- "Secure the locks, Oberon! Make certain that the metal grips with unyielding firmness! We must give a flawless performance for that young onlooker!"
- ―Thaddeus Brown
| "Murder Missile Trap!" | |
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| Mister Miracle | |
| Title: | "Murder Missile Trap!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Cover price: | .15 |
| Cover date: | March-April, 1971 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Writers: | Jack Kirby |
| Pencilers: | Jack Kirby |
| Inkers: | Vince Colletta |
| Cover artists: | Jack Kirby |
| Cover inker: | Vince Colletta |
| Letterers: | John Costanza |
| Editors: | Jack Kirby |
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"Murder Missile Trap!" is the first issue of the first Mister Miracle ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics. It was written and illustrated by Jack Kirby with inks by Vince Colletta and lettering by John Costanza. The story was edited by Jack Kirby as well. This issue shipped with a March-April, 1971 cover date and carries a cover price of .15 cents per copy.
"Murder Missile Trap!"[]
The New God known as Scott Free is on Earth in civilian attire when he comes upon a costumed individual seemingly in a state of danger. Scott "rescues" the man, and learns that he is actually Thaddeus Brown - an escape artist known as Mister Miracle, who is practicing a new feat with his partner, Oberon.
Meanwhile, a criminal known as Steel Hand - division chief of Intergang, sets out to assassinate Thaddeus Brown. They succeed in shooting Brown with a sniper rifle while practicing for his most dangerous stunt to date. As Brown dies, Scott Free takes up his costume and uses his own alien technology to become the new Mister Miracle.
Steel Hand captures Mister Miracle and chains him to a missile, but Scott Free uses his various gadgets to escape. He disables Steel Hand's prosthetic limb with sound waves, then binds the criminal in a collapsible cocoon and hands him over to the authorities.
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- Ted Brown (In a photograph only)
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
- Chains
- Compact cocoon spinner
- Flamethrower
- Handguns
- Hyper-sound intensifier
- Jet-pack
- Magnetic repulsor
- Missile
- Mother Box
- Robot
- Sniper rifle
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- This is the first appearance of all characters.
- This series is part of Jack Kirby's expanding DC Comics cosmic mythology, heretofore and from hence forth known as... the Fourth World! Recognize!
- This issue shipped to retailers on January 14th, 1971.
- The tagline to this issue is "The Making of a Legend!"
- The story from this issue is job number X-113.
- This issue includes a text article called "A Visit With Jack Kirby", written by Marv Wolfman.
- This issue is reprinted in the Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby hardcover collection, released in December, 2017.
- Scott Free dons the costume and code-name of Mister Miracle for the first time with this issue.
- This is the first and only appearance of Thaddeus Brown, the original Mister Miracle, as a living person; dies in this issue.
- At the time of publication, it is believed that Thaddeus Brown's son, Ted Brown, is deceased. Future stories will reveal that this is not the case.