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Sweet! Lots of MM posts today! Ewan - Thanks for the info on the 500 number on the sketchbook. I may have that previews somewhere in my apartment (that is kind of helpful on one hand, and kinda sad on the other ). I'll look for it. Did you guys see the Miracleman #25 pages in the Kimota: Miracleman Companion book? They showed the first 5 or 6 pages. Woohoo! I'm posting on New Year' Eve !

I think they were given out at a promotional event that Eastman and Laird were at in NYC. I've been looking for one of these for years . If anybody has a pic of it, please post it. Thanks! - Keith

Thanks Jon! I'm still checking on the Warrior #1's - the guy I know that has a bunch wasn't at the last show I went to. He should be at the Atlanta show on Feb 5 - I'll keep you updated. Thanks! - Keith

I got a second copy tonight!! Does anybody know where mention the print run of 500 for the variant came from? Thanks! - Keith

Hey guys, I was bored tonight, so I made a Miracleman discussion group on Google. The url is http://groups.google.com/group/Miracleman . Sign up if you want - Thanks! - Keith

man i've got to have that comic...it looks gorgeous!!! it would be a pretty nice adition to my full run... any pics from the interiors?! regards If you have seen the variant MM/KM front back cover version, you've seen two of the MM pieces in it. There is another piece that is a tribute to one of the original MM artists, and there is also a page that has the pen and ink version of the U.S. MM #1 cover on it (I don't remember if this was a recreation or if it was the original). The coolest part though, IMHO, is the self portrait of Leach as a lego figure in a quasi-miracleman costume. Its a great surprise of a book. While we're talking about recent MM publications, has every one here gotten/read a copy of Kimota: The Miracleman Companion? Its great - is not too expensive either ($10 - $20 on eBay). Some great interviews and sketches (and you can see one of the previously unpublished Totleben pieces I own - I had no idea the piece had been published, and then while flipping through the book on the can, I saw it - needless to say I was pretty excited). I've seen about 4 copies in my area in the past year, and I snatched them all up to give to friends/fellow miracleman fans. If anybody needs one, let me know and I'll PM you the next time I see one. Thanks!

It is heavy! Its a pretty decent sketchbook too even without the Miracleman content.

Woohoo! I just picked up the signed variant for $8 at a store while I was out Christmas shopping!!! I love that cover and back cover. I really wish we had some more new Miracleman stuff!!!!!

I've gotta get me one of these .

Is there any Miracleman content in the actual sketchbook or is it just on the variant covers? Thanks! - Keith

Is there anything at all to help differentitate the 3D version from the 2D version other than the interior? Thanks! - Keith

Are these the ones solicited via Diamond a earlier this year?

I wouldn't worry about it. Sure, a BIN at $249 is not bad, but people were still pulling copies of MM 15 out of dollar boxes (granted - probably not 9.8s) last year. I'm sure you will come across a nice copy.

That's crazy man - here's to you buying that Starlin peice and the MM 12 prelim back someday... I think part of its just a new generation discovering it. I'm 24, so the last miracleman issue came out when I was 12, and I wouldn't want to know what I would have thought of mm #24 if I had read it then (wow...but that sure probably would have been interesting to see my pre-pubescent reaction ). Also, with the advent of bittorent, almost anybody can download the series in the course of a couple of hours and read it. I think that factor may have been more important in the Miracleman resurgence than anything else. - Keith

I sure hope so!

Maybe YOU won't, but I have 5 raw 9.4's and 2 raw 9.6's that wait silently for the MM explosion that is destined to come Ask October(Andy), he's seen them. SHARP, SHARP, SHARP K I KNEW you were going to chime in when he said that! Yes, I have seen them and yes, they are VERY sharp. I don't remember if I looked at them closely, but I do recall they were all at least NM. Was one of those in the batch you set aside after the pre-screen? As I carefully thumb through my HORDE of FUNNYBOOKS, I sense....yes I can feel it.....1 stunning copy of MM #23 soon to be sent off to CGC and returned to me as the CREME DE LA CREME....THE HIGHEST GRADED...THE TOP CENSUS COPY PUT IT ON THE BOARRRRD......YES!!!!! This cannot be allowed to happen! But how sharp is sharp??? Could you shave with it??? Perhaps you should try! If they do restart Miracleman (with reprint rights to make trade paperbacks of the previously published issues), what do you think the individual issue prices will do? I've kinda always thought they would soften a little, since a good amount of people buying these issues are buying them to read first, and collect second. I'm not saying the will soften much, but I would think the demand would decrease a little. What do you guys think.

Have you all heard any more about the Image 10th Anniversary Hardcover that's finally being solicited this month? I heard McFarlane had decided that he could at least put Moran in it. Here is a paragraph about it from Comic Book Resources (http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=2203) from August 2005: "The Image Tenth Anniversary Hardcover edition, featuring work on Spawn, Dragon, Cyberforce and Shadowhawk by their original creators, has finally been scheduled again for November, over three years after its original due date. Originally planned for 2002, the volume was to have featured 100 pages of stories from the remaining Image founders in hardcover for $25. Although Larsen and Valentino were said to have finished their stories in time, both McFarlane and Silvestri had a number of production delays. The Shadowhawk story has already been printed. McFarlane's story is said to feature Marvelman/Miracleman, something Neil Gaiman's lawyers will eye with interest, and the Savage Dragon story features the character's origin. " That darn McFarlane.

I would too - issue 24 ended on such a strange note. I really would have like to seen where this arc would have gone. Have Gaiman/Moore/et. al ever discussed what would be the arc after that (other than the obvious title, "Bronze Age"). Wouldn't their rule have to fall at some point? It is truly a shame that we may never (or it may be several years more) until we find out. Thanks! - Keith

I....HATE....MCFARLANE.. I hope he's having the time of his life in bankruptcy court right now...

Hey Lou, GPA for this is roughly $350 to $375 for the book in 9.8. Its an ok price at $299, but I'm not sure if I'd do it.

I know this is O/T a little, but does anybody have any Miracleman original art (pages/sketches/prelims, etc.) they want to sell or trade? - Keith

Does he? Was this yours? I bought my #15 (raw) from him, maybe I'll trade up in B'more. Any idea what he's asking? Do you know what books he's interested in so's I can make a trade? PM me if you do. There's a MM no.15 in CGC 9.8 on ebay now with a BIN of just $299 - looks like a good seller too. I think that's a very reasonable price and would buy it myself if I hadn't just bought one from someone else (for $450!) MM no.15 CGC 9.8 p.s. my mid-grade run of MM 1-24 sold for £112 / $260 - not too bad... Thanks for the head's up, Ewan. No money for that right now though. Saving for art. I totally agree with you on that. I would rather have the original art. - Keith

I did the bittorrent thing, but now I'm going back and getting the issues. I imagine it would be hard series to read once and sell. Does anybody remember that crazy rumor that Marvel's Sentry was really Miracleman and they were waiting for the legal stuff to settle before they would reveal it?

That would send us all to the great down under...

I know...and that stain on theat chamber of chills 23 is nasty.