Warner Bros. and DC Studios have announced a Mister Miracle animated series. But you might be forgiven for letting this one pass with a shrug. After all, on the pantheon of DC heroes, Mister Miracle probably sits in the comfy C-tier of characters alongside other kooky creations such as The Question and Mxyzptlk.
Dig a little deeper, however, and you suddenly realize you should be paying closer attention to this one. Based on a darkly funny, moving 12-issue series from writer Tom King, Mister Miracle is a twisted, towering modern masterpiece I'd put above even the likes of Watchmen for the impression it left on me as a reader, the way it pushes the boundaries – sometimes quite literally – of the comic medium, and the vivid mirror it holds up to the human (and Apokoliptan) condition.
