- "Break it up, you bloodthirsty harpies! I've come back! --- and I'm in no mood for noise!"
- ―Big Barda
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| Mister Miracle | |
| Title: | "The Battle of the Id!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 8 |
| Cover price: | .25 |
| Cover date: | May-June, 1972 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Writers: | Jack Kirby |
| Pencilers: | Jack Kirby |
| Inkers: | Mike Royer |
| Cover artists: | Jack Kirby |
| Cover inker: | Jack Kirby |
| Letterers: | Mike Royer |
| Editors: | Jack Kirby |
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"The Battle of the Id!" is the title of the first story featured in issue #8 of the first Mister Miracle ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics. The story was written, illustrated and edited by Jack Kirby with inks and lettering by Mike Royer. This issue shipped with a May-June, 1972 cover date and carries a cover price of .25 cents per copy.
"The Battle of the Id!"[]
Big Barda attempts to re-assert herself as leader of the Female Furies, if only to combat them from within and rescue Scott Free.
Scott meanwhile, has been taken to Section Zero, where the doctors prepare him for battle against a creature of the Id called The Lump. The stage of the battle is in the mind of the opponents. Granny Goodness as well as Virman Vundabar and Kanto attend the festivities as images of the fight from the minds of the combatants are broadcast upon a screen. In the real world, Mister Miracle's foe is literally a lifeless lump, but in the Realm of the Id, he is a mighty warrior. The Lump has a strong advantage against Scott and uses the power of the environment and his imagination to batter Scott down. Scott eventually finds a piece of reflective rock. He holds it up and The Lump is so horrified by the visage of his true form that he falls over inert. Scott Free escapes certain doom yet again.
While all of this is taking place, Big Barda leads the Female Furies on a revolt to raid Section Zero. They break through the energy barrier and fight up against the various soldiers. Once they have secured Granny Goodness, Kanto, and Virman Vundabar, Barda is able to reunite with Scott, who has now freed himself.
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- Section Zero
- Chamber of the Brain Probers
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"The Commandos are Coming!"[]
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Notes & Trivia[]
- This issue was approved by the Comics Code Authority.
- The tagline to this issue is "Get this ringside seat to The Battle of the Id!"
- According to Comic Reader #82, this issue shipped to retailers on March 16th, 1972.
- "The Battle of the Id!" is reprinted in the Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Volume 3, published in November, 2007 and the Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby hardcover collection, published in December, 2017.
- "The Commandos are Coming" was originally printed in Detective Comics #64. It is the very first adventures of the Boy Commandos.
- This is the first appearance of Gilotina. She joins the Female Furies in this issue. Although she is not considered a member of the classic Furies team, she becomes a staple member in future stories.
- There is an unidentified mystery spectator, who is revealed to be a red-haired woman who joins in the Female Furies' revolt. Though she is unnamed in this issue, this is Tigra, who is the second spouse of Darkseid, and the mother of Orion.