Writer Steve Engleheart and artist Marshall Rogers picked up Mister Miracle where the series had ended 3 years previously; with newly weds Mister Miracle and Big Barda honeymooning on New Genesis. However, Granny Goodness, Virmin Vunderbar, Kanto and Dr. Bedlam broke up the holiday, abducting Barda to Earth and forcing Mister Miracle - the world's greatest escape artist - to battle without his Mother Box super computer. By the time the pair reunited, they were stranded on the moon and Barda had been brainwashed.