Chosen

[cyberghostface]

This was a miniseries that Mark Millar did way back in 2004. It's recently been rereleased as the first volume of Millar's "American Jesus" trilogy.

Obviously this a truncated version of the full story--I've tried to fill in the gaps enough for you to understand, but there's still some subplots and exposition that I'm not going to write about for the sake of brevity if they don't factor into the scans at hand. For example, there's a subplot with Jodie's girlfriend and an extra subplot with the parents.

Disclaimer: This was three issues, so I've posted seven from each, making for a total of 21 pages.

Anyway, the first issue introduces us to Jodie Christianson. He's just a normal kid. One day, however, he gets hit by a truck...




However, Jodie wakes up in the hospital without a scratch on him.




At school, Jodie gets all the answers to his test right to the point that his teacher accuses him of cheating (as before he usually just got Ds). He tries to grill Jodie with further questions but Jodie answers them all. By the time his mother picks him up, Jodie's standing on top of a desk, surrounded by the other teachers who are all amazed at the answers he knows.













In #2, Jodie visits the local priest Father O'Higgins (who has lost his faith) and asks him...






Despite his advice, Jodie begins to perform different types of miracles for his friends--healing a friend with poor eyes, turning water into wine, etc.  None of the adults believe any of it and chalk it up to children telling stories.

The local bully, the son of the man who drove the truck in the beginning, tells Jodie to cure his father who is in a coma from the accident--or else. 











In the final issue, the rest of the town now believes that Jodie is the second coming of Christ, but the priest is still skeptical. He prays to God for a sign. And it does--his dog is hit by a car.

Comments

[nothingbutcake]

Haha, saw that twist from the beginning.

[nothingbutcake]

I mean, it's not much of a 'twist' if you know the story.

[kusonaga]

The thing is, you don't see the twist coming if you think it'll 'just' be an exploration of how people would perceive a new coming of Christ. It's why I didn't expect a twist.

[halialkers]

It actually wrongfooted me. I expected it to be God is Evil, not that he was the Antichrist. I was expecting that last bit to be "Sure, I'll take you to God" and then the Light comes and the being in it is very much Not Good.......

Instead he gets raped into being the Antichrist.