Comics of the gods?

Complex morality / theology? Check.

Jonathan Ryan has a series of blog posts about DC's current crossover event, Trinity War (part 1, part 2, part 3).

This “event” contains a TON of profound discussion points. How did evil get into the world? What is the cure? How does God play into all this? How will people, including super people, deal with all the implications of it? How can evil have a destructive affect even among those trying to do “good”? [¶] This is what I love about Geoff Johns, the writer of this series. He is not afraid to go after theological and philosophical discussion.

Now, I have to confess that I haven't been reading this series. I'm not as awestruck as some by Geoff Johns (although I do agree that team books are where he does his best work), and I've not gotten into DC's new 52 much. But the post was enough to get a pastor friend of mine interested in reading the series, so you might find it worth the read. I do appreciate that Ryan considers comic-book crossovers to be major cultural events:

You know what I don’t get? I don’t understand how major religious sites have NOT done many stories about this comic book run. I’m really gobsmacked by it. This is a huge cultural event that is addressing MAJOR theological issues. And…..barely a peep.

They've certainly got Ryan's number, and probably a lot of others, too. The best comics I've ever read were fun and action-packed on the one hand, but dealt with deep, complex themes and moral issues on the other. Good comics should be able to do both (as should good comics movies, which is why I'll take The Dark Knight over Iron Man any day). According to Ryan, "What we have is a full on theological debate going on in a comic book; Sin’s destruction, corrupting affects and how it affects the whole world." Bring it on.