Mick Anglo was one of the earliest creators of British comic books, mostly known for making the character Marvelman which was later rebooted in the 80s by Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman. The idea behind Marvelman was after DC Comics had shut down Fawcett's production of Captain Marvel comics blaming it for being a copycat of Superman. That ceased European reprints that Miller's publishing company of L. Miller And Sons was doing, so they created their own version as a young blonde titled Marvelman. This included an entire superhero family with supporting heroes Young and Kid Marvelman making it available to a wide range of readers. Mick Anglo decided to come out with a copy of his own copy of a copycat superhero for Spanish readers billed as Superhombre, that was also the name eventually used for Spanish reprints of Superman. Anglo's Superhomrbe was written by Juan Llarch and drawn by Emilio Giralt Ferrando with black and white interiors in 1958, and was later reprinted for English, German, and Dutch periodicals in 1965 under the new title Miracle Man. This was uncanny as Alan Moore's take on Anglo's original character was rebranded as Miracleman in America to avoid confusing the character with either DC or Marvel's competing Captain Marvels. The UK version was published under Thorpe and Porter as Miracle Man which was a copycat of Fawcett's Captain Mervel about boy detective John Chapman under the tutelage of the seasoned Inspector Stewart. John got a magic talisman which after saying "Sun Disc" allowed him to transform into an adult super-powered version of himself named Miracle Man that would go on adventures all over the world where he morphed between his two personas depending on the plot. Miracle Man was capable of about everything his Shazam predecessor could do, although the power could be accessed by anyone holding the talisman at the time, which made for several imposter Miracle Mans appearing throughout the run. The hero also got his own sidekick in the unusually named Supercoat who had a portion of Miracle Man's powers as they could travel through time together, fight monsters, and foil evil carnies. The weirdest factor about Miracle Man's international appearances has his costume constantly shifting colors on the cover, bringing back memories of Batman's infamous rainbow outfit.
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