Miracleman, Book One: A Dream of Flying

I'm absolutely thrilled that this has been reprinted. It's been unavailable for so long, and it's such an important part of superhero comics from a historical standpoint. Beyond that, I'm not sure what else there is to say about it - Moore and Leach's work is phenomenal, and really sells the idea of the superhero as Nitzschean übermensch in a way that would have been difficult with text alone.

At the same time, it's interesting to read this book now, because while it was completely groundbreaking and an integral part of Moore's reinvention of the he superhero genre in the 80s, it's also a victim of its own legendary status. It's almost like listening to an old Chuck Berry record - revolutionary for its time, but show it to someone now and it seems hackneyed and cliche (because it first created those cliches). I have to admit I'm jealous of people who got to read this before Watchmen, before The Authority, before Irredeemable and all of the other versions that have come since.