Capes On The Couch - Where Comics Need Counseling

In honor of Christmas, we cover a red & green hero - MISTER MIRACLE! Anthony & Doc rave about Tom King's run, and talk about how a solid marriage can make anyone a hero! Listen now! SHOW NOTES: Introduction Shout out to Into the Knight podcast Background (10:45) Created by Jack Kirby in Mister Miracle #1 (April 1971) Scott Free (actual birth name unknown) is son of the Highfather, ruler of New Genesis – as a way to stop a war with Apokolips, Highfather traded him to Darkseid in exchange for Darkseid’s son Orion Grew up in hellish environment and managed to survive abuse Met Big Barda and fell in love with her – then Scott escaped to Earth The escape nullified the pact with Darkseid, so he attacked New Genesis Scott met an escape artist, Thaddeus Brown, who called himself Mister Miracle – after Brown was murdered, Scott took up the mantle Barda came to Earth to be with Scott – they joined the Justice League and lived a quiet married life when not saving the world In the Tom King