The television series Arrow, based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow/Oliver Queen, concluded in late January 2020. In the final moments, a character comments “the Oliver that I met eight years ago is not the one we say goodbye to today.” Arrow is the story of the redemption of Oliver Queen. He starts as […]
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Winter is a bitter time. Frigid temperatures. Everything slows down. As the temperature decreases the molecules in water slow down. Slower. Slower. Until it eventually turns to ice. Cold is the enemy of speed. Arguably the greatest of superheroes, DC’s The Flash, often faces cold-themed villains. The blizzard conditions outside my home remind me of
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In the movie Batman Begins, young Bruce Wayne falls into a well at Wayne Manor while playing with his friend Rachel Dawes. He fractures his leg and is terrified when a swarm of bats attack him from out of the darkness of the surrounding caves. After Bruce’s father, Thomas Wayne, rescues Bruce from the well,
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Actor Jim Caviezel is most well-known for his role as Jesus in The Passion of the Christ, but in recent years he also starred in the popular CBS series entitled, Person of Interest, as well as the movie, Paul, Apostle of Christ. However, his career may have never gone anywhere if he did not have
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A crisis is defined as a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger. The CW’s crossover is tribute to the 1985 storyline Crisis on Infinite Earths. Arguably the most unforgettable and epic comics event in history, Crisis wiped out all of creation. An ancient alien scientist from the planet Oa viewed the origin of the
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The legendary life and martyrdom of St. Cecilia is brought to life in a well-produced audio drama by the Augustine Institute Radio Theatre. Called Ode to Saint Cecilia the audio drama was written and directed by Paul McCusker, who has a long history of award-winning audio dramatizations. The six-part drama features an all-star cast of voice
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According to St. Catherine of Siena, “There is no sin or wrong that gives a man a foretaste of hell in this life as anger and impatience.” Anger is one of the seven deadliest of sins. The Catechism of the Catholic Church refers to these sins as deadly or capital, “because they engender other sins,
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Why did Marvel Comics, famous for bringing to life such superheroes as Spider-Man, Captain America, X-Men and the Avengers, create a biography of St. John Paul II’s life in 1982? Here is the story behind the remarkable comic book that has captivated millions since its first publication. The story is recounted on the final page
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War of the Realms was published as a Marvel event series from April to July 2019, and in trade paperback at the end of August 2019. Marvel has been building to this event in the various Thor series over the preceding years, including Thor, The Mighty Thor, and The Unworthy Thor, all written by Jason
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When I was growing up in the early 1990s, American television was going through an animation renaissance. From the art deco-influenced Batman: The Animated Series to Disney’s gothic Gargoyles and Marvel’s dazzling X-Men, the cartoons of the 90s managed to be both wildly entertaining and thematically deep. Unlike the Hanna-Barbera cartoons of yesteryear (delightful though
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