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THE ENTIRE STORY!
FROM HIS CHILDHOOD IN POLAND TO THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT!
Marvel Comics Presents
The life of Pope John Paul II
Writer
Steven Grant
Penciier
John Tartaglione
Inker
Joe Sinnott
Letterer
Jim Novak
Colorist
Marie Severin
Editor
Tom DeFalco
Editor-in-Chief
Jim Shooter
Consulting Editors Father Mieczyslaw Malinski James Salicrup
Assistant Editors Linda Grant Lance Tooks
Traffic Manager
Virginia Romita
Special Thanks to Gene Pelc
Production Manager
Danny Crespi
Production
Ron Zalme Rick Parker John Morelli Andy Y anchus Joe Albelo Rob Carosella Harry Candelario Bob Larkin
Editorial Lea C. Sapp Robert Harras
Typesetting
Eliot R. Brown
Interpreter
Lucy Mazareski
Additional Translations
Joseph Pelc
President James E. Gallon * Publisher Stan Lee Vice-President, Publishing Michael Z, Hobson Vice-President, Production Milton Schiffman * Vice-President, Circulation Ed Shukin
THE LIFE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II ™ Vol. i, No. I, 1982 issue. Published by MARVEL COMICS GROUP, James B, Gallon, President. Stan Lc, Publisher Michael Z. Hobson, Vice-President, Publishing. Milton Schiffman, Vice-President, Production. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 387 PARK AVENUE SOUTH NEW YOKK,N Y. 10016. Text copyright © 1982 Father Mieczyslaw Maiinski. All rights reserved Art copyright ©1982 by Marvel Comics Group, a division orCa dence Industries Corporation. All rights reserved. Price SI .50 per copy in the U S. and $1 75 m Canada. Printed in the U.S.A. All business inquiries should be ad
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"MY EPITOR HAP UKEP MY STORIES ON THE POPE — HIS 0ACKSROUNP, HlS TOUR OF THE UNITEP STATES SO FAR. I WASN'T SATIS REP, THERE WAS SOMETHING Al/SS/MS FROM MY PORTRAIT OF ROPE JOHN RAUL XT, SOMETHING I COULPN'T PUT MY FINGER ON ... " ,
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"1 HOPEP TH AT MAY8E X WOULP •FINP IT AY£#£/"
“IT IS HERE THAT /T'A/ROL WOJTYLA — W HO WILL GROW UP TO BE POPS— IS 0ORN, IN THE SHAPOW OF THE 600 -TEAR -OVP CAT#£0#Ai- Of ST. M A AY IN THE TOWN OP WAPOWlC£..,'j
WAROWICEiPOLANP, 1*20
"IT IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE FIRST WORLP WAR, ANP POLANP, A LANP HELP IN CAPTIVITY FOR 123 YEARS, IS AT LAST FREE OF OUTSlPE CONTROL. MOST RECENTLY,
"I SLANCEP IN ANGER AT THE TOUGHS/I KNEW THEIR TYPE — HOOPLUMS WHO COME NOT TO LISTEN 0UT TO JEER ANP TO PlSRUPT,.. WHAT CONNECTION COULP THE POPE HAVE WITH THE LIKES OF THEM ? ",
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"ANP, SITTING THERE , I THOUGHT PERHAPS J COULP ANSWER THAT QUESTION ANP ALL MY OTHERS... THAT PERHAPS THAT MISSING ELEMENT MIGHT 0£ ALREAPY IN MV SR ASP, IF I ONLY WENT OVER MY FACTS ONCE MORE..,*
I WANT TO HEAR THE ] WHEN MASS I S
eemst. papa / when } to beoin. you
WILL THEY SOUNP J KNOW THAT A Sw THE SELLS ? ^fitter*-- /'''&§
ATA/tOt.
IT '$ TIME TO GO/
"THOUGH OF MOPES! MEAH$ &i CKiR STAHPARPS, KAROL'S FAMILY 1$ COMF0PTA8LE IN POST-WAR POlAHP. HI 6 FATHER SERVES AS A LIEUTENANT IN THE ft>uSH ARMY, KAROL'S BROTHER , EPWAffP, piF- TEEN YEARS HIS ELPERj ATTENDS MgPlCAl SCHOOL.,/'
HOW LOVELY \ HE'LL MAKE US PffOUP WHEN ST KAROL LOOKS ) MARY'S ACCEPTS HIM AS AN ALTA A IN HIS LITTLE / SOYS
* RESPITE THE PAlLY PRESENCE OF THE CAThEPRal, rr can't
BE SAIP THAT KAROL IS ANY MORE PRE- PiSPOSBP TOWARP THE PRIESTHOOP THAN ANY OTHER POLISH BOY OF HIS PAY. "
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'* STILL, IT CAN &£ SAlP THAT AS A 00V, KAROL WOITYLA APPROACHES LIFE WITH A ZEAL THAT OUTSTRIPS /WANV OF H IS CONTEMPDE API E£.. "
"WITH SCANT TIME TO SPARE BETWEEN MASS ANP SCHOOL, HE PASHES HOME FOR A QUICK BREAKFAST... "
THIS IS HIS PAILV LIFE... RISING BEFORE PAWN TO SERVE AT THE MASS.,. "
•IN SCHOOL, HE LEARNS WITH A PA£$iOHt THAT QUICKLY BRINGS HIM TO THE ATTEN- TION OF HIS TEACHERS, A PASSION THAT WILL LAST THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE ... *
"YET NOWHERE IS HIS ZEST FOR LIFE SO eviPeNTTHAN IN THE SPORTS HE LOVES. BUT THE STRICT SCHEPULE GIVEN HIM BY HfS FATHER LEAVES HIM UTTLE MORE TIME, THAN AN HOUR AFTER SCHOOL MOST NIGHTS, FOR THESE PURSUITS... "
"IT'S SAFE PlSClPLlNE
HERE COMES
worry la,
THE GOOPY-
MINE SAYS, “WHEN
ARE YOU \ I WILL MAKE YOU TRYING TO \ LOOK BAP— IF YOU MAKE US I TRY TO SCORE A LOOK BAP, / POINT WHILE I'M j KAROL ? vC GOALIE .'
Y-YES, F-FATHER. I'M $0*8*/ I l PlPN'T MEAN 70.
