Shilo Norman (New Earth)

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Real Name

Shilo Norman

Current Alias

Mister Miracle

Aliases

"Avatar of Freedom"

Identity

Public

Affiliation

Seven Soldiers of Victory, New Gods

Relatives

Aaron Norman (brother, deceased), Thaddeus Brown (Mister Miracle I, informal guardian, deceased)

Universe

[[New Earth]]

Base Of Operations

Manhattan

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Black

Unusual Features

During his imprisonment in the Life Trap, Norman was covered in third-degree burns and confined to a wheelchair.

Status

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Married

Occupation

Escape artist, adventurer; former warden at the Slab

Education

Physics degree from New York University; trained as an escape artist

Origin

Origin

Aided by extraterrestrial technology

Place of Birth

Metropolis

Creators

Jack Kirby

First appearance

Mister Miracle #15

History

Abandoned by his mother when he was only an infant, Shilo Norman's desire to escape was fostered in an abusive orphanage. He eventually ran away and ended up on the streets, where he was informally taken in by Thaddeus Brown, the original Mister Miracle. Brown was later murdered by the mobster Steel Hand, and Norman aided his successor Scott Free in taking over the mantle and avenging Brown's death.

Later, Norman learned that he had an older brother, a policeman named Aaron, and tried to foster a relationship with him. However, this was cut short went a gang member shot Aaron, killing him. Norman was placed in Free's custody, but escaped in an attempt to get revenge. Fortunately, Scott Free and his wife Barda stopped the boy from doing anything too rash.

Norman went on to study physics and comparative philosophy at NYU, and even had a girlfriend by the name of Fiona Leeway. He also briefly stood in for Scott Free as the third Mister Miracle. Some time later, he put his knowledge of escape artistry to use as the security chief at the Slab, where he was instrumental in helping to stop the Last Laugh riots. Following the riots, he was promoted to warden of the Slab.

This, however, did not bring him too much satisfaction, and he later parlayed his skills to become a celebrity escape artist called Mister Miracle. He gained money and fame, but began to suffer from anxiety. During this period, his stunts began to border on the suicidal, culminating in his attempt to escape from an artificially-generated black hole. The attempt failed, and he was trapped inside another dimension.

In the other dimension, which Norman mistook for his own, the being Darkseid (calling himself Dark Side) and his associates took on human forms, and had trapped the New Gods in the forms of crippled vagrants. Dark Side had Norman beaten, burned, mutilated and castrated, but after seven days, Norman eventually discovered that it was all an elaborate illusion designed to trap him inside the black hole forever. The vicious civilization-devouring Sheeda had made a bargain with Darkseid wherein the latter would trap Norman and the ancient hero Aurakles, thus allowing the Sheeda to "harrow" the Earth, in exchange for aid in his unending war against the New Gods. Norman escaped and confronted Darkseid on Earth, offering himself in exchange for Aurakles' freedom. Darkseid agreed, released Aurakles, and then shot Norman in the head. However, Norman has once again escaped, and later aided Firestorm against the forces of Apokolips.

During the Final Crisis, Norman approached Sonny Sumo, hoping to enlist him for the fight against Darkseid.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

After escaping from the black hole, Norman declared that he had God Sight, which apparently enables him to see beyond the regular plane of existence.

Abilities

Shilo Norman is a highly-skilled escape artist

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

Norman previously suffered from anxiety stemming from the murder of his older brother.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: Norman makes extensive use of a Mother Box, which he has dubbed Motherboxxx.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• No special notes.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss Shilo Norman (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Shilo Norman (New Earth) (Chronological)
• Appearances of Shilo Norman (New Earth) (Alphabetical)
• Character Gallery: Shilo Norman (New Earth)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Shilo Norman (New Earth)
• Quotations by Shilo Norman (New Earth)

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• Mister Miracle at Wikipedia.org
  
• None.
  

Footnotes

[[Category:New Earth]]

Related Articles

• Mister Miracle (Shilo Norman) appearance list

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