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Jesus comic “The Second Coming” is still… coming.

Ok. For those who didn’t catch the news the first time around, there were plans for a comic called “The Second Coming”, which was to feature Jesus coming back to the world. The plot looks something like this…

Witness the return of Jesus Christ, as He is sent on a most holy mission by God to learn what it takes to be the true messiah of mankind by becoming roommates with the world’s favorite savior: the all-powerful super hero Sun-Man, the Last Son of Krispex! But when Christ returns to Earth, he’s shocked to discover what has become of his gospel—and now, he aims to set the record straight.

DC Website

There was some upset… which led to The Second Coming being cancelled.

Well… It looks like the The Second Coming is indeed happening, as its been picked up by Ahoy Comics, a publisher that was set up last Summer.

Two comments here: First, is that it looks like the editorial boundaries are possibly less strict then they would have been if the comic was published under DC / Vertigo. (Vertigo being the “mature” wing of DC). Which makes me wonder if the finished product will actually be more… “dodgy” then it would have been, if the protests against it in the first place hadn’t happened?

Secondly. If I was a comic publisher recently starting up, I’d be tempted to have picked up “The Second Coming” as well… as basically, the internet has done a good job of advertising it for them.

Read mover at at Bleeding Cool News.

I’m still interested in giving it a read…

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The Second Coming (has been cancelled).

Well. A few weeks back Sofa confirmed that no, it wasn’t a joke. There was a comic called “The Second Coming“, that was indeed happening, and it was about:

Witness the return of Jesus Christ, as He is sent on a most holy mission by God to learn what it takes to be the true messiah of mankind by becoming roommates with the world’s favorite savior: the all-powerful super hero Sun-Man, the Last Son of Krispex! But when Christ returns to Earth, he’s shocked to discover what has become of his gospel—and now, he aims to set the record straight.


DC Website

There was… going to be a comic called The Second Coming. According to The Guardian, it has been cancelled following a petition on the CitizenGo website that reached 200,000-signatures, which called on DC Comics to pull the comic. It felt like an almost controversial stance at the time, but Sofa felt curious about the comic, suggesting that instead of burning heathens, that we should look forward to what it had to say. Particularly in regards to “what has become of his gospel“.

While it looks like the comic still may happen, it will more than likely be released on a less mainstream label then the non mainstream DC label it was originally intended for. I’d suggest that this means the The Second Coming comic will still be out there, but the opportunity for a conversation about it will be less.

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When Jesus Returns in DCs “Second Coming”

Well here’s a thing. Jesus Christ is due to feature in a new DC comic series called “Second Coming”. I’m going to save you the trip to Snopes. This is indeed happening. According to the DC website:

Witness the return of Jesus Christ, as He is sent on a most holy mission by God to learn what it takes to be the true messiah of mankind by becoming roommates with the world’s favorite savior: the all-powerful super hero Sun-Man, the Last Son of Krispex! But when Christ returns to Earth, he’s shocked to discover what has become of his gospel—and now, he aims to set the record straight.

DC Website

Yes… About Sun-Man – This is going to be part of the DC Vertigo line which is geared toward more mature readers, and also seems to involve less of the “mainstream” superheroes. Therefore the Sun-Man / Superman thing.

There are cries in various corners of the internet that this is blasphemous. According to CBN…

But Second Coming is closer to blasphemous than biblical. Instead of a biblical account of Christ’s return, it depicts Jesus as a failure who disappointed God by getting crucified when he first walked the earth. He is sent back to learn how to be a real Messiah by learning from the superhero “Sun-Man.”

CBN News

Can I suggest something?

Can we perhaps at least wait for something to be released, and possibly read it before proclaiming it to be blasphemous? I guess by reading it, we could almost have a sensible conversation about it? I don’t know exactly what it covers, but the CBN article goes onto talk about how Jesus doesn’t recognise himself in modern day Church advertising.

While I’m sure its not all great, I wonder if there will be areas that could speak to the church and about the church? It would be nice if we could have a sensible conversation about those things.

The Second Coming could be all a load of rubbish. I’ve not read it yet. But if it is a load of rubbish, can we please not get all “Burn The Heretics” over it? Please?