Comic Title: Secret Origins #33
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: December 1988
On Sale Date: August 23, 1988 Shipping Date August 23, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #7

Shipping Date August 25, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #147

Newsstand Date September 17, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #147

Copyright Date August 23, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mark Waid

Title: "Escapism"
Pages: 15

Feature(s):
Mister Miracle (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Mike Carlin
Penciller: Don Heck
Inker: Klaus Janson
Inker: Arthur Adams
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Feature Character(s)

• Mister Miracle (last appearance in Captain Atom #20; next appearance in Justice League International #22)

Supporting Character(s)

• Big Barda (last appearance in Justice League International #21; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Oberon (last appearance in Justice League International #21; next appearance in Power of the Atom #5)

Villain(s)

• Granny Goodness (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Mister Miracle Special #1)
• Several parademons (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Darkseid (in flashback; last appearance in Action Comics #592; next appearance in Legends #1)
• Members of a circus (no further appearances)
• The Steel Hand and his gang (in flashback; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Metron (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Mister Miracle Special #1)
• Himon (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Mister Miracle Special #1)

Other Character(s)

• Several shock trooper trainees (Makki named; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Several Hunger Dogs (Gamul named; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Auralie (a friend of Barda; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Thaddeus Brown (the original Mister Miracle; in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Scott Free (before his escape from Apokolips; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Mister Miracle Special #1)
• Big Barda (during her first meeting with Scott Free; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Mister Miracle Special #1)
• Oberon (during his time with the original Mister Miracle; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Mister Miracle Special #1)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Justice League (in Mister Miracle's thoughts)
• Batman (in Mister Miracle's thoughts)
• Blue Beetle (in Mister Miracle's thoughts)

Comments:
This story is told in two parallel parts. The top portion of each page is told from Scott Free's point of view and tells of his escape from Apokolips. The bottom half of each page is told from Oberon's point of view and tells of his history with the original Mister Miracle, Thaddeus Brown.

Synopsis:
Mister Miracle gives a public performance involving a death-defying escape. During the show, Scott Free reflects upon his training on Apokolips, his first meetings with Himon and Barda, and his escape. Meanwhile Oberon worries over his friend's safety. He recalls memories from his own past including the death of his family, his time with the circus, and his adventures with Thaddeus Brown, the original Mister Miracle.