Mister Miracle #5 Review

Writer: Tom King / Artist: Mitch Gerads / DC Comics

“No matter where I am, no matter what I do / I’m always coming back home to you / They can leave me for dead they can take away my true / I’m always coming back home to you”-Atmosphere

It’s that time of the month for BNP’s editors, when a new Mister Miracle drops and I ignore the the word limit for the comic book review. Don’t blame me for that, blame Mitch Gerads and Tom King for giving the fandom so much to talk about. Scott Free has a day before having to face the king’s Highfather’s justice. Scott and Barda are spending their last day together and it’s so bittersweet. We see much of the 4th wall of the 4th world being broken. Scott visits Kirby’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Here King and Gerads reintroduce us to Funky Flashman.

Flashman catches the reader up on what’s going to occur to Scott and his best options of “escape.” Fam, Flashman is Jack Kirby’s caricature of Stan Lee. The deep cuts, man. I had to do some work to catch that reference. When a creative team makes the reader work, how can you not love it? King and Gerads are really exploring all the crevices of Kirby’s 4th world and its characters. “I’m tryna put you to bed, bed, bed.” This issue reminded me of The Spectre #13 (2002) “Eternity in an Hour” from J.M. DeMatteis and Ryan Sook. The Spectre and Eternity had forever in an hour together. Only difference here is our protagonists only have 24 hours. What do you do with 24 hours to live? There isn’…