Kid Miracleman

Once a young protégé who shared Miracleman's ability to transform into a superpowered being by speaking a special word, Kid Miracleman eventually abandoned his heroic identity, spending years in his powered form and growing dangerously unstable.

Few debut issues announce a character's presence quite like Miracleman #4 in 1985, where Kid Miracleman stepped onto the Bronze Age stage under the visionary pen of Alan Moore and the electric art of Alan Davis. Published by Marvel across a remarkable span stretching to 2022, this character shares pages with Miracleman, Mike Moran, and Johnny Bates — a charged constellation of figures that speaks to just how densely layered this corner of comics can get. With appearances across Miracleman and The Miracleman Family, Kid Miracleman occupies a genuinely singular place in modern comics history, the kind of figure whose relatively modest appearance count only sharpens their mystique. If you're exploring one of the most critically discussed runs in the medium, this is a character you simply cannot look past.