Collects Miracleman #5-10.

Michael Moran has rediscovered the power of Miracleman, but unbeknownst to him, Dr. Emil Gargunza, the man behind Project Zarathustra, has set in motion plans decades in the making. In The Red King Syndrome, Gargunza's intentions for Miracleman's wife and unborn child set the stage for a confrontati on between creator and creation. The origins of Gargunza and Zarathustra will be revealed, and life and death will be decided deep in the jungles of Paraguay. COLLECTING: MIRACLEMAN 5-10

This volume chronicles the history of Alan Moore's first ultra-realistic comics character that changed super-heroes forever. Over half of this 200-page hardcover features new material not seen in the original 2001 edition.

"Michael Moran has a secret. A secret hidden so deep inside that even he didn't know it -- until the fateful day a single word tumbled from his lips: Kimota! It came from the deepest recesses of his memory, from a past life repressed, and with it came unbelievable abilities. The consequences of this single world would transform not only the life of Michael Moran and those closest to him, it would also pull an unsuspecting world into coexistence with something marvelous. Something that not even our mythologies, folklore, films or comic boooks could have prepared us for. Kimota! And Mike Moran was no longer just a mortal man. He was a miracle of godhood. A Miracleman."--Front jacket flap.

The comic character Marvelman (and Miracleman) has a fascinating - and probably unique - history in the field of comics. His extended origin goes all the way back to the very beginnings of the American superhero comics industry, and it seems likely that his ongoing story will stretch on well into the future. It involves some of the biggest names in comics. It's a story of good versus evil, of heroes and villains, and of any number of acts of plagiarism and casual breaches of copyright. Poisoned Chalice wades into one of the strangest and thorniest knots of all of comics: the history of Marvel/Miracleman and still unsolved question of who owns this character. It's a story that touches on many of the most remarkable personalities in the comics industry-Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Todd McFarlane, Joe Quesada and more-and one of the most fascinating in the medium. The story of Marvelman touches on the darker places of comics history, springing from the prehistory where greed ruled the day; it's a complex tale that others have attempted to untangle, but there has never been as thorough or as meticulous a study of it as this book.