Captain Miracle

The character was devised to make use of extant material after publishers L. Miller & Son decided to switch their Marvelman and Young Marvelman comics to reprint status in 1960. As a result Anglo set up his own Anglo Features label to make further use of completed material produced by Gower Studios. The name Captain Miracle had previously been considered for Marvelman during that character's creation in 1954. The character was redesigned with short sleeves, gloves and bare legs, and the "MM" logo was replaced by a simple arrow. The 28-page monthly comic also included other strips either from Gower Studios' inventory or imported from American publishers, such as Western-themed strips based on Belle Starr and Daniel Boone. Neither Anglo Features nor Captain Miracle were a success, and the title ended after 9 monthly issues in June 1961 when Anglo folded the imprint and instead returned Gower Studios to work for hire with Thorpe & Porter. Anglo would revisit the template again while devising Super Hombre for Spanish publisher Editorial Ferma, which was subsequently imported and published by Thorpe & Porter as Miracle Man. ==Fictional character biography==

Due to the character's origins as a redrawn, relettered version of Marvelman much of the premise and content is very similar to both that title and thus Captain Marvel. Reporter Jhonny Dee became Daily Clarion editorial assistant, and transformed into the superhero when he called "El Karim!" (in place of "Kimota!"). Due to some of the material originally featuring Young Marvelman, Captain Miracle also had Miracle Junior, who also featured in solo strips in the comic. Miracle Junior's civilian identity was messenger boy Tod Allen. Another ally was Lola Karbel, an officer of the Amalgamated Interplanetary Police, who featured in stories set in 2065. ==Powers and abilities==

Captain Miracle retained the powers of his predecessors, having super-strength, invulnerability and flight capability. He could also travel backwards or forwards in time by rapidly orbiting Earth. Whereas Marvelman's powers were loosely given to him by science, Captain Miracle's were attributed to "Eastern magic". ==References==