X-men's Wolverine battles 'The God Virus'

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Permalink Reply by Louis on December 14, 2009 at 12:13pm

Awesome. Hopefully Marvel Boy can come out of Seige in one piece.

Permalink Reply by Michelle on December 14, 2009 at 12:14pm

comics rule, don't tell my husband I said that. He'll think he's won.

Permalink Reply by Aiden on December 14, 2009 at 12:27pm

Oh, if only I were 12 again...

Just kidding, this is pretty cool. I still pick up the occasional Punisher, Batman, and random graphic novel from time to time.

Permalink Reply by Hugh Kramer on December 14, 2009 at 1:14pm

I still read the d*mned things myself on occasion. The last one I developed an enthusiasm for was Kurt Busiek's Astro City series. They had, for comic books anyway, unusually well-thought-out storylines and writing.

If I want a belly-laugh though, I can always pick up a Chick tract.
;)

Permalink Reply by Aiden on December 14, 2009 at 1:17pm

Hellblazer was recently suggested by a friend of mine, but I have yet to check it out...

Permalink Reply by John D on December 14, 2009 at 1:23pm

Wolverine vs. brain-dead religious zombies... AWESOME!

Permalink Reply by Jaume on December 14, 2009 at 2:42pm

If adamantium was only half as effective with religozomby as silver is with lycanthropy, I'd start prospecting for it at once. I'm not that optimistic, though.

Permalink Reply by The Secular One on December 14, 2009 at 5:24pm

1) How the hell are you an atheist in the Marvel universe? Anyone remember Thor or Galactus? I mean, if I'm standing next to Thor as he bashes in the heads of my enemy, I'm going to believe he exists.

2) Wow, what stupid reasons for being atheists. I know you pointed them out in the article, but why does it somehow require the superpower of unbelief to be an atheist? Oh wait, that's because you'd have to be blind to not accept the supernatural in the Marvel universe. Blindness is a superpower! Good job Daredevil!

Permalink Reply by Hugh Kramer on December 14, 2009 at 6:08pm

LOL! Good points all, Stephan. Something else that grated on me was Fantomex's statement about being incapable of believing in anything greater than himself. What baloney! And what was the writer thinking!? That line comes straight from the accusation theists are always throwing at us that we don't believe in God because we think of ourselves as gods.

Is it any wonder I called the dialogue sophomoric?

Permalink Reply by The Secular One on December 15, 2009 at 12:24am

It might be sophomoric, then again it may be someone writing from a theist position about atheists. One person may have come up with the idea, and a second one been tasked to write it...or perhaps it is just an irreligious theist.

Weird, whatever it is. It kind of reminds me of Bamboozled, putting a black man in black-face is a step in the right direction...right? *facepalm*