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  • Any Christian Superheroes?

    From EdiFire Judah@21:1/5 to GustavoWombat@yahoo.com on Wed Dec 30 15:20:44 2020
    "I, for one, would like to see some character get revamped as a Born
    Again Christian, rather than the usual darker, angrier more violent
    version. And not a religious zealot either -- tolerent, although
    perhaps disapproving at times."

    I'll absolutely take you up on that one dear friend.-regards, E.J. Busch.





    Thursday, April 22, 2004 at 3:03:34 PM UTC-4, GustavoWombat@yahoo.com wrote:
    I can't think of any major superheroes that strongly believe in any
    real faith, and that surprises me. Certainly not in the DC Universe.
    I think there are more minority superheros than religious ones.
    Not that I want to see "The Teen Titans" become "The Christian
    Crusaders, with their Happy Hindu friend and wacky Orthodox Jew
    sidekick", but seems unrealistic that there would be none.
    I'm not religious myself, but I know that for a large chunk of the population, faith is an important part of their lives.
    Huntress has a Christian Prostitute wardrobe, but that's about as far
    is it goes. She isn't defined or motivated by her faith.
    There would seem to be a lot of untapped ground for storytelling. I
    wonder why it hasn't happened. So, what do you think: Agnostic/Athiest writers trying to force their worldview on impressionable children, or writers shying away from something that could be handled very badly
    and offensively?
    I, for one, would like to see some character get revamped as a Born
    Again Christian, rather than the usual darker, angrier more violent
    version. And not a religious zealot either -- tolerent, although
    perhaps disapproving at times.
    Plus, it would give writers a chance to answer the question that I
    know we've all been pondering: "Did Jesus die for Superman's sins?"
    --Gustavo

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  • From Kevrob@21:1/5 to EdiFire Judah on Thu Dec 31 22:02:23 2020
    On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 6:20:45 PM UTC-5, EdiFire Judah wrote:
    "I, for one, would like to see some character get revamped as a Born
    Again Christian, rather than the usual darker, angrier more violent
    version. And not a religious zealot either -- tolerent, although
    perhaps disapproving at times."
    I'll absolutely take you up on that one dear friend.-regards, E.J. Busch.

    Wow. Necropost, much?

    Remember Zauriel, in the JLA? An angel. The Spectre was
    pretty much "the Wrath of Ghod," and "Jim Corrigan" being
    an Irish-American cop, odds are he was Catholic. Jerry
    Seigel was Jewish, though, so Spec must have answered to
    Old Testament Yahooey, Josh or no Josh.

    This "Crusader" battled the Mighty Thor:

    https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Arthur_Blackwood_(Earth-616)

    Marvel's X-Man, Kurt (Nightcrawler) Wagner, in some timelines,
    becomes a priest, and spent time in the seminary in the main (616)
    storyline. Matt (Daredevil) Murdock is/was another Catholic.

    The Kent family, and their adopted boy, Clark, are usually depicted
    attending some version of a Protestant church, at least for funerals.
    Kal-El may be a Raoist, though.

    Azrael, (Jean-Paul Valley, who temporarily took over as the Batman)
    was from the "Order of St. Dumas."

    Here's one take on comics characters' beliefs:

    https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233317/http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/comic_book_religion.html

    --
    Kevin R

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  • From Al Nickerson@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 17 12:02:54 2022
    THE SWORD OF EDEN is a 220-page black and white trade paperback published by Messianic Comics. THE SWORD OF EDEN is a super-hero Christian graphic novel. Each copy has a cover price of $19.99.

    Brief synopsis of content: THE SWORD OF EDEN introduces Rebecca Stern as she begins her career as a superhero. What will happen when our young heroine joins forces with Nemish-Man, Kid-Cockroach, and Professor Jack in retrieving the Sword of Eden (the
    legendary sword used by angels to keep Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden). In their adventures, our heroes battle demons, zombies, a bunch of ninja, and other supervillains. And how will these superheroes cope when they must combat mythological
    villains such as Count Orlok or the Green Knight? If that ain’t enough, will our heroes be capable of locating Noah’s Ark?

    Christianbook[dot]com/CBD is selling THE SWORD OF EDEN graphic novel...

    https://www.christianbook.com/the-sword-of-eden-graphic-novel/al-nickerson/9780578518206/pd/518207?event=ESRCG

    Diamond Comic Distributors has solicited THE SWORD OF EDEN graphic novel (SEP211637) in their September issue of PREVIEWS. The graphic novel will arrive to finer comic book stores in November...

    https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP211637

    And my interview with the Christian Comic Arts Society has been posted on YouTube...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJJ0eHsihiE

    Many thanks.

    Grace and Peace.

    Solus Christus.

    in Christ Jesus,
    Al Nickerson
    http://www.theswordofeden.com

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Peter Henrikson on Mon Feb 28 05:14:42 2022
    On Friday, April 23, 2004 at 12:18:53 AM UTC-6, Peter Henrikson wrote:

    I'm assuming a bit here but, since Thor is a scandanavian god wouldn't there be a religion or faith with people who worship him?

    There were actually several issues of Thor that dealt with this - that the Norse gods were no longer "fit for worship", but were somehow on the
    cosmic backburner, and Thor had to explain this somehow to his
    Earthly followers...

    John Savard

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Johanna Draper Carlson on Mon Feb 28 05:11:12 2022
    On Thursday, April 22, 2004 at 3:41:54 PM UTC-6, Johanna Draper Carlson wrote:
    Gustav...@yahoo.com (Gustavo Wombat) wrote:

    So, what do you think: Agnostic/Athiest writers trying to force their worldview on impressionable children, or writers shying away from
    something that could be handled very badly and offensively?

    Companies not wanting to raise the issue, out of fear of losing readers (either through offending someone, or by having people say "I'm not (Particular Faith), I don't want to read about someone who is").

    Precisely - this is why the religious faith of characters in any
    form of popular fiction isn't allowed to appear in an obtrusive
    or conspicuous manner in most cases.

    John Savard

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to ajsolis@aol.com on Mon Feb 28 05:15:56 2022
    On Friday, April 23, 2004 at 3:12:37 AM UTC-6, ajsolis@aol.com wrote:

    Is Hawkman still a follower of the egyptian gods?

    He's an alien from Thanagar. You're thinking of the Earth-2 Hawkman.

    John Savard

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Brian Doyle on Mon Feb 28 05:20:50 2022
    On Saturday, April 24, 2004 at 3:56:03 AM UTC-6, Brian Doyle wrote:
    "Duggy" <jc12...@jcu.edu.au> wrote in message news:Pine.OSF.4.21.04042...@marlin.jcu.edu.au...

    Actually that was the point of their characterisation, they were portrayed as fanatics - handing out pamphlets on a street corner and unliked by a population that saw them as pushy, but later appeared as good people.

    Terry Pratchett discusses in "Carpe Jugulum" what sort of true, insightful religion is it that _can't_ inspire it's members like that, and is it worth the having if it can't?

    And then we have Star Trek: Enterprise, where T'Pol hands Archer a green
    book about the Way of Surak as though it's a religious tract...

    John Savard

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