Holy Superheroes! Revised and Expanded Edition: Exploring the Sacred in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Film

by Greg Garrett

Book Overview

Spider-Man. Batman. The X-Men. The Fantastic Four. Comic books and the characters they have spawned have become twenty-first-century mythology. Greg Garrett helps us see the profound depth that can be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664231918
• ISBN13: 9780664231910
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

With Great Power...

This is actually a book I wanted to write, imagine my suprise when I found it already in print. Garrett deals with one of the loves of my life in the Myth found in comics and superhero movies. This book gives those of us that love such a medium a way to relate what we read and watch to the faith. Don't pick it up for any heavy, devotional or theological reading, but it is a fun romp between pop culture and the Faith. Give it a shot if you're a Christian that Loves Superheroes.

Comics... need your Bible?

How many times have you been told that comics are for kids? How many times have you thought that they are against God? Did you ever think to write a book about it. God can be found in all things - as it is said in the word of God - All things work for the good. Comics are man-made and have many mistakes and misinterpretations, but as Greg Garrett says in this book, alot of the stuff they got right, IS THE IMPORTANT STUFF. Look at superman... all powerful, yet he never kills. He does not use his power to take over the world and make it as he sees fit. Look at wolverine.. do you only see the savagery of him, or can you see the spiritual underlining that makes this character so good.. that he is canstantly battling the wild side in him - that is afraid of losing to his BEAST. This book has them all, and many you probably have not heard of. It does a wonderful job of letting the reader know the comic story that he is using as example and explaining the spiritual depth of the comics. That you don't always have to take things at face value, but you can see what this can be used in the service of Christ. I would recommend this book to any comic reader - or even if you just enjoyed the X-men and other marvel movies recently. as well this book goes into describing the change that comics went through after 911. Especially the difference in Captain Marvel. As he decided to stand up for peace on the homefront - and still looking out for others.

Good study

I appreciate the work and research displayed in this book. As a former comic book collector and now youth pastor, I found many of the conclusions in the book to be pretty on target. I thought he was going to go in a different direction, but was pleasantly surprised.

Good but not great comic/Christian book

This book is good, but could have been better. It is a comprehensive book citing many different comic books and relating them to Christian principles. Unfortunately, the tone of the book tends to "ramble" too much and does not provide much separation or transition within chapters. In addition, while the author's philosophical and historical citations are plentiful, his Scriptural citations are lacking. Overall, it's a good book for analysis, but not for spirituality...