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Preview: The Miracles #1

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The Miracles #1

Written by: Joseph Glass
Illustrated by: Vince Underwood
Cover A: Vince Underwood
Cover B: Vince Underwood
Cover C: Kevin Wada

Writer Joseph Glass (The Pride & Glitter Vipers) and artist Vince Underwood (Elk Mountain) bring you a meta tale of family secrets and astonishing four-color fantasies!

When high school senior Elliot Morgan discovers he has superhuman abilities, he does what any comics fan would do: immediately adopt the role of a superhero. The Miracles tells the story of family, superheroes, and an astonishing secret you have to read to believe. The Miracles is a four-issue miniseries starting this October and featuring Kirby-inspired covers by series artist Vince Underwood and a variant cover from leading queer creator Kevin Wada (Scarlet Witch).

The Miracles #1

The Miracles #1 shows some potential and impressive art

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The Miracles #1

High School Senior Elliot Morgan has been obsessed with super-hero comics all his life, especially Major Voltage Adventures, a comic that suddenly ended the year he was born. A family secret unravels just as he’s suddenly getting super-powers! The Miracles #1 is an intriguing debut that goes in unexpected directions.

Written by Joe Glass, The Miracles #1 is a debut that treads familiar territory but puts it all together in a way that feels very “pop culture” with a dose of meta. Elliot Morgan loves superhero comics and discovers he himself has superpowers?

How did he get them? What can he did?

The Miracles #1 is impressive in that the oversized issue answers all those questions and more taking an origin and compressing it in an oversized issue. It takes us through everything we need to know and gets to the point while also setting up the conflict and villain to come.

Glass and the team have done the opposite of what so many comics are today and delivers a comic that doesn’t stretch things out. In doing so, The Miracles #1 is very satisfying read where you get a good feel of where everything stands by the end of the comic. Decompression is the norm aiming for arcs over 5 issues, this does it in 1.

The characters are interesting and reveals intriguing. What stands out as a negative is there doesn’t feel like enough “surprise” or “anger” about the reveals. It’s just kind of taken like it all isn’t weird, especially when you think about what is revealed to Elliot.

The art by Vince Underwood is good. With color by Harry Saxon and lettering by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, overall, the look is good. Where there’s some back and forth on my opinion is that there’s also some amazing and great. A two-page spread for example is jaw dropping but other pages or panels, the characters look a little off. You can see some greatness in Underwood’s art though. Saxon’s coloring too shines in spots. The lettering also extends the inconsistency but not sure if it’s on purpose. There’s parts where text bleeds out of the bubble or is behind an object. I’d think this is on purpose but I don’t really know for sure. It could be interesting with use but as is, it’s hard to tell why it is the way it is.

The Miracles #1 is a good start. There’s something there that could be really interesting. It’s not hard to read into it as a metaphor but even as, it still holds up as a story about discovering one’s self.

Story: Joe Glass Art: Vince Underwood
Color: Harry Saxon Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Story: 7.95 Art: 7.95 Overall: 7.95 Recommendation: Read

CEX Publishing provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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Preview: The Miracles #1

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The Miracles #1

Written by: Joseph Glass
Illustrated by: Vince Underwood
Cover A: Vince Underwood
Cover B: Vince Underwood
Cover C: Kevin Wada

Writer Joseph Glass (The Pride & Glitter Vipers) and artist Vince Underwood (Elk Mountain) bring you a meta tale of family secrets and astonishing four-color fantasies!

When high school senior Elliot Morgan discovers he has superhuman abilities, he does what any comics fan would do: immediately adopt the role of a superhero. The Miracles tells the story of family, superheroes, and an astonishing secret you have to read to believe. The Miracles is a four-issue miniseries starting this October and featuring Kirby-inspired covers by series artist Vince Underwood and a variant cover from leading queer creator Kevin Wada (Scarlet Witch).

The Miracles #1

The Miracles’ debut astonishes with a second printing

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With fan interest increasing, CEX Publishing has announced that they are rushing a second printing of the premiere issue of The Miracles by Joseph Glass and Vince Underwood in order to meet demand. The release of this new printing will coincide with the first printing to ensure that all fans can find their copy when they hit store shelves this October 25th.

The Miracles tells the story of a family of superheroes and an astonishing secret they keep, all with a meta twist that you have to read to believe. Quantities of this second printing are limited, so be sure to let your favorite retailer or specialty shop know before they are gone.

This 56-page double-sized introduction issue sees high school senior Elliot Morgan discovering he has superhuman abilities, and as any comic fan would do, he immediately adopts the role of a superhero.

Retailers, remember that orders are due September 18, 2023, quantities are limited so allocations may occur.

The Miracles #1

Take a Trip to Elk Mountain with a New Kickstarter Exploring Superheroes and the Communities they Defend

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Elk Mountain explores the relationship between heroes and the communities they defend. What are the realistic expectations of these heroes? Can we expect them to be everywhere and save everyone? Is it smart to put so much faith in one individual, no matter how powerful they are?

And what are the responsibilities of a community to it’s hero? How much is it on them to be accountable for what goes on where they live?

Elk Mountain also looks at how the current climate of fear can break apart a community in an instant. Fear of the other can turn long time neighbors against each other, and it’s happening right now with immigrants and non-immigrants. People who have lived and worked here peacefully for years are being forcibly removed from their homes and jobs.

A Kickstarter campaign is running now with a goal of $9,000. Money from the Kickstarter is going to paying the creative team as well as printing the books, rewards, and shipping. Rewards include not just the comic but also tutorials from the team, enamel pins, and your chance to be drawn in the comic.

The comic series is written by Jordan Clark whose work has appeared in Bitch Planet Triple Feature #2 as well as his own published work Duality and Kane Maverick. Art is provided by Vince Underwood who is the writer/artist for the self published Page Turn and has provided covers for Clark’s Hive Mind and Kane Maverick. Brittany Peer is the colorist who has worked on such series as Misfit City, Slam, Dodge City, TMNTU, Jem & The Holograms. Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou has lettered for books like Short Order Cooks and Stain the Seas Scarlet. He’s also doing letters for the upcoming Image book Shanghai Red.

You can get a digital copy for just $3 and the campaign runs until June 11th.