When the mobster Steel Hand kills Brown, his protege Scott Free assumes the Mister Miracle mantle, after which Shilo becomes his ally.

He became famous for large scale televised stunts, including well-publicized escapes from the second dimension, the center of the Earth, and a miniature black hole.

[5] In the second issue of Final Crisis, Shilo is seen talking to the Japanese metahuman Sonny Sumo, telling him of a "cosmic war", that "the powers of evil won", and that Motherboxxx is "the only thing left".

In Brightest Day, Alan Scott is driven insane by his Starheart power and creates a fortress on the moon.

Later, as a student at New York University, Shilo studied a wide variety of subjects, and in his spare time he performed sleight of hand and small feats of street magic for the crowds in Washington Square Park.

During this time, he experimented with the "hero gig" as a third generation Mister Miracle, standing in for Scott as a member of Justice League International using New Genesis technology that he had either modified or built himself, such as his Enerjams and Zoom Pads.