Who Is Kid Marvelman? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Kid Marvelman is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Jonathan Bates, with over 88 comic issue appearances. Kid Miracleman is the alter-ego of the orphan boy Johnny Bates. Though he was once Miracleman's loyal sidekick, over time he became a sadistic and violent sociopath, and his mentor's greatest enemy.

Who is Kid Marvelman?

John Bates is the orphaned child of deceased Air Force personnel, and like Mike Moran, he was in a experiment that saw the creation of him, Miracleman, Young Miracleman and Miraclewoman along with their nemesis Young Nastyman by Dr. Gargunza. His powers was the ability to change places in space and time with a super powered cellular replicate, Kid Miracleman, through the use of the magic word, "Miracleman." Whenever he says his word his normal body is placed in limbo in a realm that apparently doesn’t age him no matter how long he is in there. Johnny Bates like his fellow test subjects was put through the dream tests based on the adventures of the Marvel Family. When Miraclewoman and Young Nastyman escaped their virtual simulations and seemingly killed each other, it was decided to end the experiment and the remaining subjects were supposedly destroyed in an explosion but apparently Miracleman and Kid Miracleman survived. With no authority figure to keep him in place, Kid Miracleman took on Johnny Bates’ identity and, aged to an adult version of Kid Miracleman, he also gained more power and became a corporate tycoon. Apparently he also slowly went insane. When Mike Moran rediscover.

Key facts

Kid Marvelman is of human origin. The character is published by Marvel. With 88 recorded issue appearances, Kid Marvelman ranks among the most featured characters in comics.