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This page covers the DC comicbook hero Mr. Miracle also known as Shilo Norman . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
The son of High Father, he was traded at birth for Darkseid's child Orion in an attempt to forge a peace between the warring New Gods. Growing up to hate Apokolips, he has been the first to escape and evade the pits of Apokolips. In doing so he has become the universe's greatest Escape artist.
The DC Universe's most accomplished Escape Artist. He is able to escape any prison, even without the help of his Mother Box.
Mister Miracle is a new god with their inherent speed, agility and strength.
Origin
Scott is the son of Inza, the Highfather of New Genesis. He was traded at birth with Orion, the son of Darkseid the tyrannical ruler of Apokolips to secure peace between the warring worlds. Scott was raised on nightmarish Apokolips in one of it's orphanages run by the sadistic Granny Goodness, who named him "Scott Free". Despite Granny's efforts to break his will, Scott kept escaping her custody. On his frequent trips outside the orphanage, Scott met the rebel Himon and leader of the Female Furies, Big Barda.
Scott eventually escaped Apokolips altogether and fled to Earth. He would later find out that Darkseid allowed his escape to break his pact with New Genesis. It was here that he met escape artist, Thaddeus Brown whose stage name was Mister Miracle and his manager, Oberon. Brown was murdered and Scott, adopting the name Mister Miracle, brought the killers to justice. Scott would later be reunited with Barda, falling in love with her and eventually marrying. They would fight together against Darkseid and both became part of the Justice League Of America for a time.
Death of the New Gods
Scott alters his costume
On Earth, several of the New Gods, including Black Racer and Lightray were found dead, a bloody hole in their chests. Barda was soon amoung the victims of the mystery killer, killed quickly in her kitchin while Scott was in the next room. An investigation by the Justice League into her death revealed very little, despite the best efforts of Batman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and Zatanna. Scott darkened the colors of his costume to mourn his wife and travelled with Superman to New Genesis to bury Barda.
On arrival, they learn that the killer has been striking on New Genesis and that the current Highfather, Takion has mysteriosly cut off from the source. Himon wishes to investigate the Source Wall, while Orion, believing that Darkseid is the culprit, wants to stike at Apokolips. Darkseid's minions, however, have also been victims of the god-killer. Superman warns Orion to wait for all the facts before accusing Darkseid, which Orion interprets as an insult to his honor and fights Superman. The fight is short lived as Meteron arrives, interrupting their melee. His investigation has shown that it cannot be Darkseid, as he does not have the power to kill in such a fashion, but must be someone new. Scott contempates using the Anti-Life Equation to resurrect Barda, despite his vow to never use it. Superman over hears him discussing it with Orion, who asks Superman to keep an eye on Scott after he has left.
The three of them journey to Apokolips, where they immediately battle Darkseid's forces. When they finally confront him, without Superman as he is unconscious, Darkseid tries to stop them with his partial knowledge of the Anti-Life Equation. Scott, however, has full knowledge and stops him. Darkseid tells them that there is no hope and that he has come to terms with his inevitable death, as they should theirs.
On their return to New Genesis, they learn that Takion is dead, killed while he and Himon investigated the Source Wall. The next suspects are the Forever People, however when Superman, Orion and Scott arrive, they are all dead. Killed in the same manner as the others. Scott used the Anti-Life Equation, the first time in front of Superman, to reanimate their corpses and tell of their murder. While they told of the circumstances, they were unable to reveal the killer's identity. Their corpses disintegrating under Scott's efforts to force them. Superman and Orion suspected that they had given one clue, that their visitor was the person they least expected. They reasoned this was the Infinity Man as he only exists in this dimension by trading places with the Forever People. They did not inform Scott of their suspicions as he waas becoming increasingly irratic.
Scott attacks Superman and Orion
New Genesis is then attacked by Kalibak and Mantis. Scott is almost killed by Kalibak, but Superman and Orion manage to intervene. Scott is now convinved that Orion is the mystery killer and and his sudden disappearance as well as Kalibak and Mantis's equally sudden deaths appear to confirm it. Superman and an increasingly unstable Scott go to confront him on an asteroid where he is seen waiting.
