Prize winning novel to take the comic character from the story within the story to find the perfect match for Mister Miracle. Wow... what a great cover. Keep up the great work Ross. Check out the full piece after the jump...