Marvel’s Finally Got Miracleman in Its Comics—Now What?

Books & Comics Marvel’s Finally Got Miracleman in Its Comics—Now What? 'Avengers: Armageddon' gave the publisher a reason to bring in Miracleman, just in a way no one likely expected. 19, 2026, pm ET Reading time 2 minutes © Jim Cheung/Marvel Comics Read Later Read Later Comments (10) For years, a question hovering over Marvel Comics has been when, not if, the publisher would incorporate Miracleman into its canon of heroes. Originally created 1954’s Marvelman #25, multiple legal battles prevented the hero from expanding and becoming more popular. But once those ended in Marvel’s favor, it got to work on republishing the old runs penned by Anglo, Alan Moore, and Neil Gaiman, and seeded his arrival in recent books every now and then. Days before release, this week’s Avengers Armageddon #4 from Chip Zdarsky, Delio Diaz, and Frank Alpizar had its big moment spoiled: Miracleman’s fully integrated into the Marvel Universe. Only, this man isn’t Mike Moran as he was in previous stories—it’s David Colton, the modern day Captain America previously built up in Zdarsky and Valerio Schiti’s Steve Rogers solo. Introduced in the first arc as a kid who enlisted because of 9/11 (and subsequently injected with the Super-Soldier Serum), Colton and Steve worked together in the early days of the latter’s modern day awakening. A covert mission to rescue U. S. diplomats from Latveria ended with Colton, already cynical from serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, having a breakdown that ended with him killing dozens of Latverians and eventually defeated in a fight with Steve. During the current Armageddon event, Colton was shot . The box, which held the power of an unknown hero from the recent Ultimate Universe, both healed him and left him with a drive to fix the world. But it was only after Red Hulk exploded in his face, and seeing a vision of his mother, that Colton uttered the word “Kimota” to become Miracleman in full. © Delio Diaz & Frank Alpizar/Marvel Comics © Delio Diaz & Frank Alpizar/Marvel Comics © Delio Diaz & Frank Alpizar/Marvel Comics Thus, a long game has reached its conclusion, or at least part of it. However Armageddon ends, Marvel has already confirmed that Colton as Miracleman will join the Avengers team of Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto’s upcoming run alongside Captain Marvel and Spider-Man. Along with filling out a role of the team’s second god-powered person, there’s the question of what effects the Origin Box is leaving on him.