DC Cancels Comic Where Jesus Learns From Superhero After Outcry (theguardian.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @02:01AM from the how-about-that dept.

AmiMoJo writes: A new comics series in which Jesus Christ is sent on "a most holy mission by God" to learn "what it takes to be the true messiah of mankind" from a superhero called Sun-Man, has been cancelled by DC Comics. The move follows a petition that called it "outrageous and blasphemous". The Second Coming series, from DC imprint Vertigo, was due to launch on 6 March. Written by Mark Russell and illustrated by Richard Pace, its story followed Jesus's return to Earth. "Shocked to discover what has become of his gospel," he teams up with a superhero, Sun-Man, who is more widely worshipped than him.

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Remove Jesus, insert other religious figure... by hiroshimarrow · 2019-02-19 02:05 · Score: 5, Funny

and someone would get crucified if it were one that was less forgiving.
Typical racist bullshit by Opportunist · 2019-02-19 02:29 · Score: 5, Funny

You can have a Norse superhero, you can have a black superhero but god forbid we get a Jewish superhero!

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