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Gideon is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza. Gideon was a member of the Externals, a unique type of immortal mutant, and an adversary of the X-Men spin-off group X-Force. He first appeared in The New Mutants #98 (Feb. 1991). [1]
Gideon ignores God's order to kill some idolatrous Hebrew tribal chiefs, one of whom has a daughter who performs a seductive dance. Gideon tells God, "You are too vast a concept for me." Gideon explains that his pity for fellow humans is above God's law. The Lord acknowledges that man wants to be "a proper god. You know, he might some day."
The film depicts the proof that Gideon seeks from Jehovah (Judges 6:39). Painting by Maarten van Heemskerck. Israelites are faulted for worshipping Baal instead of Jehovah. Jehovah is said to have abandoned the Israelites for worshiping false gods instead of Jehovah himself. Gideon chooses an army of 300 (Judges 7:8) to wage war against the ...
Gideon (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ d i ə n /; Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן, Modern: Gīdʿōn, Tiberian: Gīḏəʿōn) also named Jerubbaal [a] and Jerubbesheth, [b] [1] was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in Judges 6–8 of the Book of Judges in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible.
Gideon (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain; Gideon Mace, a Marvel Comics villain; Gideon Stargrave, Near Myths comics character; Armoured Gideon, 2000 AD comics character; Gideon Falls, horror comic book series; Sam Gideon, the main character in the video game Vanquish; Gideon Jura, a Planeswalker in the trading card game Magic: The Gathering
This is a list of Christian comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels. ... Manga Bible (series) The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation; P. Pakkins' Land; R.
1.5 Bible stories. 1.6 Reprints. 2 1982–1994. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... a seminal British children's comic first published from 1950 to 1969
Gideon Stargrave is a comics character created by Grant Morrison in 1978 for the anthology comic Near Myths, and later incorporated into their series The Invisibles. The character is based on J. G. Ballard 's " The Day of Forever " and Michael Moorcock 's Jerry Cornelius , which led to accusations of plagiarism from Moorcock.