In contrast, Morrison’s government-created superbeings, for whom humanity is just a larval stage, underline that absolute power corrupts absolutely. The power he held over his world was exercised lovingly, benevolently, with a trust in humans. His thoughts were poetry, his moral sense was far in advance of ours. Miracleman’s physical superiority was matched by superethics whatever made him stronger also made him better. Narrated from a fait accompli future, it’s the story of the world superhumans make when they’re without human limits or understanding. And Phase IV is Miracleman Book Three reflected in a dark mirror. Zenith the character represents the former, fairly obviously the situations in which he finds himself represent the latter. In Supergods, which I haven’t read, he apparently admits that Zenith was pitched halfway between Paradax and Miracleman, between shiny pop culture weird fun and heavy-browed seriousness. We are sharing it here to mark the release of the new hardback edition of Zenith: Phase IV from 2000 AD.Īlan Moore’s influence on Grant Morrison has always been a vexed question. This article was originally published by Tom Whiteley on his excellent Suggested for Mature Readers blog.
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