It took a month of waiting but now Jesus has returned to us, it has risen; Punk Rock Jesus that is. The second coming of this science-fiction depiction of the saviour’s resurrection has been strongly awaited by all of those faithful few who deracked and read its debut issue four weeks ago; without doubt we wanted it to come, but could it possibly live up to our expectations. The fact is most sequels fail to excite like their progenitors; hell, name for me one great scene from the section of the Bible after Jesus rises from the tomb, even his sophomore effort was a real let down. Thankfully though Sean Murphy manages to buck this trend and delivers a second issue too strong to leave unread until Sunday.
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