Look Up Fellowship "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near." Luke 21:28

If "Operation Blackjack" was our initiation into the "new style of communication" between us and them, and "Case Destiny" is the continuation of that "conversation", then maybe we should also start to pay attention to other art and/or comic related forms of "entertainment" that start to show up in pop culture these days.

Case in point, I'm beginning to notice a few new comic book series mainly because of their subject matter, but more so because of their timing as well as some additional unusual facts about them. Why should we even spend our time on any of this? Well, whether or not you do so is for you to decide, but this sort of thing fascinates me so that's why I'm including it here. You can read my past journeys into this area HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Ok, let's just say that I'm running out of adjectives to describe my reaction to these types of stories. This is the most surreal case of "life imitating art" or what I like to call "Synchro-Pop" that we've covered here to date. Once again, this one comes to us courtesy of the comic book universe.

We might want to begin purchasing and reading a new comic book miniseries that just launched about a month or two ago from Boom! Studios because it would be interesting to see how the comic book world (and one writer in particular) views the coming fulfillment of end times prophecy through a secular lens. On to the news story first.

Comics writer Mark Sable was detained by security at Los Angeles International Airport because he was carrying a script for a new issue of his comic miniseries, Unthinkable.

Why was he detained? Unthinkable follows members of a government think tank that was tasked with coming up with 9/11-type "unthinkable" terrorist scenarios that now are coming true. The fictional main character in the comic used to work for the CIA thinking the unthinkable. Now that he is no longer employed by them, and the things he thought up are coming true, the CIA blames him.

Seriously, I'm not kidding! How ridiculously bizarre is that?

Sable wrote about his experience saying:

"...I was flagged at the gate for 'extra screening.' I was subjected to not one, but two invasive searches of my person and belongings. TSA agents then 'discovered' the script for Unthinkable #3. They sat and read the script while I stood there, without any personal items, identification or ticket, which had all been confiscated. The minute I saw the faces of the agents, I knew I was in trouble. The first page of the Unthinkable script mentioned 9/11, terror plots, and the fact that the (fictional) world had become a police state. The TSA agents then proceeded to interrogate me, having a hard time understanding that a comic book could be about anything other than superheroes, let alone that anyone actually wrote scripts for comics. I cooperated politely and tried to explain to them the irony of the situation. While Unthinkable blurs the line between fiction and reality, the story is based on a real-life government think tank where a writer was tasked to design worst-case terror scenarios. The fictional story of Unthinkable unfolds when the writer's scenarios come true, and he becomes a suspect in the terrorist attacks."

He's right you know. His "fictional" story as depicted in Unthinkable is actually based on A REAL-LIFE GOVERNMENT THINK TANK TASKED WITH DOING THIS VERY SAME THING! Ironic indeed, just as the detained writer alluded to.

I decide to take a closer look at this new series and found something equally peculiar. It's only a miniseries with a total of 5 issues. The first was released in May 2009 and the last will be released on September 30, 2009. Here are the covers for all 5 issues:


In issue #1, it’s certainly interesting to note that the high drama (cooked up by the media) over the "Swine Flu" eerily mirrored the botulin toxin outbreak depicted in the pages of that comic, and while the attack on the U.S. Capitol attack it also showed hasn’t happened, it's still quite possible.



What does issue #2 have in store? Nothing except the world’s oil supply being infected by a oil eating bacteria.



Issue #3? No word, but the cover art indicates an attack on a Temple or Mosque in the Middle East!



Issue #4? Seems to be an explanation and revelation about the people who are using his mind and why.


Issue #5? The series wraps up with what looks like a nuclear attack on -- get this -- Brazil and China!

I'm just sitting here scratching my head over this. Still doubt that there's a spiritual, supernatural force at work here in this world? Well, there is. And it's alive and present in pop culture and especially in comic books.

To be continued I'm sure.