Question/Help--Christianity Displayed in Comics/Graphic Novels

[lcranston]

Marvel Premiere 13 and 14 had Dr. Strange meeting up with "Sise-Neg" (Genesis backwards!), a being that was supposed to become God. Doc was present at the creation, if I remember correctly.

[Zonker]

Anyone mention Daredevil yet?

 

Definitely Daredevil: Born Again.

 

Also Sandman: A Season of Mists, though of course Lucifer comes off looking somewhat better than Yahweh in that one.

 

Alan Moore's Phantom Stranger origin in Secret Origins.

[Senormac]

I wouldn't consider Chick to be mainstream ..... but it is comics.

 

This was your life - Chick

[Ares]

There was that issue of Savage dragon where he met God

[oakman29]

Religion?............mods notified!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CKB]

There were Christian themes in the Milestone DC line. Nun of the Above. Catholic Girl. Etc.

 

[Lebowski]

Ennis & Pleece's True Faith.

 

[CKB]

Not exactly what you were asking for, but EC did three issues of "The Living Bible" in the 40's.

 

[Tomega]

I forget what the comic is, but there's that crazy Liefeld Jesus thing

 

 

Missed that one completely. Does anyone know the title?

 

 

That is The Godyssey #1.

[FlyingDonut]

The entire Son of Satan run. By definition, if there is a "Satan", there is a Christian God.

[cloudofwit]

X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills

 

I read that one as a kid. One of the villains was a televangelist, wasn't he?

 

 

(thumbs u

 

A televangelist as a villain? :think: There was someone somewhere that first became suspicious of the gospel being folded into the medium of television. Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman...someone was there first. Not to say there aren't some honest souls out there in TV land laboring sincerely for the gospel, but the biases of TV--its inherent values of entertainment, convenience, simplicity, passiveness, etc.--are begging for a villain to burst on the scene. All that "Let me tell you how you can save your soul" in 30 seconds or less. That's pretty much the influence of TV from what I can gather. Bumper stickers. I have a theory (no proof yet) that bumper stickers had to arrive, en masse, not long after TV. "The Bible said it. I believe it. That settles it." That kind of anti-intellectual nonsense that exists in some church folk circles.

 

"Come let us reason together," said Isaiah. But who's got time for any reasoned debate in TV land? Lo, beware the televangelist...may he/she overcome their own stereotype.

 

Rant over. But it felt really good.

[Duffman_Comics]

Not sure whether Warrior Nun Areala has been mentioned.

[Speedy-D]

There's a decent amount of semi-subtle Christianity in Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run.

[Theagenes]

Certainly The Sandman makes heavy use of Judeo-Christian iconography and mythology (as well as other belief systems ancient and modern).

 

Jim Corrigan was sent back from the afterlife as the Spectre by a very much Judeo-Christian to punish evil-doers.

 

Someone mentioned the controversial Ghost Rider issues already I think.

 

 

[Mister_Comics]

TREASURE CHEST was a long running series about all kinds of religous stuff.

 

Just throwing that in.

[CKB]

TREASURE CHEST was a long running series about all kinds of religous stuff.

 

Just throwing that in.

 

TOPIX as well.

[PurpleZeke]

I remember a comic from the 70's the Cross and the Switchblade.

[Theagenes]

Has anyone mentioned Picture Stories from the Bible yet?

[Ant-Man]

Matt Wagner had several twisted takes on Christianity at the latter end of the Grendel series for Comico & subsequent miniseries.

[Mr 9.8]

I wouldn't consider Chick to be mainstream ..... but it is comics.

 

This was your life - Chick

I still can't decide if this is supposed to be really genius satire or if ''Chick'' is serious about this C**p!