Mister Miracle Jack Kirby's Fourth World Gallery Real Name Shilo Norman Main Alias Mister Miracle Other Aliases Avatar of Freedom Relatives Aaron Norman (brother, deceased) Affiliation New Gods, Formerly Seven Soldiers of Victory Base Of Operations Manhattan Status Alignment Good Identity Public Identity Citizenship American Marital Status Married Occupation Escape Artist, former Warden Characteristics Gender Male Height 6' 0" Weight 179 lbs (81 kg) Eyes Brown Hair Black Origin Universe Fourth World · Earth-One · New Earth Creators Jack Kirby First Appearance Mister Miracle #15(September, 1973)

Shilo Norman was a student and successor of the first Mister Miracle, Scott Free.

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.

Shilo then took his skills public as 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.

Within the black hole, Shilo was exposed to a fictional version of the real world, where he became involved in the affairs of the New Gods, now trapped in human bodies in New York following a "War in Heaven". Norman fought against Darkseid and his associates, who had become powerful in the New York underworld. The other New Gods had been trapped as homeless and vagrants. When Norman tried to fight Darkseid, he was exposed to the Anti-Life Equation; however, he survived thanks to Metron. Regardless, Darkseid had Norman beaten, burned, mutilated and castrated, as well as exposing him to the "Omega Sanction".

Trapped within the Omega Sanction, Shilo was exposed to a multiple false lives, all of them ending in doom and heartbreak. However, Norman's time with the New Gods was enough to strengthen him, letting him talk the physical embodiment of Omega into letting him go.

Shilo then realized that he was still in the black hole he thought he escaped one week ago. Metron appears before him and explains that he has survived his initiation into the New Gods. He then asks Mister Miracle to go further, return to the world and save everyone.[1]

After seven days, he emerged in New York in the middle of the Sheeda invasion. He immediately made his way to the Dark Side Club, and found out that Darkseid had arranged his entrapment at the request of the Sheeda, in exchange for them giving him the primordial hero Aurakles. Shilo Norman made a deal with Darkseid—his freedom in exchange for Aurakles'. Taking this offer, Darkseid freed Aurakles, put Norman in shackles and shot him. However, Norman's mysterious Motherbox allowed him to survive, climbing out of his own grave three days later.[2] Norman later aided Firestorm against the forces of Apokolips.[3]

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Norman approached Sonny Sumo, hoping to enlist him for the fight against Darkseid. After Darkseid took control of the world, Norman worked with the Super Young Team against his soldiers. He led this team to Checkmate's last stronghold where he was shot by a trigger-happy pawn.[4] Fortunately, Norman survived due to wearing a impact-proof vest and informed Earth's resistance of Darkseid's intentions to destroying the universe and how to stop him.[5]

Shilo, Sonny, and the Super Young Team were then summoned by Nix Uotan to fight against Mandrakk the Dark Monitor.[6]

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