5. Kid Miracleman (Eclipse Comics)
Ok, ok, ok, this one I probably have to justify a bit. Because anyone who hasn’t heard of him is going to be confused as to why he’s on the list and anyone who HAS heard of him is going to be shocked he’s on a list of the BEST sidekicks.
Kid Miracleman was originally created as a Captain Marvel Jr. knockoff, a young boy given great power from shouting the name of his hero (Miracleman). In Alan Moore’s run on Miracleman, Kid Miracleman became an insidious business tycoon and sociopath, trapping his original human identity inside for good. Kid Miracleman is legitimately terrifying on pretty much every level, from his corporate attire to his piercing eyes to his cold and calculating demeanor. The interpretation is pretty clearly lifted from Demoniac, villain of the obscure 1977 novel Superfolks, but it works incredibly well here. Now admittedly, Kid Miracleman wasn’t very good at being a sidekick but he is probably the most interesting and best written character on this list, so that all balances out to put him somewhere in the middle of the list.
Oh and yes I DO know that the character was originally called Kid Marvelman but since his best stories came about while he was Kid Miracleman that’s the name I picked for the heading.
