The Marvelman series continued for more than 300 weekly issues after the change, alongside spin-off titles like Young Marvelman and Marvelman Family. The speedy makeover by writer/artist Mick Anglo might not have been particularly artful - kid reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into a super powered adult after saying the magic word “Shazam” became kid reporter Micky Moran, who transformed into a super powered adult after saying the magic word “Kimota” both superheroes had the word “Marvel” in their name - but it was successful. His first appearance in 1954’s Marvelman #25 was the result of some behind-the-scenes shenanigans intended to keep fans reading a British Captain Marvel reprint series after the source material was no longer available. When Miracleman originally debuted, he was called Marvelman, but that’s only half the story. In the beginning, there was the word Kimota To describe Miracleman's history as complicated is an understatement as the series returns in a revised format (part-reprint and part-all-new material with the first issue of Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age), it’s worth revisiting just how complicated, and why things have gotten to the point that they have.
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