PREACHER #2
By Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
Publisher: DC Comics Vertigo Press
1st appearance of "Arseface" Eugene Root
1st appearance of Agent Dinnings
"And Hell Followed With Him"
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Arseface is a boy who, having grown up in an abusive household, attempts to kill himself after trying to emulate his hero, Kurt Cobain. He starred in his own one-shot spinoff comic book, Preacher: The Story of You-Know-Who. His father is abusive and often beats him for trivial reasons. Arseface and his friend "Pube" are regarded as outcasts because of their idol worship of Kurt Cobain, and because Arseface is a sheriff’s son; thus the two become the target of bullying tactics. After a severe beating by his father, and learning of Cobain's suicide, Arseface makes a suicide pact with Pube. Pube puts a shotgun in his mouth and successfully kills himself, while Arseface fires the shotgun under his chin, which severely deforms his face instead. After being confronted in the hospital by Pube's grief-stricken sister, the boy has an epiphany and resolves to change his outlook on life and try to be more positive. His suicide attempt prompted his long-suffering mother to have her own epiphany and abandon her abusive husband, leaving him an insulting goodbye note in which she reveals her disdain for not only him, but their son as well. This causes the boy's father to begin completely ignoring his son, refusing to acknowledge him or speak to him. The boy, maintaining his new upbeat attitude, continues to enthusiastically converse with his father despite never getting a reply.
Somewhere up in Heaven, things have gone wrong. A being has escaped its confinement—a being called Genesis whose powers might someday grow to rival those of the Almighty Himself. It sped toward Earth where it sought out a human soul with which to bond. In doing so, it hoped to gain the awareness which would enable it to unleash its un-measurable powers. Genesis chose the body of Justin "Jesse" Custer, a small-town Texas preacher who was having his own crisis of faith. Genesis struck him in the midst of his sermon, inhabiting his body, and sending out waves of energy which incinerated the entire congregation.
This was the beginning of Jesse’s odyssey, a “road trip” of sorts in which he would be accompanied by a psychotic ex-lover, an Irish vampire, and the Saint of Killers. It’s a weird saga set in the Shadowlands between Heaven and Hell, brought to life by writer Garth (Hellblazer) Ennis and artist Steve Dillon.
Inspiring the AMC TV series Preacher is an American television series developed by Sam Catlin, Evan Goldberg, and Seth Rogen for AMC starring Dominic Cooper. It is an adaptation of the comic book series Preacher created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon.
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