Warning:This story contains major spoilers forBrightburn.
Do not read unless you’ve already seen the movie or don’t care about being spoiled.
Humans have gotten pretty lucky in most superhero stories, all told.
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In fact,Brightburnhas several explicit connections to one of the best superhero comics ever made: Alan Moore’sMiracleman.
Moore was at the forefront of the ’80s comics vanguard that reimagined superheroes with darker, more grounded stories.
Thankfully, it’s easier to describeMiraclemannow thatShazam!is a multi-million-dollar movie.
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That mild-mannered facade comes crumbling down, though, once Miracleman returns to challenge him.
Kid Miracleman soon shows exactly what he thinks of normal humans.
AsBrightburnends, Brandon is well on his way to doing his own version of that.
Then he lets her go, watching from above as her all-too-human body plummets fatally to the Earth.
Despite all of Gargunza’s tricks, he ultimately finds himself defenseless before Miracleman.
The hero takes Gargunza and flies him up into the sky.
After a while, you won’t be able to control them.
