THE INCREDIBLE POPEMAN!

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:08 am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7394352/
Yes, your eyes kid you not, the Pope is reborn as a superhero! And he's...

...battling evil with an anti-devil cape and special chastity pants.

CHASTITY PANTS!

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:28 am

This is so disturbing that nothing really needs to be said. But I will ask:

The first episode of the Ã¢â‚¬Å“Incredible PopemanÃ¢â‚¬ï¿¾ is about to go on sale in Colombia and shows the late Polish pontiff meeting comic book legends such as Batman and Superman to learn how to use superpowers to battle Satan.

... I wonder if they even have the DC rights.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:30 am

I think the artist means well, but this seems more like a mockery than a tribute.

-wyvern · Post by **-wyvern** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:34 am

I don't think the Insensible Popeman would approve of the Incredible Popeman.

Dark Crow · Post by **Dark Crow** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:42 am

I wonder if the Incredible Popeman will use thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch as his ultimate weapon. Preferably against the author who though this would be a good, inoffensive way to take the many millions of minds off the Pope's recent passing away.

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:14 pm

Chastity Pants? So that's how he lasted all those years without a shag.

Post by **Delphine** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:22 pm

There IS a such thing as will power.

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:24 pm

And undying faith...

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:35 pm

I fail to see how this was ever considered a good idea. Or how it will ever get published.

-wyvern · Post by **-wyvern** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:30 pm

Sonic Heroes.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:26 pm

Did I call this or did I call this?

In another thread, I wrote:I think the Catholic church will take this opportunity to present a new and edgy pope fit for the 21st century.

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:31 pm

Well, you did say about your powers.

On yet another thread Amazing Grant wrote:

I am Grant the Prognosticator.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:00 pm

Good point. Sometimes I amaze even myself.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:17 pm

SHIT!!! This is even worse than Ron Marz's "Kyle Rayner" spinoff on Green Lantern!!!

Which wouldn't be so bad, taking in account the Kyle was just "mediocre", but since that's the worst comic moment I can think of (without taking in account Marvel's "Great Lakes Avenger"). But I wish this bastard comic is just a joke.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:09 am

Who knew that the pope was a master of karate?

Also, I predict that there will be an outcry from the conservative groups in the U.S. in the following weeks before the comic is released preposing a ban on it.

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:36 am

I'm not sure about karate but he was good at football/soccer in his youth. Ngangbius is right though, I can see an outcry going against it.
A comic about the Pope is nothing new though...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 05-1474045

CE · Post by CE » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:32 am

Pope comics? Let me join in!

http://shortpacked.com/d/20050404.html

Carl with a K · Post by **Carl with a K** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:03 pm

They buried the Pope. On my birthday. I feel somehow blessed and fucking creeped out at the same time.

Post by **Popcorn** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:40 pm

Holy Shit wrote:They buried the Pope. On my birthday. I feel somehow blessed and fucking creeped out at the same time.

Why? Seriously, what's the big deal here? He's just some guy. Thousands of people get buried every day and you don't see everyone strutting around saying "Man, they buried some guy I've never met or had anything to do with today-- on my birthday". Just because he (along with millions of other people) was deluded enough to believe he had some kind of connection to a non-existent magical man in the sky doesn't mean it's at all noteworthy, let alone creepy and/or blessed, to hold some tenuous, arbitrary link to one man in particular.

I'm pretty bored the Pope, actually.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:06 pm

Popcorn wrote:Why? Seriously, what's the big deal here? He's just some guy. Thousands of people get buried every day and you don't see everyone strutting around saying "Man, they buried some guy I've never met or had anything to do with today-- on my birthday". Just because he (along with millions of other people) was deluded enough to believe he had some kind of connection to a non-existent magical man in the sky doesn't mean it's at all noteworthy, let alone creepy and/or blessed, to hold some tenuous, arbitrary link to one man in particular.

It's because he was a highly-respected figure and it's history taking place; and people like to witness it because it was more of a celebration than a time of mourning. The pope actually said to keep his funeral as simple as possible, but from what I hear, it was anything but simple.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:23 pm

But why would his burial matter? I could see it being a downer if the Pope had actually died on your birthday, but entombment doesn't seem to be anything of major significance. And I can't really see being blessed for it. It had to happen on someone's birthday. Surely many other people had birthdays coinciding with his burial and death.

Post by **Popcorn** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:43 pm

Oh, come on. Creepy/blessed? It's just an uninteresting coincidence.

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:59 pm

I hate it when people refuse to believe in chance. It's like when people say "Why are we on Earth of all places?" when it's really just a coincidence and they'd be asking the same question if they were on another planet anyway. Sorry to go aff on a tangeant but it's just an example.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:10 pm

People are on Earth because I will them to be on Earth.

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:19 pm

Exactly, no apparent reason. You'd say the same thing on another planet if you and others of your species were there.

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