Burbank, California
Comic book series cancelled after outcry
A comic book series has been cancelled after protests from Christians. DC Comics had announced that the books would follow a superhero called Sun-Man, who takes Christ as a sidekick. The author, Mark Russell, had told an interviewer that, in his story, “God was so upset with Jesus’s performance the first time he came to Earth, since he was arrested so soon and crucified shortly after.”
An online petition said: “This blasphemous content should not be tolerated. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. His story should not be ridiculed for the sake of selling comic books.” After the petition gained 200,000 signatures, DC Comics backed down.