RUN QUICKLY before we SEES US ! _
Ft/FF/ANSf AFTER ALL THE TIM £5 I'VE TOLP YOU NOT TO PLAY BY THE CHURCH / WHOEVER PIP THIS WILL > BE PUNlSHEP —
YOU KNOW YOU SHOULP PLAY ONLY IN THE HILLS/ BUT YOU'RE
Such a help to us at the church
... I suppose I CAN OVERLOOK THIS... JUST THIS ONCE / ^
TV-THANK YOU, FATHER / THANK YOU VERY V MUCH / ^
SOOP WORK. KAROL l YOU CAN BREAK ALL THE WINPOWS FROM NOW , ON, OKAY ? J
COME ON / LET'S GO TO THE HILLS ANP FINISH THE SAME /
I CAN'T/ IT'S SETT l NS LATE — I'LL MISS MY
. srup/es.'
OH, KAROL'S AFRAIP HIS MOTHER WILL yeu, AT HIM/
MAMA'S SOY! MAMA'S SOY/
"IF THOSE ILL-CONSIPEREP SARSS WOUNP KAROL'S YOUTHFUL PRlPE,
SO WHAT* WE MISS OUR
stupes/
IT WON'T
hurt
YOU '
“HAPPY. THAT IS, UNTIL HE IS
nine** ahp returns home
ONE PAY JO P(NP HiS WORi-P CHANSEP FOREVER
OH, MY SON / HOW CAN 2
£AT//£Af WHAT'S WRONG ? HAS SOME THINS HAPPENEP 2 >
“THERE ISONLY PATHER ANP SON NOW/ ANP TOOETXER THEY PiNP STRENGTH IN THE SOLACE OP THEiff LOVg.., " f imm _ MM~I
"WITH THE PE4TH OP KAROC'S MOTHER, 80TH THE EuPER ANP YOUNSER WOTTYLA ARE^mmm CRUShtP Bv LOSS. " J®:; ;
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"ANP, utile gY LITTLE, THE HURT OF HI S MOTHER'S PEATH PlMINlSHES — ANP HIS NATURAL HUMOR AN 0 OPTIMISM RETURN " f
"HE CONTINUES with his stupies
ANP WORKS FOR THE CHURCH/"
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"THOUGH THE gl TTERNESS OF HI S LOSS STATS WITH KAROL FOR A LONE TIME, HE SOMEHOW RETURNS HlS LIFE TO NORMAL-,, "
’’BY THE AGE OF II, KAROL'S REPUTATION —AT LEAST AMONG HlS TEACHERS ANP FELLOW STUPENTS IN wapowice— IS Secure... " 1 1 ■wsl1 nr;
/KAROL / HEY, k WAIT UP/ v
f CAN WE COPY YOUR HOMEWORK?
" PON'T WORRY/'T SAI P, ’’KAROL WILL HAVE HIS WORK PONE — ANP PONE RIGHT/ WE'LL GET IT FROM HIM / "
WE GOT BUS’ WITH A GAME LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOWZ.
WHAT PO YOU SAY? HUH?
UH -OH / TAOU8LB/ TAKE OFF — BEFORE WE'RE CAUGHT/
3000 MORNING,/ <3000 KAROL / y MORNING,
~i „ — I— SIR/
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, KAROL ! WE REALLY APPRECIATE ,
AN \ MARK MY EXCELLENT VVORPS/WITH STUPENT, / HlS BRAINS, THAT j HE'LL 86
wocttylaV soaieone somepay.O
“WHEN KAR0L IS 12, PIASTER AGAIN VlSl T$ HIS FAMILY— HlS BROTHER
spwapp, now a PocrcfZ'Ptee of
SCARLET FEVER, KAROL'S REACTION
"YET, HIS BROTHER'S PEATH MAY HAVE AFFECTEP KAROL MORE THAN HE EXPRESSES ' SOON AFTERWARP/ HE TAKES TO WANPERlNG THE STREETS OF WAPOWICE j LOST IN SPELLS Of LONELINESS...
TO PEATt-i AT THIS AGE (S SOMEWHAT AFFERENT THAN BEFORE.. - "
SO THIS IS THE HOME / THEY WERE FRIENPS OF EPWARP/ ^HElR OF THE AAM/&Y . INVITATION FOR ME TO VISIT WAS KINP... I XOTLAACXYK /■t-HOPe I'M NOT INTERRUPTING ANYTHING/
PO NOT BE SAP, PAPA / THIS IS
OOP'S W/LLf
Wtff WE ARE ACTORS / PON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE fc. THEATER ?/ ^
PARPON ME / X 1 LOOK
KNOCKEP, BUT NO ) YOU'R ONE SEEMED T& i YOl HEAR— Q#/ F
WHAT PO VVE ARE MAKING YOU PO gACKPROPS FOR HERE ? / PLAYS FROM TISSUE EPWARP / PAPER, AS ANYONE NEVER / CAN SEE/ BACK* TOLP / PROPS THAT YOU ME,,, A HAVE RUINED, I J ■u MIGHT APP /
NOT
REALLY.
jT THEN YOU MUST LEARN, rAS ALL YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULP/ FOR THEATER IS NOT MERELY ACTORS ON A STAGE, BUT A MEANS OF TOUCHING THE HEARTS ANP MINPS Of HUMANITY- ANP BRINGING ABOUT THE , IMPROVEMENT ANP k ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE HUMAN RACE/ .
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0Y THE WAY, WHO ARE YOU* J KAROL WOJTYLA. SlR
- \ EPWARP'S BROTHER
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AH, YES / OUR SYMPATHIES FOR HIS uNTIAt£LY PASSING. JAM M/£CZYSLAW tfOTLA&CZYK . FATHER ANP lEAPER OF THIS ClAN OF PBiZPO RMERS /
PLEASE. SIR/ I \OF COURSE, AW FRlENP' THE WANT TO,., HELP \ THEATER IS FOR ALL ! YOU . REPAIR THE NEEPEP BUT TO ASK /
pamaob r-ve k-_,_ , , — — — ~ZA
pone . will vou UW£mm \\ /Mi
— let me Mm/ma \\ imm
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THAT ONE'S <3oT ENTHUSIASM ANP INTEL LICENCE/ LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T At ARE AN ACTOP OF HIM / ^
"FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, KAROL SPENDS HlS FREE TIME EAGERLY AS- SORTING KOTLARCZYK'S LESSONS ANP LEARN! NS THE WAY OF THE ACTOR. "
THAT SOY SPEAKING/ HE'S A VERY 0COQ ORATOR/ ANP SEEMS , TO 6E SUITE v KNOWLEPOEABLE.'
