Comments on: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #106

By: khyron1144

khyron1144 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:14:55 +0000

I noticed a typo, if it's of any interest to you.

In the Jesus urban legend you have re-draswn instead of re-drawn. In the text right above the cover artwork for issue 19.

By: Reno

Reno — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:08:38 +0000

Jesus can't come back yet. If he did, that would be the Second Coming. And it would be the end of the world.

By: Jason Barnett

Jason Barnett — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:18:06 +0000

The thing about having characters like Satan is a comic company always has an out. As you say, demons lie. So why not lie about who and what they are by just taking a name that would strike fear in millions of people throughout the world and has a certain repuation that comes with it.

Anyone complains about they can always say "Well it's not really Satan, that's just what he calls himself

By: Basara

Basara — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:19:30 +0000

All this discussion of religion in comics, and no one's brought up BATTLE POPE (with Jesus as his sidekick)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Pope

By: Jeff K

Jeff K — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:33:24 +0000

For superhero takes on Jesus, you really can't beat the Neal Adams-illustrated "Son O' God" series in the days of the National Lampoon. Me? I was always partial to the underground comic "God Nose (snot real)".

By: Ben Herman

Ben Herman — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:40:18 +0000

I never understood why Tony Isabella's character the Friend was so objectionable to Jim Shooter. I mean, it was okay to have Satan himself, aka the Devil, the prince of darkness, the lord of lies, the dude who got kicked out of Heaven for leading a revolt against God, show up as a regular character. But when some guy who there are some vague allusions to being Jesus pops up, suddenly *that* is offensive? I am Jewish, and I didn't find it offensive. If a demonic being of pure evil is a the arch enemy of your protagonist, then why can you not at least imply that God exists and works to oppose the Devil?

I'd rather consider Shooter's rewrite to be the demonic lie. That's what demons do, they lie. Why should John Blaze, or we the readers, believe what was said in that issue? That's my rational, and I'm sticking with it

By: Ted Watson

Ted Watson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:53:25 +0000

As often as not, when I change pages (and when I uploaded that last message) your site closes my browser--and we've had a broadband connection for about a month now. I couldn't get in Wednesday or Thursday at all because that would happen as soon as the main page got downloaded, every time---and Friday, the download would just never complete (the task bar and the tab would indicate that I was on my way to your site, but nothing else would happen); I eventually clicked the "X" on the tool bar and went on to other things. Now, I never know when I click to enter a column here if I'm going to get it or lose my browser.

By: Ted Watson

Ted Watson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:46:22 +0000

Alan Coil: "The Isabella Hawkman was planned as a 5-year-long story. After a few issues, DC editorial â€œchanged their mindâ€. " Fine. Doesn't explain why the editor lied about Tony's leaving, or why AMAZING HEROES (at least; can't speak for the other 'zines of the day) didn't say anything about the truth. Reported his departure from the book, yes, but contradicted the editor's statement as to why, no.

By: Quentin Beck

Quentin Beck — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:56:11 +0000

I think Mackie went into hiding after his last run on the renumbered Amazing. The threatening fan letters grew to violent.

In a related story JMS has moments to live. I mean... have you read his stuff. Cocoon this!

By: Jim Ryan

Jim Ryan — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:50:20 +0000

I suppose for those who want some super deities in the Western tradition, there's always GodMan! The character who occasionally gets the focus in Ruben Bolling's TOM THE DANCING BUG strip might meet everyone's need for that old time religion via spandex...

http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/godman.html

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:39:03 +0000

I was reading Ghost Rider when Isabella was writing it. When the story finished, I said to myself, "Well, that part made no _______ sense at all." Actually, I didn't say _______, 'cause I didn't use that word then. But I would have. The Isabella Hawkman was planned as a 5-year-long story. After a few issues, DC editorial "changed their mind".

By: Dan Coyle

Dan Coyle — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:23:56 +0000

"I know nothing about the Noble Kane Stuff."

Well, maybe you should have bothered to learn beforehand, Mr. Mackie, so people wouldn't have thought you were dissing Velez. Then again, half the time Mackie couldn't remember what was in his own stories.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:13:01 +0000

Don't forget, Warlock was essentially the Jesus of Counter-Earth. He even got crucified...

"High Evolutionary...why have you abandoned me?" --Hulk #177.

By: Ted Watson

Ted Watson — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:14:44 +0000

Let me know if I'm reading between the lines correctly here: Shooter did not recognize The Friend as Jesus until Isabella turned in the plot expressly saying he was? Speaking of Tony walking off a comic in disgust with higher ups, I still wonder about his abrupt departure from the 80s HAWKMAN series when he was about to resolve his own creation, "The Shadow War of Hawkman" and the sub--mystery of Commissioner Emmett's immunity to the absorbacon. As described in CBUL #54, the all--Grell installment, Post #58, the editor said in the letter column that the writer had decided he had done all he wanted to with the book, an obvious lie. John Ostrander's complete re-invention of the Hawk-property a few years later means we will never know about Emmett, unless Isabella has said or will say something about it in an interview or at a convention.

By: Lynxara

Lynxara — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:33:13 +0000

Killing Captain Jesus would be about on par for Ellis's Thunderbolts team. Could be pretty cool.

By: Sherman B

Sherman B — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:01:21 +0000

Maybe Aquarian could show up in Ellis' Thunderbolts? He probably would be against registration.

By: yo go re

yo go re — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:23:41 +0000

Lily white? Dude looks Chinese to me...

By: Denn

Denn — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:43:17 +0000

T.: Have you read Garth Ennis' Chronicles of Wormwood? If so, do you like that depiction of Jesus, looks wise?

By: T.

T. — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:14:46 +0000

I'm glad that it turned out not being Jesus, as it kind of bugs me that he's depicted as a lily white guy with long bone-straight brown hair.

By: Pack

Pack — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:57:37 +0000

There's an interview in the most recent issue of Wizard in which Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Millar say that Bill Jemas wanted them to write "Ultimate Moses" and "Ultimate Jesus" series', respectively.