Post by kilowog52 on Sept 6, 2012 16:44:43 GMT -5
Anyone read Phantom Stranger #0?
Well if you plan to but have not yet do not read any further because this post will spoil it for you.
I don't know if this is just what DC wants you to think but all clues line up to the Phantom Stranger being Judas Iscariot, the Biblical betrayer of Jesus.
1. The Stranger admits to betraying his best friend.
2. The Stranger pleads for the council of Wizards to forgive him as He would. You can assume he speaks of God. He later uses the word His referring to the robe of his betrayed friend on the day he died.
3. The coins in the issue could be the payment Judas received from Pontius Pilate for betraying Jesus. The character spotlight at the end of the issue lists the coins as 'thirty pieces of silver' which is what the Bible says Judas was payed.
4. The Stranger mentions that Aramaic was once his preferred language.
5. According to Wikipedia, some versions of Judas' death say he hung himself. That is how the issue begins.
Aside from the fact that the Christians believe that God purposefully sacrificed Jesus for our sins as part of his plan to allow people into heaven, the betrayal of a man as influential as Jesus Christ would be looked at as quite a sin. As a member of the Trinity of Sin, it is said that the sins had to still be effecting the world today. As for Pandora, she opened the box, letting demons into the world. Judas' role in the death of Jesus allowed it to happen and out of that story spun one of the most widely known religions in the world. So that qualifies I believe. I just want to know more about this new version of the Question now. The Stranger was evil at one point but no longer is. Pandora was never evil but now will stop at nothing to accomplish her goals, rendering her evil. The Question was definitely evil. It remains to be seen whether the curse has reformed him or made the evil inside him grow. And what role will he play in Trinity War?
Well if you plan to but have not yet do not read any further because this post will spoil it for you.
I don't know if this is just what DC wants you to think but all clues line up to the Phantom Stranger being Judas Iscariot, the Biblical betrayer of Jesus.
1. The Stranger admits to betraying his best friend.
2. The Stranger pleads for the council of Wizards to forgive him as He would. You can assume he speaks of God. He later uses the word His referring to the robe of his betrayed friend on the day he died.
3. The coins in the issue could be the payment Judas received from Pontius Pilate for betraying Jesus. The character spotlight at the end of the issue lists the coins as 'thirty pieces of silver' which is what the Bible says Judas was payed.
4. The Stranger mentions that Aramaic was once his preferred language.
5. According to Wikipedia, some versions of Judas' death say he hung himself. That is how the issue begins.
Aside from the fact that the Christians believe that God purposefully sacrificed Jesus for our sins as part of his plan to allow people into heaven, the betrayal of a man as influential as Jesus Christ would be looked at as quite a sin. As a member of the Trinity of Sin, it is said that the sins had to still be effecting the world today. As for Pandora, she opened the box, letting demons into the world. Judas' role in the death of Jesus allowed it to happen and out of that story spun one of the most widely known religions in the world. So that qualifies I believe. I just want to know more about this new version of the Question now. The Stranger was evil at one point but no longer is. Pandora was never evil but now will stop at nothing to accomplish her goals, rendering her evil. The Question was definitely evil. It remains to be seen whether the curse has reformed him or made the evil inside him grow. And what role will he play in Trinity War?