HAPOL WOTTYCA ?/ HEAVENS.no/ HE SAYS HE'S SOI NS TO g£ AN... AN ACTOR / >
TELL ME-- IS HE PLANNING TO JOIN THE PR/E&THOOP ? WE COULP USE H/S SKILLS ^ IN THE CHURCH / ^
A#C#&/$ HOP OF CPACOW IN OUR MlPSTY IS THERE SOMETH/ NS V I CAN SET YOU , FATHER 2
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" IT IS NOT A COURSE OF ACTION THAT SITS WELL WITH EVERYONE -*ANP, AT 17, WHEN KAROL GIVE;
WITH EVERYONE -*ANP, AT 17, WHEN KAROL GIVES A SPEECH AT HlS SCHOOL, PURlNS THE VISIT OF APCH 8? SHOP A PAM SrePAH $AP/£HA... “ ( rTIfTT
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"AS KAROL'S HIGH SCHOOL PAYS BMP/ SO POES HIS LIFE IN WAA0WIC6. TO CONTINUE HIS STUPlES, HE MUST SO TO UNIVERSITY— ANP, FOR KAROL, THAT MEANS THE FAMEP JAGtEllOWAK IN CRACOW, WHERE COPERNICUS TURNER THE UNIVERSE INSIPE OUT l — BJga H
TO LEAVE, YOU MEAN ? I RPN'T KNOW,..
SO MUCH LIFE HAS SEEN UVEP IN THIS HOUSE-. - MEMORIES 3O0P ANP BAP. HOW PO WE LEAVE SO MUCH LIFE 0EHINP ? ^
IT'S TIME. ARE YOU... XEA&Y*
TELL ME, FATHER —PC ] YOU REGRET YOUR P6CISION TO COME WITH ME TO CRACOW *
X,TOO, LOVE THIS HOUSE, BUT IT IS ONLY MEMORIES --ANP MEMORIES CANNOT TAKE THE PLACE OF A SON/
J WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY MEMORIES... MY PLACE IS WITH
yoi/y
X KNOW. I REMEMBER WHEN X \ I WILL A l WAYS FIRST H6ARP THE CHURCH BELLS LOVE THESE THINGS, r SOMETIMES PEEL THAT MY ANP THIS HOUSE / LIFE BEGAN ONLY THEN/ANP / BUT LIFE TAKES US I'LL MISS THAT OLP SUNPlAL XV FAR AWAY,
ON THE CHURCH... //
'KAROL ANP HIS FATHER TAKE AN APARTMENT IN CRACOW, ANP KAROL CONTINUES HIS STUPIES ANP HlS ACTING. NEITHER FATHER NOR SON CAN SUES S THAT KAROL'S CAREER at the jagiel- LONIAN WILL LAST NO MORE THAN A YEAR... "
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'•the PEOPLE OP GERMANY LISTEN to THE MAPMAN ANP HIS PR6AMS OP POWER. . ■ ANP. ON $£PT£M££/? 4 /939, KAROL WOJTYLA WALKS TOWARP WAW£L £ATM£PPAL , OuT- SI PE CRACOW* TO SERVE AT FIRST PR I PAY MASS... "/
£Hf THAT'S OPP/ WHAT'S THAT NOIS6 ?,
I VfjgL. ANP A FEW HUNPREP MILES WEST OP POLANP, THE MAPMAN APPlF | HITLER CONTROLS A NATION --ANP WAGES A CAMPAIGN OF TERROR ANP LIES . "
THE GERMANIC PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO CONTROL THE WHOLE OF £U POPS ANP
TRANSFORM IT INTO A BLAH BLAH BLAH
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
BLAH blah blah blah blah blah blah BLAH 0LAH blah blah BLAH^
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GERMAN BOMBERS ? t but WHY WOULP
|K THEY..,
OH, NO'
''KAROL WATCHES IN HORROR AS THE BOMBS PROP... ANP THE PLANES ARE PftlVEN OFF BY POLISH ANTI -AIRCRAFT (SUNS... *
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COME, LET US CELEBRATE THE MASS AS SCHEPULEP/ NOW THERE IS A GREAT . //££P FOR PRAYERS ! A
“THEN HE HURRIES ON TO WAWEL CATH6PRAL
£AT//£P P/&LPW/CZ' ) X KNOW, OUR LANP THE GERMANS HAV6--X IS AT IMAP.
