My five-year-old knows about Miracleman… well, he knows the very watered-down and censored version of the character that I’ve told him about. ("I beat him! … Me, Kid Miraclem... an."). But it’s funny, because I bet there aren’t many younger fans out there these days who have heard of the character, let alone read his great run by legend Alan Moore from back in the ’80s (and then the early ’90s when Neil Gaiman took over).

Hopefully that’s about to change, as Marvel -- who finally obtained the rights to Miracleman in 2009 after years of legal issues -- is meticulously remastering the original issues and will begin releasing them this January. But in a new interview with Comic Book Resources , Marvel’s CCO Joe Quesada revealed that new adventures featuring Miracleman won’t hit until 2016, when Neil Gaiman and artist Mark Buckingham will finally get the chance to finish their storyline which was abruptly cut off when Eclipse Comics went under in 1993.“At the moment, from the looks of the calendar I would project Neil and Bucky's new material to see the light of day sometime in 2016,” says Quesada. “I know that it seems like a long way away, but the material is finally going to see the light of day and will remain in print, and I think for that, we can all be grateful. To me, it's a travesty that there are readers who have not only not been exposed to the original stories, but don't even had [sic] a way to easily access them.”On the one hand, this is a blow to us old-school fans who were so excited to hear about Marvel’s acquisition of the character back in 2009. But then again, at least it sounds like the new stories will actually happen, and with a dream creative team at that. Kimota!

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