A Bonus “Tuesday” Question of the Week from Bruce Reyes-Chow

Mark Millar is the author of a new Superman graphic novel called "Superman - Red Son" and during an interview he makes an interesting link between Superman and Jesus.

“Every culture creates its own Christ figure. The Egyptians had one, the Celts had one, the Christians obviously had a fairly successful one and the Americans created their own Christ in the middle of the century where most people stopped believed in the original. Nature abhors a vacuum and these archetypes just find themselves being recreated to suit the needs of a particular culture.”

Is Superman the new American messiah? Are there even any messianic lessons that can be learned from the Superman?

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