'A •:! '■ ,
' POLAUP NEEP4 /MORE FROM HER PEOPLE THAN PRAYERS, HOWEVER / WITHIN PAVE, KAROL LEAVES CRACOW TO JOIN UP WITH THE ARMY IN THE EAST--ANP JOINS THE £VER*OROWIN<5 PROCESStON OF REFUGEES* FLEEING FROM THE GERMAN TERROR.., "j g
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“WITH New PETERM I NATION, KAROL MARCHES TOWARD THE EAST, UNKNOWN TO THE YOUNG MAN, THERE HAVE BEEN NEW EVENTS... OF PlSASTRO US IMPORTANCE,,. "
//£&i0/ vo\jAfie Go\ue S^Tl* THE wrong way/ the ARMY IS IN THE EAST/ _
YOU ARE \#U$$/A *\/VO **€>#£/ HITLER
MlSlNFORMgP,MY / gUT WE PECLAREP POLANP PIS' FfilENP/ THE y HAP A /SOLVEP, YOU SEE — ANP $OY/£TS <VTR6ATY*'V WITH NO POLANP, THERE SWEPT OVER \ IS HO TREATY / oR SO
OUR EASTERN gORPERS-WE ARE ATTACKS? , ON TWO, FRONTS /
X FEAR OUR ARMY WILL RE UNABLE TO HANPLE ) Ol£> POOL / PON'T YOU TWO WARS ON TWO PIFFERENT FRONTS/ V UNPERSTANP ? THE ARMY — 5 — ri'ff irnfllh- FINISH EP/ flPLANP IS y
y?L ■\'^v // pinishep/
CALM YOURSELF
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tVA/T/ WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
we are in a periop of turaaoil
YES,., gUT I CANNOT RELIEVE THAT IT WILL NOT, IN THE ENP, LEAP TO A STRONGER, FREE , POLANP / WE WILL RECOVS%-ijQ& VO NOT FEAR /
T#i/$TM$O0> ANP VO NOT PESPAIR --FOR BY PESPAIR, YOU PO YOUR ENEMY'S WORK s. FOR HIM/ ^
BACK TO CRACOW --ANP WHATEVER IS IN STORE FOR OUR COUNTRY/ y
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"B> m\. tr i 5 4 PAR PIFFERENT CRACOW THAT HOUSES KAROL WOJTYLA. FOLLOWING THE SURR6NPER OP ITS gELEAOUEREP ARMY/ anp the escape op the GOVERNMENT TO LONPON, ENSlANP,
POLANP'S PRE60PM IS GROUNP OUT
-Ts. THE NAZI gOOT, ANP ITS SPIRIT is ///^JKmssS^A S? CONSTANT ATTACK... * #/H|i
HOW /MUCH CAN WE BEAR ? THE GERMANS * CLOSE OUR SCHOOLS ANP CHURCHES, ROUNP UP OUR PRIESTS, PESTROY OUR ART, EVEN ■< PORSIP US THE USE OPOUfi LANGU ASS/ Jf
ttWTYtA.eH? WORKER AT THE SOLVAY CHEMICAL
Plant ? what are ■you WAITING for, POLE ? You ARE NEEPEP POR THE j WAR EFFORT/
THEY SEEK TO REPUCE US TO 0#6/T£$, SUITABLE ONLY - POR MBM/AL LABOR/ -*
WE MUST KEEP OUR ARTS ^ ANP LANGUAGE ALIVE, EVEN IP rr IS UNPERGfiOUNO/
THE NAZIS WOULP PROBABLY EXECUTE ME IF THEY I.EARNEP X WAS IN THE RHARSOPlC THEATER,,.
... BUT IT IS WORTH THE RISK TO KEEP MY ART- -ANP OF
WGJTYtA/ } / THERE WAS ANOTHER fiAtP ^ ^POOPPEV ILS/ I'VE HEARP YOU MAY / LAST NIGHT— JUST POWN / < OP A PLACE NEAR
ENTER/ y \ THE STREET/ J-£W$, 1 .■ AV$CHWfT2 THEY ARE
^ _ THINK. IN Hi PINS * - \ SENT TO,.. ^
THE NEXT (OP NOfiWlP'S POETRY,
/V£/A/' NO TALKING AMONG LABORERS.1 VGET TO WORK/ >
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"MORNtH<3 CRAWLS INTO LUNCHTIME AT THE FACTORY, BUT THE NOON MEAL BRINGS LITTLE MORE THAN A PEW PIECES? OF BREAP.., "
' THAT'S YPUR RATION FOR THE PAY,.. SAME AS YESTERPAY/
WHAT'S THIS ? X NEEP MORE 0REAP.‘ THIS ISN'T > ENOUGH /
A/O/T NEEP MORE / PLEASE:
I WPULP LIKE V SURE, 0UT WHY? A LOT OF GOCP TO PRAY. A YOUR PRAYERS PIP WHEN GERMANY
, \ WAS SMASHING THROUGH OUR J
^Ovl X. WESTERN GATE,
HEY (LEAVE HIM ALONE/ THE PRAYERS CAN’T HURT, THAT’S FOR SURE
"WITH HlS THEATER GROUP, HE HELPS TO PRESERVE THE WORK IN PERFORM ANCE OF ROUSH POSTS ANP PLAYWRIGHTS,., '>
IN THE CRISIS OF THE GERMAN OCCUPATION, KAROL BlPSS HlS TIME WAITING FOR PREEPOM, PILUNG HlS LIFE WITH A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES.-, " j .
"UNP6R THE GUIDANCE OF THE FABLEP ’MYSTICAL TAILOR OF CRACOW', 0»/V TY&AHOWSKt . KAROL PELVES FURTHER INTO THE RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF HlS BEING, AS A MEMBER OF THE UNPERGROUNP UV/Af<S OOSAAY... “ /-TTT- — . I', . ',f«„ ■■■■
"AT THE FACTORY, HE WORKS PlLIGENTLY — FOR WHILE HlS BOPY IS F0RC6P TO LABOR FOR THE GERMANS »KAfiOL‘S MINP IS FREE, ANP ACTIVE,,, *
**ANP IN THOSE FEWMOME NTS OF SOUTUQB, KAROL TRIES HlS HANP AT WRITING S OWN TV GIVE VOICE TO THOSE FEELINGS
POETRY,
WHICH KNOW NO VOICE,.,
YET, IN THOSE VAYf OF W41, EVEN THE FORCES CALM IN KAROL'S SOUL CANNOT LAST.
T'AI HOME FATHER.,.
WAKE UP, IT'S TIME . FOR LUNCH / v
I'M SORRY, WOJTYLA ! BUT HE WENT . OUICKLY--A HEART FAILURE... U
HE WAS A GOO0 /MAN
WHAT \|i- WILL YOU ) VO NcrH^J :
^ I... MUST GO SOME- WHERE ELSE/ I CAN- NOT BEAR THE THOUGHT OF LIVING... THERE...
. NOT WITHOUT HIM / ^
"FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, KAROL WOJTYLA STAYS WITH FRlENPS ANP CONTINUES HIS STUPlESAND HIS WORK AT THE CHEMICAL PLANT... " /■■
“YET NOW HIS SPIRIT, SEVERER FROM ITS ROOTS IN THE FAMILY, TAKES FLIGHT IN OTHER £>1 SECTIONS - " ANP HE BEGINS TO COMMIT HlS INNERMOST FEELINGS ANP OBSERVATIONS TO POETRY WITH GREATER FREQUENCY... " - - - —
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"ANP MORE THAN EVER, HE TURNS TO PRAYER , FOR IT IS HlS ONLY SOLACE IN THESE TIMES... "
LET US PRAY
WE HAVE NEEP OF YOUR STRENGTH , WOJTYLA / MAY WE ...
MAY WE JO/A/ YOU ? y
/WHAT?' IF THE GUARPS HAVE CAUGHT ME... WHY WASN'T ANY- ONE WATCHING?
