The ā€˜Hopeā€™ in Second Coming: Only Begotten Son: Mark Russell and Richard Pace on Their New Volume

ā€œPeople donā€™t believe in God,ā€ says Jesus Christ in Second Coming #1, ā€œso much as they hope for a witness to their suffering.ā€ Thus began a series from writer Mark Russell and artist Richard Pace that surprised readers and critics alike. Far from the blasphemous screed the Fox News crowd assumed it would be before…

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Doomed Planet. Desperate Parents. Last Hope. And Hey, Jesus, in AHOY’s Second Coming: Only Begotten Son #1

The infant Sunstar will grow up to fulfill his destiny as Earth’s most powerful superhero and roommate to Jesus Christ ā€” but first, he and his parents must endure the mundane and the tedious on the last night of the doomed planet Zirconia. Seek a friend for the end of the world in AHOY Comicsā€™…

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‘I Didn’t Expect a Series Involving a Pandemic to Actually Be Interrupted by a Pandemic’: Mark Russell on ‘Billionaire Island’ & More

Mark Russell and Steve Pughā€™s AHOY Comics series ā€œBillionaire Islandā€ arrived in early March as an uneasy world watched what would soon be declared a pandemic spread across the globe and collectively tugged on its collar and made a big cartoon gulping sound. Suddenly, the idea of the worldā€™s billionaires moving to a floating island…

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Entry 070 – Hope Summers

Art by Jim Cheung and Laura Martin Name: Hope Summers Code Names: Hope First Appearance: X-Men #205 (Jan 08) Powers: Power mimicry Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Lights, X-Force About Douglas Adams once wrote, “It’s one thing to think that you’re the center of the universe ā€” it’s another thing entirely to have this confirmed by an ancient prophecy.” Thatā€™s the cornerstone…

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