Appearing on the Comic Geek Speak podcast recently, acclaimed comics writer Tom King shared a substantial update on his current work for the newly announced Mister Miracle animated series from Warner Bros. Animation, James Gunn, and DC Studios.
The show adapts the Eisner Award–winning 12-issue Mister Miracle miniseries King created with artist Mitch Gerads, originally published from 2017 to 2018.
While on the podcast, King confirmed that he was "writing all of the episodes" himself and that the project was just about to enter the development phase, where they start "casting, editing, and design."
He also revealed that in revisiting his own work from 8 years ago, he's had to address an error in the original writing- an unspecified "logic flaw" that he had pointed out to him by a fan, after the original comic book run was over.
King has become one of James Gunn’s key creative partners at DC Studios.
He was part of the original DCU Writers Room. the core group that included Drew Goddard, Jeremy Slater, Christina Hodson, and Christal Henry, who were tasked with shaping the first chapter of the new, interconnected universe.
Another one of King’s acclaimed works, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, is also playing a major role in the DCU’s future.
The upcoming live-action Supergirl film, starring House of the Dragon breakout Milly Alcock, is being built directly from that story.
King and artist Bilquis Evely released the eight-issue, Eisner-nominated series beginning in June 2021, bringing it to a close in February 2022.
Supergirl is set to be released on June 26, 2026.
The official synopsis for the series reads: "Scott Free, known worldwide as Mister Miracle, the greatest escape artist who ever lived. With his wife, Big Barda, Scott seemed to have built the perfect life on Earth, until everything began to unravel. As war erupts between the planets Apocalypse and New Genesis, Scott’s adoptive father, Darkseid, has apparently obtained the Anti-Life Equation, a devastating force capable of dominating the universe."
"With carnage escalating on both sides, Mister Miracle becomes the last hope to end the conflict and restore peace. But the power of the Anti-Life Equation might already be affecting Scott’s mind, distorting his reality and threatening the happiness he shares with Barda."