"IN WARTIME POLAND, THE PAYS DRAG ONE INTO THE OTHER, WITH LITTLE NEWS OF THE WAR'S PROGRESS. 4LW4YS THERE IS THE THREAT OF THE GERMAN 0ULLET OR THE GERMAN CAMP... "
HEY, IT'S OM.Y A POLE/ TOO MANY OF THEM AS V IT lS/ ^
I TOLD YOU WE HIT SOMETHING SOMEONE'S LYING OUT THERE V HURT/
HE'S WAKING UP/ <3000/ >
OHHHH
r4 POSP/TAL * WH-WHAT AM I DOING HERE ? X WAS ON THE ROAp, ANP THEN,,, NOTHING/
YOU WERE RUN DOWN 0Y THE GERMANS A PAY AND A HALF AGO. YOUR INJUR- IES ARE SAP— YOU'D 0£ DEAD IN A PITCH IF A WOMAN HADN'T FOUND YOU AND 0ROUGHT
"AFTER HIS RELEASE, KAROL LOOKS FOR THE WOMAN TO THANK HER , WITHOUT SUCCESS. LIKE SO MANY OTHERS IN WARTIME POLAND, SHE HAS VANISHED
X'M GLAD YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, KAROL. X WAS SO WORRIED,., X 0ROUGHT YOU A 0OOK TO REAP
"YOUNGANP STRONG, KAROL MAKES A SPEBPV COMEBACK- ANP SHORTLY AFTER HIS RELEASE PROM THE HOSPlTAI "
AM* NIGHT OH TH€ SOi/C- gv jvm/v OH TH£ CHOSS/
YOU'LL LIKE IT/ rr concerns the problems of faith IN TIMES of
APVERSlTY.,,
0Y THE WAY, THE OTHERS IN THE LIVING ROSARY HAVE SEEN PRAYING FOR YOUR
recovery..
"KAROL REAPS THE BOOK MANY TIMES, WNPlMG IN IT A NEW CORNERSTONE FOR MlS SPIRITUALITY, "
IT'S ROUGH THESE PAYS... WHY PON'T YOU USE MY APARTMENT? A
AVOIDING THE BUTCHERS MOSTLY. ANP LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO , . LIVE/ ANY I PEAS ON A V THAT f
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£Pi.€N£>/C>/ WE-LL STAY THERE TOGETHER ANP WORK ON OUR CRAFT/
I HEARP ABOUT THAT, ANP I'M VERY SORRY, KAROL-- BUT THAT HAPPENEP SO LONG AGO / THERE IS A TIME FOR GRIEF, MY FfilENP/ ANP A TIME FOR PRACTICALITY / RETURN WITH ME / T INSIST UPON
I PlPN'T WANT... TO BE ALONE THERE/ BUT.,. ALL RIGHT/ WE'LL ,
WHAT A THEATER WE'LL CREATE WHEN POL ANP IS FREE AGAIN ! IT WILL gE THE GLORY OF THE A . HUMAN RACE..,
IT WILL BE FINE YOU'LL
SEE/ y
KAROL HEARS THE WORPS, BUT WITH
"PURING THESE YEARS Of THE OCCUPATION , KAROU WATCHES HIS COUNTRY SUFFERING. HE SEES WHOLE FAMILIES PlSAPPEAR FoREVER INTO THE CONCENTRA- TION CAMPS,.*iiii u j iim Mii|w;gi|| «/ . — « V
"HE SEES CHILPREN GROWING UP WITH NO KNOW- LEPGE OF THEIR CULTURE OR HERITAGE —ANP NO RESPITE FROM THE PBAft ANP HATREP THAT EROPES THEIR SOULS...^rc—r' aro
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"THE CHILPREN/ THAT'S WHAT gOTHERS HIM / FOR THE CHILPREN ARE THE FUTURE OF FOLANP— ANP IF THE SOUL OF THE FUTURE JS PESTROYEP, WHAT HOPE REMAINS ? t itj
HEY/ KAROL WAIT UP,'
MIETEK
X PIPN'T EXPECT TO RUN INTO YOU IN THIS PART OF TOWN,
"ANP SLOWLY,., EVER SO SLOWLY,., A PECf- SION IS M APE/*
WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO WALK WITH ME THEN. IT'S URGENT THAT I SET /
to wAwec.y
J'M (SLAP I RAN INTO YOU. WE HAVEN'T HAP MUCH CHANCE LATELY TO TALK AT THE UV/NG AOSAGYl MEETINGS,
H'tfVKEZ. CASTte? THAT'S GREAT—
X HAVEN'T SEEN t THERE IN A , j V LONG Tl Me//
WHY ARE YOU GOINS
. there ? ,
"WAWEL CASTLE (S WH£R£ THE1 KINGS OF ftJLANP ONCE LIVEPi A STRUC- TURE COMPRISING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF COURTS ANP CATfHEPRA LS... "
"BUT NOW, INSTEAP OF t<IN<2$j IT HOUSES Z>/R.
fi#ANt<, GERMAN GOVERNOR- GENERAL OF
TOlanp, yet still the
PRIESTS RUN THE CATHE PRAL, STILL THE MASS IS
A P/t/GST FROM WAPOWICE IS THERE— FR. FIGLEWICZ/ HE'S AN OLP FRlENP,,, ANP X NEEP HIS APVICE ...
//ALT' WHAT IS V OUR BUSINESS HERE ? ^
AIO/MENTS LATER
FATHER ? MAY X COM£ A IN ? ^
i wish ro see
A PRIEST, A , FATHER T FIGLEWICZ .)
OF COURSE/ YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME, BUT... WHAT BRINGS YOU ^ HERE TOPAY?
TA. 1 I KNOW OF HIM.
MOMENTS LATER
FATHER ? MAY X COME A IN ? ^
OF COURSE/ YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME, BUT... WHAT 0RINOS YOU ^ HERE TOPAY?
ALL RIGHT (SO IN.
0UT ONLY Y YOi/ <50 IN
to see the
PRIEST.' YOUR FRIENP MUST WAIT j OUTS I PE. A
BUT ITS NOT ENOUGH / X NEEP TO PO MORE... ANP l X HAVE BEEN k THINKING,,. .
