Communion
Explanation
The Joke
Jesus stands on a rooftop in a city at night and shouts "Body of Christ!" while hurling a communion wafer like a frisbee or throwing star. The wafer flies through the air over the city skyline. In the final panels, the wafer hits a criminal who is apparently in the process of committing a crime, knocking him down. Jesus has essentially become a superhero who fights crime using communion wafers as projectile weapons.
The Humor
The comic reimagines Jesus as a vigilante superhero (in the style of Batman or Daredevil patrolling a city at night) whose weapon of choice is the communion wafer. The phrase "Body of Christ" -- normally a solemn invocation during the Eucharist when a priest presents the communion bread -- is repurposed as a battle cry or attack name, similar to how anime or superhero characters shout the names of their special moves. The visual of a tiny communion wafer being used as a deadly projectile is inherently absurd, combining the sacred ritual of Christian communion with action-movie violence. The rooftop setting and dark cityscape deliberately evoke the aesthetic of gritty superhero comics.
References
- Communion / Eucharist: The Christian sacrament in which bread (a communion wafer in many traditions) is consecrated and consumed as the "Body of Christ," representing or becoming (depending on denomination) the body of Jesus.
- Superhero vigilante trope: The visual framing references characters like Batman or Daredevil, who patrol dark cities from rooftops and use signature weapons against criminals.