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Marvelman (AKA Miracleman)

Real Name
Michael Moran
First Appearance
Marvelman (Vol. 1) #25 (Feb. 1954)
Creators
Mick Anglo
Team Affliations
None
Aliases
Miracleman, Micky
Base of Operations
Unnamed American City (original), London (reboot)
Powers
Can Transform into a Superhuman with a magic word, Flight, Super-strength, Invulnerability
Skills and Abilities
Fighting Experience
Tools and Weapons
None

Marvelman (Miracleman in the US) is a British superhero in the vein of Captain Marvel.

Origin[]

Original[]

When Micky Moran meets an astrophysist, he tells him the strange magic word that gives him fantastic atomic powers to fight crime as Marvelman.

Reboot[]

Created by a mad scientist using alien technology, Micky Moran discovers later in his life that he is a superhuman capable of swapping his human body for a powerful alien body.

Biography[]

Original[]

Micky Moran was an orphan and his true parents were never revealed.  It is implied that he hails from the state of Oklabama. Micky was once a mere newspaper copyboy until he met an astrophysicist who provides him with a magic word that can give him cosmic superpowers: "Kimota!"  When Micky said the word, he transformed into a super-powered adult and was given the name Marvelman.