Mister Miracle #11

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Synopsis

Ted Brown documents Mister Miracle's latest feat of escape artistry, for a pilot film he hopes will launch the act into super stardom. Mister Miracle is shackled to the tip of a steel post, high above a tank of gasoline. Each of the Female Furies fulfills their role in the act. Big Barda places the post into position. Bernadeth ignites the gasoline. Lashina uses her weapon to compromise the structural integrity of the post. Stompa then kicks the weakened post, snapping it in two. With all eyes upon him, Mister Miracle plummets into the fiery cauldron, seemingly to his death. In truth, under cover of the smoke, Mister Miracle slipped his bonds and vaulted to a nearby tree branch. Bearing witness to these events, a quartet of Animates begin the process of instilling Doctor Bedlam's consciousness into a fifth, inert Animate. The featureless Animate takes on Doctor Bedlam's countenance, as he more fully inhabits it's form. With Doctor Bedlam commanding them, the Animates clear the brush off Doctor Bedlam's Ceri-Skiff, a new trap designed especially for MIster Miracle. As is his wont, Doctor Bedlam broadcasts nightmare images into the minds of Mister Miracle, Oberon and Brown, to announce his presence on Earth. After receiving Doctor Bedlam's psychic "calling card", Oberon fills in Brown on just who their adversary is. As if on cue, a trio of Animates attack, swiftly subduing Brown. Oberon valiantly fights a losing battle against the Animates. Only the intervention of Mister Miracle, and the Female Furies, saves Oberon's life. The Animates are quickly defeated, but not before one of them manages to destroy Mister Miracle's Mother Box. With the Animates destroyed, Mister Miracle heads off into the woods, alone, to face down Doctor Bedlam.Mister Miracle boards the Ceri-Skiff, and immediately haymakers Doctor Bedlam. The Animate lifelessly falls to the ground, as Doctor Bedlam abandons it's form. The Ceri-Skiff launches into orbit, flying directly into the center of a passing...