FATHER FISlEWI CZ ARRANGED it WITH PPCM~/ IF THE //A2f£ VQH'T &/SPOP SAP/&/A I'M TO BECOME 4 >C CATCH YOUi
SECRET S&VUNAfflAN — k r if?
r WELL —YES, THERE 1$ TV^ir BUT they DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SEMI- NARIANS THERE ARE IN , THE FIRST PLACE, j
n j.- .TlfLA
-
ANP WHAT ABOUT YOUR ACTINO ? IT'S NOT RUSHT FOR VOU TO BE SOME PARISH PRlEf CHATT£RtNO TO JUST A HANDFUL. ABOUT MORALITY/
AS AN ACTOR, YOU MlOHT ENRICH THE WHOLE WORLD/ WHERE CAN THE 0P/£$T- //OOP TAKE
A /UA/V OP (SOO CAN ENRICH THE LIVES OF HIS FELLOWMEN. ANP WHEN THE WAR
is over, Poland will need priests— if
IT IS TO SURVIVE SPIRITUALLY A-S WELL
PM SORRY, MY FRIENP- -//OTHtA/G YOU CAN SAY WILL DISSUADE ME FROM THE PRXESTHOOO!
A/y WOPPSS SOMEDAY YOU'LL LOOK DOWN ON YOUR VILLAGERS, AND YOU'LL THINK OF THE ACTOR THAT YOU COULD HAVE SEEN -- AND YOU’LL SAY, "T COULD HAVE HAP THE WOGL0, gUT r SAVE
"... ANP KAROL EAGERLY PURSUES HlS New VOCATION AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WHlte HIS FELLOW FACTORY WORKERS TAKE A LUNCH break, HE CONTINUES
READING... ‘>i
** YET, AS THE
WAR DRAGS TO AN END EVENTS M ARE OCCURRING IN POLAND... *
‘.‘THE NAZIS NOW FEAR THAT THE REBELLION WILL SPREAD THROUGH- OUT POLAND... "
Aif&l/ST, /9V<// IN WARSAW, SOME ISO MILES NORTH OF CRACOW, THE POLES BREAK INTO OPEN REVOLT, EXPECTING SUPPORT FROM THE INVADING SOVIETS, SUPPORT THAT NEVER COME
"ON AUGUST 7 / IRU-.H- -- SLACK SUNPAy — THE WORD GOES OUT: ROUND UP ALL ABLE- (JODI ED MALES IN CRACoW — AND BREAK THE SACK OF THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION/'
MDU HAVE YOUR TEACH THESE PEASANTS ORDERS / V* THAT WE WILL ALLOW NO
— — , r- threats to the welfare
,Jsl THE GERMAN PEOPLE '
POLS/ SHOW YOURSELF / >
"BUT THERE IS NO ANSWER, AND THE SEARCH FOR WOJTYLA f£ SUDDENLY INTERRUPTED 8V THE SOLDIER'S
Superior... "/
I 'PA/VATS/ COM£ Efl
VUPSTAIRS— OUICKLY/ Qr
VES,
SERGEANT
"IN THE CONFUSION KAROL'S
r//£6£fiMAM& ARE TAKING IN ANYONE WHO MlSHT RAISE A HANP TO SUPPORT THE WARSAW REBELS...
I THOUGHT YOU'P SEEN CAUGHT' THEY WERE OUST HERE--
FATHER F\<s>l£\\\CZ ?)l THOUGHT X WAS TOO L4T£ WHAT ARE YOJ / ARCHEiSHOP SAPlEHA HAS PSCIPEP POINTS HERE - IT \$ TOO V AHGEROUS FOR YOU rO
STAY OUT IN THE WORlP ANY- THING couuP happen.
TOMORROW MORNING r WILL SMUGGLE YOU INTO the ARCHBISHOP'S HOUSE, there YOU vvtu_ STuFY ANP REMAIN SAFE UNTIL THE WAR'S ENP.
BE REAP Y.
IS THAT IT ? ARE you GOING ? J
YES, I,., WANT TO <30.
thank you , anp eiess
YOU , MV FRIENP. BUT PO N'T ACT LIKE WE‘LL k NEVER SEE EACH k. OTHER AGAIN.
IT ISN'T MY PEClSlON MlECZYSLAW. I AM OOP'S MAN NOW,
well, none op that matters -now, stay safe, karol, anp may all the
WORlP’S LUCK — - - - ■ Mj ird
ae with you, l %vv\ I
THAT MORNING
KAROL , I'VE 5AIPS0ME HARSH THINGS ABOUT YOU ANP THE PRIEST- HOOP, 0UT... X WANT YOU TO KNOW-.
FATHER,
SUPPENLY,
PONT ANSWER / WHAT IP THE PLOT HAS FAILEP ? IT COULP 8£ TAfS eeSTAPO OR--
"OUICKLY ANP SILENTLY THE TWO MEN MOVE THROUGH THE STREETS OF CRACOW... " «
OOOP0YE , KAROL / MAY JSOP SB WITH YOU /
■ ■
CIRCLE NOW
A#/ HERE \S THE ' PIP YOU HAVE ANY A BIT/ NOTHIN (3
LA5T OF OUR LITTLE / 7XOt/8L£ (SETTING/ TO 9PBAH OF...
PUT THIS CASSOCK ON A ... BUT THEY WILL PACK THE NAZIS WILL. SUS- US OFF TO CONCENTRATION peer NOTHING IF I HAVE VOUNS PRIESTS
in my House...
BY TOMORROW, THEY WILL DISCOVER YOU MiSSINO FROM YOUR WORK DETAIL. I WILL see IF X CAN'T PO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT,
TH £ GERMANS PONT KNOW \ THIS Id YOUR ROOM - -AT LEAST QUITE HOW MANY STUDENTS FOR THE DURATION, WE HAP TO X HAVE —AND X WOULDN'T / SKIMP ON LUXURY, UNFORTUNATELY WANT THEM TO HAVE AN / — BUT YOU'LL FINP THINOS COM- EXACT COUNT yV PORTABLE ENOUSH.
YOU MAY HAVE FULL USE OF MY
house, but stay
INStPE ANP KEEP AWAY FROM THE V WINPOWS,
YOU MAY HAVE FULL USE OF MY HOUSE, BUT STAY INStPE ANP KEEP AWAY FROM THE V WINPOWS,
THESE ARRANGEMENTS WILL ONLY Be NECESSARY UNTIL THE RUSSIANS PRIVE THE E6RMANS OUT, WHICH SHOULD BE A fAATTe R OF PAYS.
