Warrior Nun, one of Netflix’s most recent comics-based installments, is about a girl named Ava who, after growing up a quadriplegic as a result of a tragic car accident which killed her parents when she was young, dies (for reasons revealed later on in the show). Despite this, however, she is brought back to life when a nun from the fictional Order of the Cruciform Sword implants an angel’s halo into the back of her corpse. The show follows Ava as she discovers the mission that is thrust upon her by the OCS—a religious order that forms women into half-nuns, half-ninjas—to do away with demons that haunt the world.

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Original author: Julian Sicam

Originally posted on the Voyage Blog on 8/10/20

You can read the entry here: https://voyagecomics.com/2020/08/10/catholics-review-of-warrior-nun/

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In this elevating conversation, Mike and Jacob ascend the peaks of sacred geography to discuss the role of mountains and high places in mythology and the Bible.

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A new “Scientific Revolution” is taking shape as a growing community of secular scholars called the Collegium are rediscovering the foundations of physics. Meanwhile the monks of St. Leibowitz are on the verge of harnessing the power of electricity for the first time since the Deluge. Yet there grows a rift between Church and State fostering mutual suspicion, jealousy, and prejudice between the Order and the Collegium. 

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Original author: Thomas J. Salerno

Originally posted on the Voyage Blog on 9/14/23

You can read the entry here: https://voyagecomics.com/2023/09/14/a-lux-shines-in-the-darkness-part-2-of-a-canticle-for-leibowitz/

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Captain America is a fascinating character in the Marvel Universe, often described as the "Man Out of Time." He doesn't belong to the modern world and continually fights for, "Truth, justice and the American way."

Original author: Phil Kosloski

Originally posted on the Voyage Blog on 11/3/20

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So Mike never got to talk about Gandalf in the last prophecy episode, so here we go again! In this special "rebootquel" episode, Mike and Jacob are diving back into the prophetic well. There's a lot more Gandalf in this one, (and even a bunch of talk about Biblical prophets!) Is this the "The Godfather Part II" of Catholic/Orthodox podcast conversations about prophecy? You decide!

Perhaps Oscar Wilde’s greatest children’s story is “The Selfish Giant.” This fairy tale recounts the tale of a great giant with a magnificent garden. When the Giant returns from a long journey, he is appalled to see children playing in his garden and hurriedly builds a tremendous wall to keep everyone out. “My own garden is my own garden,” is his selfish refrain as the Giant hides himself away in his castle.

Original author: Hunter Leonard

Originally posted on the Voyage Blog on 9/5/23

You can read the entry here: https://voyagecomics.com/2023/09/05/wounds-of-love-redemption-in-oscar-wildes-the-selfish-giant/

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Ever since Superman debuted in 1938, pop-culture has been obsessed with superheroes. At first superheroes dominated the “comic” newspaper strips and then eventually those strips were compiled into what would become the first “comic books.”

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Why are superheroes so popular?

To answer that question, it’s important to go back a step further and ask, “What is a superhero anyway?“

Original author: Phil Kosloski

Originally posted on the Voyage Blog on 7/29/23

You can read the entry here: https://voyagecomics.com/2023/07/29/what-is-a-superhero-and-why-are-they-so-popular/

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Walter Mitty lives his life through a series of fantasies, which show him being the person he wishes he was and doing the thing he wishes he could. The movie, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is all about discovering the meaning and value of the regular, real life.

Original author: Mike Schramm

Originally posted on the Voyage Blog on 8/31/23

You can read the entry here: https://voyagecomics.com/2023/08/31/walter-mitty-and-the-man-fully-alive/

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In the beginning of the Infinity Saga, Loki is desperate to be loved...This sets the entire plot of the first Thor in motion.

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Original author: Thomas J. McIntyre

Originally posted on the Voyage Blog on 8/31/21

You can read the entry here: https://voyagecomics.com/2021/08/31/lokis-complex-journey-to-find-true-love/

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