Building a Christian Universe: Why I include Black and Native History in My Christian Fiction Comic Series
- spidercade23
- 7 days ago
- 5 min read
When people think of superhero worlds or fantasy universes, they often imagine large-scale battles, powerful villains, and epic adventures. Those elements matter—but a believable universe also needs something deeper: Humanity.
That is one reason I chose to include Black history and Native history in my comic series. Though they're not the main themes of the comic, their inclusion helps drive the story forward and helps it make more sense once issue 4 comes to a close.
If a story is going to explore faith, struggle, evil, redemption, and the condition of the human heart, then it should to some degree reflect the real diversity and pain of the world we live in. So this series is not about one group’s story alone, but about including the human story as a whole.
A Christian Universe Should Reflect the Whole World
Christianity is not limited to one nation, one race, or one culture. The message of Jesus has reached people across the world and different backgrounds. Because of that, I wanted to build a fantasy Christian Fiction universe that felt broad enough to reflect that reality.
So including Black and Native history early on helps communicate something important:
Jesus is for everyone. Not for one ethnicity. Not for one class. Not for one culture. For everyone.
That truth becomes stronger when a story includes humans from different communities carrying courage, pain, wisdom, faith, and leadership while they battle against some of the most ruthless villains in the galaxy.
While this can sometimes create its own writing struggles, it also helps to broaden the target audience a bit as well when I take time to think through things for the story.
Why Representation Matters in Storytelling
I also wanted the universe to feel more honest and more complete. Real life includes many kinds of people, many cultures, and many experiences. When stories only center one type of perspective, they can feel smaller than the world they are trying to represent.
Including minorities in the story helps build a richer universe with more emotional depth, stronger perspectives, and greater realism.
It also creates opportunities for readers from different backgrounds to see themselves inside a larger heroic narrative.
Why It Helps the Demon Trilogy Story Arc Land Harder
One of the deeper themes in my series is the reality of sin and evil. Sin is not limited to one people group or one time period. It touches all of humanity.
History gives many painful reminders of that truth:
Racial hatred and lynchings
Terror attacks and mass violence
Gang violence and cycles of destruction
Tyranny and atrocities under leaders like Hitler
Everyday cruelty, greed, and betrayal
When a story acknowledges the wounds of history, the rise of a demonic supervillain can carry greater meaning. It also helps show that this fallen angel is not just a monster appearing out of nowhere.
And it becomes symbolic of the darkness humanity has wrestled with across generations.
That can make the conflict feel larger, heavier, and more real. This is also partly why darkness shouldn't be eliminated from Christian-based storytelling. And in the case of superheroes, acknowledging darkness, whether through real history or through the fantasy villains, allows me to incorporate heroes who may not necessarily have the strictest moral codes.
When Jesus Is Misrepresented
Another reason these histories matter is because the name of Jesus has sometimes been
misused by human institutions and corrupt systems.
History includes painful examples where people claimed Christianity while committing injustice, oppression, or cruelty.
Examples of this include:
The mistreatment of enslaved people defended though selective religious interpretations
The abuse and dehumanization tied to some Native boarding school systems
Power structures using religion as cover rather than conviction
That misuse matters because it can distort how people see Christ. Human wrongdoing done in God’s name does not represent the character of Jesus.
Including these themes in fiction, even if briefly in the case of my comic, can help separate two things:
1. The failures of people
2. The truth of Christ Himself
And that distinction is important.
A Story About Brokenness and Hope
By including Black history, Native history, and even broader human suffering in the midst of the superhero, fantasy and sci-fi story, the story is not trying to be hopeless or unnecessarily negative.
It is trying to be honest.
Because darkness is real. Sin is real. Historical wounds are real.
But so are courage, healing, justice, mercy, and redemption.
That tension is part of what gives a Christian story as well as superhero stories in general, weight. If brokenness is ignored, redemption can feel shallow. But when pain is acknowledged, hope becomes more powerful.
Building a Bigger Universe
This comic series is about more than action scenes or powers.
It is about building a world where:
Faith matters
History matters
People from many backgrounds matter
Evil is taken seriously
Hope still has the final word
A true Christian universe should be big enough to confront darkness and broad enough to include different kinds of struggles.
That is why these stories and histories belong in the world I am building.
Final Thoughts
Incorporating Black and Native history goes beyond simply fulfilling diversity requirements or making superficial additions.
It's about conveying a more complete truth.
Humanity has known suffering, injustice, courage, resilience, and grace across many communities. If a story wants to explore sin and salvation honestly, it should reflect that reality.
Because the story of humanity is wide. And the invitation of Jesus is wider still.
I am not a pastor or anything like that. I'm just someone who loves superheroes, action, fantasy, and science fiction and wants to talk about different things while telling others about Jesus through my storytelling sometimes.
And that's why my comic series with all of the superheroes, fantasy creatures, and monsters, etc. takes place in a Christian universe even if the Christian part isn't always the main theme.
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