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s (and a comic book mini-series) written by

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, with art by Nate Bellegarde, the first of which, ''Jesus vs. Vampires'', was published in February 2006 by Image Comics.

Publication history

A follow-up was released May 2007 called ''Loaded Bible 2: Blood of Christ'' and it takes place right after the first one. ''Loaded Bible 3: Communion'' was released February 2008 and is the conclusion to the first part of the series. The first issue of ''Loaded Bible: Blood of My Blood'' (a 6-issue mini-series) was for sale in comic book shops starting March 2, 2022.

Plot

The story starts with two acts: the discovery of vampires and the fact that the Christian religion has become much more fanatic. Then, a nuclear global war caused by the religion turns The Earth into an uninhabitable territory. Now, the second coming of

Jesus Christ Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

must save

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from

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Collected editions

The three comic books have been collected into a trade paperback: *''Loaded Bible'' (168 pages, July 2008, ) ''Loaded Bible'' is also available digitally through Devil's Due Digital.

Other media

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has optioned the rights to make an "illustrated film" of ''Loaded Bible'' to be directed by

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, who had previously done ''

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Notes

References

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External links

Loaded Bible
at Image Comics website
''Loaded Bible'' on devilsduedigital.com
Depictions of Jesus in literature