X HAVE OTHER BUSINESS NOW. MAKE AT HOME SHALL SEE SOON.
BUT
AP/VACY?
A#c#e/$#op/
FORGIVE ME,
.. WHAT A SOI
THERE ARE NO SECRETS FROM
<soot my son — look upon
earthly EXPfzes-
"KAROL VWJTYL4 ANP HlS FELLOWS LIVE WITH CON- STANT vigilance. THEN, SEVERAL. WEEKS LATER... "
COME IN
SAP/eHAf I HAVE SOME GUESTlONS. A0OUT YOUR SEMINARIANS.
WOULP YOU ) ONLY ANSWERS, PLEASE, IN I9SS, WE OPA- LINE SO^E } CIOUSLY ALLOWEP THOSE IN SEMINARYTO TEA ? ./ CONTINUE THEIR STUPIES. NONE HAVE
IT-™ r^k. V6T GKAPUATEP, Five YEARS LATER, -tf
rVJPMTT
THE STUPIES HAVE BEEN PROLONGEP FOR ONE YEAR, *
OVERLONG, ARCH 0ISHOP- -OR WE WILL HAVE A LENGTHIER CHAT, ANP ONE J NOT NEARLY AS PLEASANT .rtrffll
T hu <5oop pay. >1 iifnTT r&SX:
*♦ wew/;
eXCELLGMCY/ ) NO, THEY \ BUT SU0 ANSWERS PIP THEY-- ? y KNOW NOTHING WON'T SATISFY
' -< OF OUR EXTRA / THEM NEXT TIME-
\ | V STUPENTS. ,/ ANP I FEAR IT WILL
\ ^ — -< BE AUSCHWtTZ
\ ^ - for the lot
here, you will se safe in
MV CELLAR, MY SERVANT WILL SO, TOO, TO TAKE J CARE OF YOU, ^ %
"8Y JANUARY OF IMS, THE RUSSIANS FINALLY UiJJ INVAPE CRACOW..." , * ^
J THAT'S NOT THE ELARlNG OF WEAPONS / IT'S THE THUNPER OF OUR RESCUERS /
WHAT Oc YOU i YOUR EXCELLENCY? IT'S L PANSEROL'S TO |]V STAY... ^
the shelling
IS COMING VERY NEAR / \A
IF ONLY THERE \ ALL WE WERE SOMETHING J CAN PO WE COULP PO... J NOW,,, li
WHAT WILL IT 6E
like when we
COME OUT ? PO YOU THINK WE'LL
see a rep flag ,
OR THe „ A SWASTIKA?^®
HEY, KAROL/
i/sreA// a
THE SHELLING ) T#ATf$ HAS STOPPEO ! J #/G#T/ ONE
_ — -T WAV OR
\/ l ANOTHER,
V ; A CRACOW IS
t \ NOW AT
V PEACE ! A
«FOR THE NEXT 36 PRAYEPMUCH ANP LITTLE, THEN... "*
HOURS, THEY Slept a
WONPER WHAT TIME IT IS ? >
r TO ^ WATT t CAN'T HEAR ANY- THING...
WHAT'S THE MATTER, LAZY
Bones ? why are you
THERE — WHEN WE HAVE ^ WORK TO VO ?
TH6 NAZIS ARE SONS? ASACIY GONE ? THE WAR IS OVER ?
X WAS NOT JOKtNO ABOUT WORK. THE SHELLING BLEW OUT ALL THE WINDOWS — J
anp they must be ^ J?£PLACC£>/
WAR WILL NOT g£ OVER UNTIL THE ALLIES MARCH ACROSS Germany, but,., yes,
GOR POLANP, THE WAR IS OVER/
“TH4T AFTERNOON, WHILE KAROL IS FIXING THE FRONT WlNPOWS... "/-• - ■ ■■■
WHAT COULP THEY WANT
. HERE ? ^
LOOK/ SOLPIERS ANP THEY'RE STOPPING/
„.I BRIN® GREETINGS FROM THE SOVIET UNION TO ARCHBtSHOP _
SAPlEHA , 4/fi/C*OWM££> l€AP£G. OF THE POLISH PEOPLE/ V
"SOON , THE ARCHSlSHOP'S RESIPENC6 IS THE 6CBNG OF REVELRY, AS ft? LE ANP RUSSIAN CHEER THE LIBER ATI ON OP A LANP... " mkt 7 7T
WHERE ARE \ NO, NO,,. GO \ IT HAS BEEN SIX YOU GOING? ] AHEAP WITH \ MONTHS SINCE |£ SOMETHING j YOUR PARTY, X I LAST PASSEP THE MATTER ?/WOULP JUST / THROUGH THESE
. t-t ■Hf like to see 1^- gates.
Te / A. SOME PEOPLE, Mfak-r —
the worlp has change? so much,,, ahp & LITTLE, people still, supper prom the WAR... SOLPIERS still WALK THE STREETS, THOUGH THEY ARE NOW OUR FRISNOS, NOT OUR CONQUERORS
"a np wh at~op~J KOTLARCZYK ? ?
Mi:-
sesin ?
1 1 1
lj! 82 v Es 1 E z
SNIFF.
WHAT’S IN THERE I WON PER ?
"PAYS LATER, KAfZOL ANP H 15 FELLOW SEMINARIANS TAKE UPON THEMSELVES AN AWE- SOME TASK : REPAIRING THE CLP SEMINARY THAT HAP SEEN CUJSEP ANP OCCUPIEP gv THE GERMAN T ROOFS... "
X REMEM SSR , . . THIS WA S WHERE PO WE
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE
BEFORE THE WAR. THE GERMANS CHAN(3EP / THAT / WHAT A MESS/ >
— ^ / EVERYONE SHOULP ^
MR? « ( PICK A ROOM ANP START ■
^ CLEANING, XtSUESS. Zil
TTT'-^Yw -A
THE SESMANS NEVER F1KEP THE v PLUMfJlNS... a
OV, ,V<0/ THAT'S PlSGUSTINiS/ a
SOMEONE WILL HAVE T O...CL£AH
. rr out...
