| Mister Miracle | |
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 Cover toSeven Soldiers: Mister Miracle #1 Art by Pasqual Ferry. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Mister Miracle #15 (August 1973) |
| Created by | Jack Kirby |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Shilo Norman |
| Team affiliations | Seven Soldiers of Victory New Gods |
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Shilo Norman is asuperhero in theDC Comics universe. He is the third person to use the nameMister Miracle. Created byJack Kirby, he first appeared inMister Miracle #15 (August 1973).
Shilo's mother abandoned him as an infant. He spent the early parts of his youth in an orphanage in theSuicide Slum inMetropolis. Shilo was unsatisfied with his lot in life, so he fled the abuses of the orphanage and began living on the streets.[1]
Shilo becomes the informal ward and assistant of escapologist Thaddeus Brown, the first Mister Miracle. When the mobster Steel Hand kills Brown, his protegeScott Free assumes the Mister Miracle mantle, after which Shilo becomes his ally.[2] Scott trains Shilo in escape techniques and gives him advancedNew Genesis technology.[3]
Shilo later becomes the warden of the Slab, ametahuman prison.
Shilo becomes a successful and well-paid escape artist, using the name Mister Miracle. He became famous for large scale televised stunts, including well-publicized escapes from thesecond dimension, the center of the Earth, and a miniature black hole. Inside the black hole,Darkseid subjects Shilo to the "Omega Sanction", causing him to live a series of oppressive lives.
InSeven Soldiers #1, Shilo is killed while rescuing Aurakles from theDark Side Club. However, he escapes from the grave and resurrects himself.[4]
InFirestorm #33, Shilo approachesJason Rusch andMartin Stein, the two halves of Firestorm, and informs them that the Firestorm matrix contains a quarter of theLife Equation.[5]
In the second issue ofFinal Crisis, Shilo is seen talking to the Japanesemetahuman Sonny Sumo, telling him of a "cosmic war", that "the powers of evil won", and thatMotherboxxx is "the only thing left". He asks for the hero's help in recruiting a team. He leads a team of rookie Japanese heroes in an unsuccessful attempt to combatDarkseid's growing power.
InBrightest Day,Alan Scott is driven insane by his Starheart power and creates a fortress on the moon. Shilo, among other heroes, are recruited to infiltrate it.[6][7]
Shilo Norman has no superhuman powers, but he's a superb athlete, with great acrobatic and gymnastic skills. In his youth, Shilo was trained by Thaddeus Brown in all techniques of the escape arts. Shilo Norman became a highly qualified escape artist and was later trained by Scott Free himself. Shilo discovered his passion for escaping early and tried a number of times to escape different scenarios even as a young child. Shilo shows his proficiency by becoming a world renowned known escape artist.
Shilo also was trained by Scott Free and Big Barda in various fighting techniques and martial arts. Shilo has demonstrated to be a skilled fighter with amazing reflexes.
Later, as a student atNew York University, Shilo studied a wide variety of subjects, and in his spare time he performedsleight of hand and small feats of street magic for the crowds inWashington Square Park. He developed an annoying habit of talking innon sequiturs, which he attributes to too many comparativephilosophy classes. He was apparently studying for a degree inphysics, and had taken several othermodern science courses. He met and began to date Fiona Leeway. During this time, he experimented with the "hero gig" as a third generation Mister Miracle, standing in for Scott as a member ofJustice League International using New Genesis technology that he had either modified or built himself, such as his Enerjams and Zoom Pads.
