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)

• Ending

References:

• Theon Greyjoy – Anthony – 12:06
• Casual Danger Dialog – Anthony – 16:10
• Hank Henshaw episode – Doc – 45:18
• Moon Knight episode – Doc – 45:30
• Popcorn Psychology – Doc – 45:34

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