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The Matrix
"Return of the Prodigal Son"
Online comic
Story and art by Greg Ruth
2002 |
A two-bit hood thinks he's finally seen the
light.
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Part 1 of the story at
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Part 2 of the story at
Deviant Art
Didja Know?
This story originally appeared in two parts on the official Matrix
website in 2002.
The title of this story, "Return of the
Prodigal Son",
refers to the parable of the
prodigal son told by Jesus in the
Bible.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this story
Spider
Plug
two Zion operatives (unnamed)
Boss Kaplan
Agent (unnamed)
Tony (dies in this story)
Jimmy "Fingers" Scarvone
Carlos (dies in this story)
Carmine
Father Mike
Victor Scagnetti (mentioned only, deceased)
Didja Notice?
At the end of the story, after his unexplained experiences
with the red pill operatives and the Agent, Jimmy the
criminal seems to decide to turn back to the abandoned
Christianity of his childhood (hence the title
"Return of the Prodigal Son"), musing, "After all,
weren't the apostles thieves and murderous men?" The twelve
apostles of Jesus to whom he is presumably referring are not
generally considered to have been criminals of that sort,
though a few of them had somewhat checkered pasts.
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