History YMMV / MiracleMan

** A lot of the things about the series are much less unfamiliar to readers after the whole [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Dark Age of Comic Books]], mainly because comics have became less afraid to show explicit violent or sexual images. That said, the sheer ''amount'' of {{Gorn}} caused by Kid Miracleman manages to avert this; no amount of [[NinetiesAntiHero Nineties Anti-Heroes]] can prepare you for some of the shit he does.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Discussed InUniverse - after becoming effective ruler of the world, Miracleman notes that there are pockets of youths who still admire Kid Miracleman in all his mass-murdering glory; some even spread the ConspiracyTheory that Kid Miracleman was the ''real'' hero all along, [[FromACertainPointOfView trying to prevent Miracleman and his allies from selling humanity out to extraterrestrial powers]].

%%* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: In Chapter 5: "Bates...LEAVE HER '''ALONE!'''" [''Cue MegatonPunch'']

** Miracleman had to be renamed as such from Marvelman because of disputes with Creator/MarvelComics. Marvel themselves would eventually buy the property. On a related note, in the classic Mick Anglo stories, Miracleman/Marvelman worked for a newspaper. That paper? The Daily Bugle.

** Pretty much anything Kid Miracleman does.

* OneSceneWonder: Creator/AndyWarhol appears in just one issue of Creator/NeilGaiman's run, and yet it's the one issue everyone considers to be the best of his run, mostly for its intriguing exploration of Warhol, the experimental art-style and the portrayal of Gargunza's legacy.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:

* {{Tearjerker}}:

* HilariousInHindsight: Evelyn Cream has bluetooth!

* HilariousInHindsight: Alan Moore once described Miracleman "Superman as a horror story". ''Film/{{Brightburn}}'' technically turned that concept into a reality.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodLineArt: Not as widely-decried as the likes of, say, ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' or ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'', but you'll find few people who think the Eclipse-colored editions of the first two arcs is better than the original B&W ''Warrior'' issues. The first book was so bad it was recolored for the first TPB by Eclipse.
** Seems to be averted with the Marvel reprints thanks to a complete recoloring of the Moore written material by Steve Oliff.

** Miracleman is this as despite having {{Blue and Orange Morality}} he genuinely cares about Liz and loves her, is genuinely confused about why she refuses to join him in paradise along with their daughter and he is sometimes scared of their daughter at times as well as she is very different than him and ends up having to see one of his best friends become a lunatic and a murderer which forces him to have no choice but to kill him when he has the chance and even he though managed to revive the one that died in 1963, he screws it up badly when he thought that YM is gay and realises his mistake as he tries to apologise to him but YM tells him to leave him alone which can make anyone feel sorry for him after everything’s that happened to him.

* FoeYay:
** During Miracleman's first fight with Kid Miracleman, the narration mentions the "almost sexual hatred" they have for each other.
** Between Miracleman and Dr. Gargunza. Reaches it's most disturbing when [[spoiler: Miracleman ''kisses'' Gargunza as the doctor dies]].

* SpiritualAntiThesis: Alan Moore's landmark run is frequently described as "{{Franchise/Superman}} told as a horror story". Moore would later create an anti-thesis of his own work on this comic through his run on ''{{ComicBook/Supreme}}''.

** Liz's actual child, Winter, is a CreepyChild HumanoidAbomination, and while perfectly benevolent in her own way, her TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior and inhuman personality is bad enough to terrify even Miracleman, who was atleast partially human. The narration makes it clear that Winter is ''not'', no matter what she looks like. It's a commentary on what an actual superhuman child would be like, rather than your typical child hero.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodLineArt: Not as widely-decried as the likes of, say, ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' or ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'', but you'll find few people who think the Eclipse-colored editions of the first two arcs is better than the original B&W ''Warrior'' issues.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop:
** Subverted and deconstructed in Alan Moore's final issue. It seems to be saying an all-powerful superhuman to stepping in and ruling the world to suit his own standards is a good thing that will turn humanity into a CrystalSpiresAndTogas MarySueTopia. However the ending is highly ambiguous, giving a sense that humanity has become a joke of some sorts and Miracleman at the end, is filled with doubt if what happened was the right thing or not.
** The central conflict of the series is whether humans have any right to exist and anything that makes them special in a world where there are people who are functionally the same as them, but better. Ultimately, it suggests that... no, they don't. However, the series also deals heavily with just how that makes the humans feel. Miraclewoman, one of the biggest proponents of the idea that superhumans are better than regular humans, also makes it clear that superiority does not excuse cruelty.