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Mister Miracle

Information
Real name:	Scott Free
Species:	New God
Hair:	Black
Eyes:	Blue
Relatives:	Highfather (biological father) Big Barda (wife) Orion (adopted brother) Kalibak (foster brother) Darkseid (foster father)
Base:	New Genesis
Affiliations:	New Gods Highfather Citizens of New Genesis
Abilities:	Master escape artist, Master Fighter, Genius-level intellect, Superhuman physical attributes
Weaponry:	Mother Box Aero Disks New Genesis technology
Voiced by:	Zack Shada (young) Ioan Gruffudd (adult)

"How? Granny never failed with any of them. How did she fail with him?"
— Granny Goodness^[1]

Mister Miracle is the moniker of Scott Free, the greatest escape artist of three worlds, Earth, New Genesis and Apokolips.

History Edit

Early life Edit

Scott Free was the biological son of Highfather who was traded for Orion over to Darkseid, as part of a pact between New Genesis and Apokolips. Scott grew up in the X-Pit, where he was repeatedly tortured by Granny Goodness. However, unlike most of her subjects, Scott Free was resilient and resisted her brainwashing. He attempted to escape on several occasions, only to be thwarted every time. Thanks to these attempts, Scott gradually acquired acute escapist skills, and his perseverance paid off when he finally managed to escape the infernal X-Pit. Scott later became the escape artist knows as Mister Miracle. He also freed Big Barda from Granny Goodness's control, and married her.

It seems in his later years at some point he came into contact with his birth world of New Genesis, as he was seen helping them confront Darkseid's forces on Earth and seen among various New Gods.

After Apokolips Edit

When Mister Miracle was rehearsing one escape stunt, his manager, Oberon, was abducted by Granny Goodness. In exchange for Oberon's safety, Mister Miracle and Big Barda were coerced into saving Kalibak, who was imprisoned in the X-Pit by Virman Vundabar. Mister Miracle was the only one ever to escape the X-Pit, so he was the only person capable of freeing Kalibak. Miracle and Barda sought the Justice League for assistance, and the Flash volunteered to help. The prospect of going back to the X-Pit triggered old traumas, but Mister Miracle worked through them and succeeded in freeing Kalibak and finding his way out of the X-Pit once again. With the aid of Mister Miracle's friends in the League, Oberon was saved while Kalibak was put in a prison on Earth, leaving Granny and Vundabar to continue fighting one another.

Powers & Abilities Edit

Scott Free is a superb athlete with enhanced strength, agility, endurance, coordination and reflexes. He was trained as a warrior of Apokolips by Granny Goodness, which honed his fighting skills as well as his ability to escape from any situation.

Background Information Edit

Scott Free was created by Jack Kirby, as part of the Fourth World, and debuted in Mister Miracle #1 in 1971. Superman: The Animated Series did not change his origin much, but in the comics, he was actually the second escape artist to bear the name "Mister Miracle". The first was Thaddeus Brown, who passed his mantle over to Scott Free following a fatal encounter with Intergang. The third was Scott's pupil Shilo Norman. In recent years, Scott Free was a major player in the Death of the New Gods story arc, which he did not survive.