#john prophet

Written by Brian Witten and Robert Loren Fleming Drawn by Mark Pajarillo Published by Image Comics

It turns out THAT Brian Witten wasn’t done with Chapel just yet. In May 1996, just a month after Chapel #7, this two-part miniseries was published, teaming up Chapel with another Rob Liefeld character,  John Prophet, a surgically enhanced superhuman with deep Christian values. So there’s a Japanese terrorist known as Hayakama, he has a hidden fortress with a legion of devoted cult members called The Singleminded. He’s responsible for some kind of nerve gas attack, and so the U.S. Government sends in a squad of special forces soldiers to take him out. But when the soldiers arrive they’re ambushed and killed by a bunch of ninjas. So Bill Clinton then calls in “Agents Alpha and Bravo” to go in to take out Hayakama. Those agents are actually Prophet and Chapel. At least it makes sense that Chapel is called in, with his history working for the government, but this has never been a role Prophet has been shown to have. It’s not explained how these two came to be called, but it’s the first time they’ve worked on a mission together, and Prophet is uncomfortable due to Chapel’s history as a demon in Hell. In any case, they arrive in Japan and make their way to Hayakama’s fortress but are ambushed by 24 soldiers. A gunfight ensues, and although each sustains some wounds Prophet and Chapel kill them all. But as they finally get to the fortress, they’re attacked by the ninjas.

The second issue, which came out a month later, is even more action-packed than the first one. Ninjas, Samurais, helicopter fights and lots of lots of blood until the final confrontation Hayakama. There’s not much to spoil here, you should know that Prophet and Chapel are going to win, the fun is in seeing all the shit they get into before that happens. And they end with a grudging respect for each other.

Prophet #1 [Textless] (2022 Facsimile Edition; GothamCityLimit.con Exclusive Variant) (1993)

[John Buscema's Wolverine Vol. 1 #1 (1988) homage]

Rob Liefeld's Prophet meets Brandon Graham's Prophet