A Comic Book for Christians and Other Who Love Comics
Rescue Me! What Superheroes Can Teach Us About the Power of Faith is a slim paperback of 30+ glossy pages that is part comic book and part devotional. It encourages readers to become superheroes themselves through their faith in Jesus Christ.In each chapter, panels showcase the adventures of the story's superhero Captain Sun as he fights the bad guy Black Out.
At the end of each chapter a newspaper-like devotional includes Scripture references and points readers to faith.
The book concludes with questions to think about and discuss...
... and a page of "fan art". (There is more fan art online, too.)
The Story
Captain Sun is pitted against Black Out, a villain who is blinding and darkening an entire city. As Captain Sun fights Black Out, the age old theme of lightness vs. darkness plays out and examples of Christian thought and action do, too.
Author Bryce Morgan does an excellent job capturing the fun of comic books and pointing readers towards faith, while illustrator Mich Martin keeps things visually bright, clean, and interesting.
My Son's Thoughts
My 12-year old son was the one who asked to do this review. He said:
Rescue Me! What Superheroes Can Teach Us About the Power of Faith is a good book. I liked the villains and heroes and the plot, but I would have liked longer battles scenes and a more developed story. It felt like 30-something pages was too short.
In the story, Black Out invades Capital City (which could use a better name) and Captain Sun stops him and locks him in jail, but, then, Black Out breaks out and goes to a power plant sort of thing and into an energy lab where he gets more power.
Because Black Out has more power, Captain Sun needs help. So, his friends from the Heroes Defense League join him, but they are still not powerful enough. They break the darkness, but not enough.
Electro Lad, the electricity guy, says he needs a bigger conductor to get enough light, so Captain Sun flies over everyone and tells them all to hold hands. Then, Electro Lad sends an electric jolt through all the people. It is so bright that it knocks away all the darkness.
Light wins for the moment, but we don't know if Black Out will be back.
Between the chapters are newspapers. They teach you stuff about God, but I find them a little weird, because they reveal Captain Sun's secret identity, and the people writing the news in Capital City would not know that. So, the newspapers are good for teaching readers, but aren't good for the story. I think the author should change them to something else. Maybe a mission paper from Captain Sun and the world he is from.
Overall, the story was pretty good. I would read more in the series and recommend this book to people who like comic books, but I think future books need the changes I mentioned:
(1) to be longer and more in depth
(2) to present devotionals in a different way
I am glad I did this review.
Now that my oldest has reviewed the book, my youngest (age 8) has absconded with it to read it. So, I would say the book is appealing!
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