Scott battles the Infinity Man
When they arrive, Scott allows the Anti-Life Equation to take over and attacks Orion and Superman. Orion, under the compulsion of the Anti-Life Equation, told Scott that he was there acting as bait for the real killer. They tell Orion they will leave him to wait, but in reality move to another part of the asteroid field to watch over Orion. Orion confronts the killer head on, but Superman and Scott are unable to see who it is. All that is left of Orion is his helmet. Scott and Superman take Orion's helmet to the Source Wall, where they discover a second wall with the statues of those killed by the god-killer. Superman wonders why Himon made no mention of it, when he appears behind them. Superman blasts him with his heat vision, revealing that it is, in fact, the Infinity Man as he had suspected. Scott attacks, but the Infinity Man is powered by the Source. Superman is imprisoned by the Source and forced to watch with Meteron, who refuses to intervene. Scott ruptures the Source Wall in an effort to gain more power, but this allows the Source to combine with it's dark opposite, it's goal all along. Scott was no longer able to use the Anti-Life Equation and with Metron, became the last victims of the Source's god killing.
Shilo Norman
Norman meets Metron
Shilo Norman is a super-star escape artist. As his fame grew, he took to more difficult and spectacular stunts. One sees him suspended over the event horizon of a miniature black hole, into which he is dropped in order to escape gravity before he is crushed! He fails and disappears inside the black hole. There he meets Metron, who tells him that they are both from New Genesis. Metron tells him of a war in Heaven and that the wrongside won.
Shilo Norman faces the Black Racer
Back in the normal world, at an after show party at his house, Shilo discusses his experience with his frien, ZZ. ZZ takes him to a club, where he meets several of the Female Furies and Granny in disguise. Sensing their true nature, Shilo runs from the club. After discussing the event with his psychiatrist, Shilo leaves his office and bumps into an old man in a wheelchair he believes to be Metron. Almost immediately he is attacked by the Black Racer, disguised as a drive-by killer. With Motherboxxx's help, he manages to escape through the sewer.
He sees the man in the wheelchair again as he resurfaces. Shilo tries to demand answers, but is interrupted by a disguised Orion who wants to know why he is trying to steal his wheelchair. Orion is about to take Metron home when Shilo tells him he is part of it all and he has Motherboxxx. Orion is startled by this and agrees to take him to see the others at a junkyard. There they are attacked by Dark Side (Darkseid) and Scott is forced to flee. He recounts these experiences to his psychiatrist, Doctor Dezard (Desaad), who has been using Dark Side therapy and the Anti-Life Equation on his patients.
Mister Miracle battles the Anti-Life Equation
Soon after, another escape artist arrives on the scene named Baron Bedlam. The Baron even manages to perform an escape Shilo was planning. He discusses it with ZZ who is seeing Lashina. When he meets with Bedlam, he discovers that his girlfriend, Jonelle and ZZ have been made into Platic People by Granny. He attacks the Baron, who shatters, proving what Shilo had suspected, that the Baron is not a real person. There are in fact several copies of him. Dezard and Dark Side enter the room and expose Shilo to the Anti-Life Equation who runs into the street trying to make sense of the pointlessness of life. As he stumbles, he sees Metron again, who tells him that there is also a Life Equation.
Regaining his composure, Shilo goes to confront Dark Side again. This time, Dark Side uses his Omega Sanction, beating Shilo and leaving him crippled in a wheelchair, living a series of false lives without his mother box to guide him. Each new life is more hopeless than the last. There is hope however, the mother box's spirit escaped into Shilo's soul to help free him from the life trap and use the Omega Sanction to escape back into the black hole. There he meets Meteron again, who congratulates him on surviving his initiation into life as a New God. He then leaves the black hole again, one week after his first escape from it.
Seven Soldiers
He then goes to confront Dark Side at his club again, this time armed with god-sight. He discovers that the Sheeda have given Dark Side, Aurakles the first superhero of Earth. He trades places with him and Dark Side promptly shoots Shilo in the head. However, at the end of Seven Soldiers, we see Shilo's god-hands reaching out of his grave.
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