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Chosen

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Mark Millar, mainly known for his run on Marvel's Ultimate X-Men and his excellent Ultimates, as well as his current excellent Wanted title for Top Cow, penned this three issue mini-series for Dark Horse. When a young teen named Jodie miraculously survives getting a semi-truck dropped on his noggin, it is revealed that he is to play a pivotal role in the armageddon to come. Soon afterward, he begins to learn he has otherworldly abilities, and much like Jesus himself, he begins performing "miracles" such as healing the sick, and even a good 'ol fashioned resurrection as well. Millar's story is engaging to say the least, even though the chain of events that string together the story can seem to go a little too quick. The twist ending however is worth the price of admission alone, and Peter Gross' artwork combined with the washed out colors of Jeanne McGee give Chosen a look all it's own. All in all, fans of mad Scotsman Millar should definitely pick this up.

I will not include any spoilers here - suffice it to say that a 12 year old starts to exhibit powers that Jesus once exhibited - healings, etc. The artwork highlights the drabness and ordinary, humble origins of this boy and hints that others have been waiting for these powers to surface.

The ending has a good plot twist - good enough that I read it 3 times to make sure I got it right.

The end of this edition has a "DVD extras" discussion between author and artist full of the little clues they had put in along the way and their motivations for making this graphic novel. It's a welcome addition.

Good work on this one. I give this one a grade of "A".

I really enjoyed this book! Is Mark Millar writing the sequel anytime soon? Christ is reborn as a child and a troubled and faithless priest talks to Christ reborn as not being able to be Christ. The Anti Christ is a wealthy business tycoon it seems ready to destroy Christ reborn. I really liked this and it reminded me of the much darker Saviour comics he wrote a long time ago and it brings a tear to my eye that Mark Millar is completing that story in another form. The dark abandoned churches and and extreme religious Christians and priests on bon fires was one of my favorite comics in the past that were never completed. I was pleasantly surprised that he with Grant Morrison took over the writing chores of Swamp Thing, "the poisoned chalice" of Horror Comics he quoted as saying since no one ever dared to fill in the legendary writing Swamp shoes that Alan Moore left behind because he could never be topped. And no one I think ever did better than Alan Moore except for Mark Millar and Grant Morrison and Neil Gaiman's story in Midnight Days Jack in the Green. If you are a fan of Mark Millar's work check these out and I hope there will be a sequel to the Chosen soon before the real Anti Christ and Christ show up demanding and fight over the last copy in a comic book store.

Short, predictable, and disappointing. I had high hopes and high expectations for this book, whether it turn out to be an iconoclastic indictment of fundamentalism or a celebration of Christianity and a fresh take on the story of the second coming. Unfortunately, it was neither of these. Protagonist Jodie Christianson is interesting enough, but his character doesn't drive the story so much as the predictable, pedestrian, forced-mystery plot does, and anyone who is versed in Christian tradition at all should see that twist ending coming well before the climactic reveal. Having loved other works by Millar, such as Aztek (with Grant Morrison) and Superman: Red Son, I was greatly disappointed with how absolutely average Chosen turned out to be.

Ultimately, there's very little actually wrong with Chosen, there's just nothing new there. Millar never steps off of a well-worn path, and an otherwise good idea suffers because of that.