Alex Raymond's "Marines at Prayer", 1944
Alex Raymond was best known at the creator of the "Flash Gordon" comic strip, but he was in the USMC during WWII, and created this painting for publication in 1944:
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Robin solo story in BATMAN #239, 1972
As I shared in another recent post, the early '70s was the time of "the Jesus movement" and even secular media, including comics, could not ignore what was happening. This Robin solo story backup, "Soul-Pit", which appeared in Batman #239 in 1972 ha
Read more…"Prayer Works Wonders" by Frazetta, 1952
This was a public service announcement drawn by Frank Frazetta in 1952 which appeared in a number of secular comics of the day:
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #7, 1966
"A matter of Life and Death" was written by Dan Adkins, pencilled by Steve Ditko (his very first comics story after he famously walked away from drawing The Amazing Spider-Man with issue #38), and inked by Wally Wood. In comic books it contains the
Read more…BRAVE & THE BOLD #108, 1973
This is not a Christian comic, but I doubt DC would ever run such a cover as this nowadays:
The art is by Jim Aparo.
Read more…Martin Luther King Jr. comic book
(Yes, I know MLK Jr. Day was two days ago---better late than never!)
THE MONTGOMERY STORY was published in December, 1957 and illustrated, from what I can ascertain, by the Dan Barry studio (which had as many as 30 artists at a time):
Read more…GREEN LANTERN #40, 1965
In the story "The Secret Origin of the Guardians" a character called Krona goes back in time to see the origin of the universe. What he sees is the hand of God in the act of creation (so much for evolution!).
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SUPERMAN #146, 1961
Could you imagine Superman being concerned about the well being of Christians in a present-day comic? Nevertheless, once upon a time...
DC COMICS PRESENTS #29 January, 1981
Scripter: Len Wein
Art: Jim Starlin (pencils) & Romeo Tanghal (inks)
No one of the creative team are born again Christians, but they do touch upon some spiritual themes in a general and reverent way which, by 1981, were incredibly rare in secular comic
Read more…some undated "Mark Trail" strips
The strip is normally about an outdoorsman and the various flora and fauna he encounters, and the random adventure. However...
DICK TRACY comic strip, 1975
Dick Tracy began in 1931 as a comic strip known for its inventively grotesque criminals and shoot-'em-ups (and fine storytelling, pacing, and cartooning/graphic design), but artist-writer Chester Gould also professed faith in Christ, as evidenced in
Read more…GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW #89
This was the final issue of the critically acclaimed series in 1972, and O'Neil and Adams (both having grown up Catholic, but not born again Christians) created this controversial story which, though wrong-headed in some regards, showed reverence in
Read more…THE FLASH 198
In April, 1970 DC Comics published an issue of THE FLASH which had a theme which you'll not likely ever see in today's secular super-hero comics, except in mockery. Here it was written in all sincerity for young readers.
"Dirty Job"
A backup story appeared in OUR ARMY AT WAR #241 in 1972 called "Dirty Job," written by Bob Haney and drawn by Alex Toth. It was only four pages in length, but is regarded as a genuine classic, and has been reprinted several times (once in a treasury
Read more…Johnny Grav & the Visioneer tpb
Back in the early 2000s author Mike Nappa and artist Dennis Jensen (who drew for DC and Marvel in the late '70s - late '90s) put together an award winning, full color comics section in Focus on the Family's CLUBHOUSE magazine (for 9 - 11 year olds) c
Read more…"A Baby Changes Everything"
Times Square Church in NYC has a special Christmas music production called "A Baby Changes Everything," and you can see it (for the next few days) here:
Read more…Ron Wheeler
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