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 run, Scott is caught between fighting in the war on Apokolips and helping Barda on Earth raise their son Jacob – after Orion is killed, Scott becomes the new Highfather and leader of New Genesis, and kills Darkseid to end the war
Issues (18:18)
PTSD from years of abuse on Apokolips – has a handle on it most of the time, but can be triggered
Suicide attempt at the start of the King run brought on by PTSD (26:12)
Relationship with Barda is healthy in spite of their past abuse (35:19)
Treatment (43:00)
In-universe
Out of universe (45:45)
Skit (50:54)
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