NEVER MINP k CLEAN IT
SHALL WE PRAW
STRAW'S, OR ?
“WITHIN PAYS, THE SEMINARY IS IN WORKING OR PER- - ANP THE SEMINARIANS TURN ThE/R EYES OPTIMI-- STICALuY TOWARP THE FUTURE... " i
. — . . / LFT'4 PC AY
1 - 1 '■ — ~ — ■ tci 7 r “tM ’
IT WON'T BE LONS NOW/ THE \ THE WAR ENPS VERY SOVIETS HAVE PRJVEN THE SOON . THEN THE
GERMANS BACK PAST THEiR / SOVIETS WILL SO OWN 6CRPE2S/ EN ELAN P. / HOME, ANP LEAVE
FRANCE/ ANP AMERICA PUSH A POLANP To ITSELF INTO SERMANY FROM THE^/ A<3AIN,
WEST... — —
_J"THe WAR PO£$ Si ENP SOON...*
* BUT THE SOVIETS Ft? NOT LEAVE ... ANP, ONCE ASA IN', POLANP LIVES NOT IN THE WANP OF FREE- DOM, BUT IN THE SRlF OF THE CONQUEROR. THE RUSSIANS REFUSE TO LET THE POLISH GOVERN - MENT- IN- EXILE RETURN FROM LON PON. INSTEAP, THEY INSTALL THEIR OWN PUPPETS.
THEY L/££> TO U S/ ThE ALLIES SAlP THEV WOULP FREE uS BUT THEY SCl£> US TO THE RUSSIANS AT ROTS PAM ANP >AlTA / HOW CCULP THEY A?0 IT ? V
CALM YOURSELF, FRlENP, Tw’E SHALL OUTLIVE ^A I, TOO, FINP THIS NErVVS COMMUNIST AS
Pi STRESSING-- BUT THE RULE Or N42IISM M'AS A TRIAL W£
SUCVIVEP,
" NOWHERE IS (leSt STANCE TO THE SOVIETS GREATER THAN IN THE CHURCH , FOR POLANP \S LARGeLV CATHOLIC- YET, ONE PAY AT THE SEMINARY,,, "
I HAVE SEEN YOUR \ I- 1 PON'T KNOW WHAT TD PRIESTS / I APMlRE l SAY/ BECOMING A PRIEST IS THEM SREATLY, ANP / NO EASY THINS, NOR SHOULP X WISH TO KNOW— /IT 66 UNP6RTAKEN LlSHTLY.
MAY r sTO/W TH £ , -gt"* 1
SEMINARY ? ZSjZ<: iA l
TAKE THIS CROSS ASA SYMBOL OP CHRIST'S LOVE— ANP CON6IP6R YOU R COURSE OP ACTION. IF YOU TRULY PESlRE TO BECOME A PRIEST, COME BACK ANP W£ WILL PlSCUSS IT FURTHER.
HOW STRANGE ARE GOO'S WAVS HOW PIP THE COMMUNISTS, WHO SEEK TO STAMP OUT REUNION ANP HOLY WORSHIP, EVER PRO - PUCE ONE SO HU KORY FOR : ^ ^ ^ SOP ?
-TO KAROL WOTTYLA , THE EVENT IS A SION — 4 SISN THAT THE HUMAN SPIRIT CANNOT TRULY BE CRUSHEP. in OOP'S EYES, ALL 7HINSS ARE POSSI- BLE,..
•THEN, WEEKS LATER, KAROL REACHES THE GOAL OP HIS STUPIES— HE IS 0RP4INEP BY THE ARCH- BISHOP ASA PRIEST IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH... *
* YET ARCHBISHOP SAPIEHA HAS NOTtCEP SOMETHING GREAT IN THIS YOU NS PRIEST, ANP KAROL IS CALLEP BEFORE him:.
YOU SHOW .REMARKABLE TALENT, FATHER WOTTYLA, BUT
1 POLANP IS NOT A PROPER place for
STUPIES AT THE MOMENT...
YOU AGKEP TO SEE ME, ARCH- BISHOP?
THEREFORE , T AM SEN- DING you to Rome,
WHERE YOU MIOHT TRULY
ftp PUT TO TUP. T£4T
"FOLLOWING HlS MONTHS OF SCHOOLING IN ROME, KAROL GOES HOMS, ANP iS ASSIGNED TO TEACH CHILPREN IN THE UTTLfi VILLAS Of NI&SOWlC - - A TASK FOR WHICH HE IS EMINENTLY SUITEP... " —
1 1^™
YOU ALL PIP VERY WELL. TOPAV — ANP YOU v MAY ALL HAVE A PIECE OF CANPY/ V
V.'XvX-X'lOX
Wv>K'K<->y.
|
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WELL, ONE THING'S CERTAIN - HE LOVES CHILDREN/ -
MMPH/ rr ISN'T (Z\GHT.'J
A PRIEST SHOULPN'T SPOIL THE CHILPREN gY El VI NO THEM HIS OWN SUPPLIES LIKE TH AT/
“SAPIEHA, NOW A CAPPfNAL SOON REASSIGNS THE YOU! PRIEST TO ST. PLOW AN# CATWPfiAC IN CRACOW...
^£2®
“IN 1950/ FATHER WOXTYLA MAKES A SECRET TRIP TO THE OFFICES OF THE CAT HO LlC WEEKLY, A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER IN CRACOW-.. "
YOU'RE SPEAKING TO HIM. HOW CAN X HELP YOU, k FATHER ? .
X'M SoR RY TO INTERRUPT... COULP YOU POINT ME TO THE E0\TOR — a V jrtfaZY 7V&OW/CZ?
WH AT'S I THOUGHT YOU THIS ? / MISHT LIKE TO SEE M atf ... MY PCSMS/ IF , I OH THEY ARE ANY (SCOP, ■ 3m anp YOU WANT TO . IHk PUBLISH THEM... J
<5000* FROM WH4TX CAN SEE, THESE . ARE FINE/
IF YOU PUBLISH ANY , PLEASE CREPIT THEM TO “ANPRZEJ y JAWIEN," jAfi
ALL RK3HT, HUT J PONT KNOW WHY YOU WOULPN'T WANT YOUR OWN, NAME ON THEM/
•'YET, THIS FINE PERIOP IN KAROL'S LIFE 15 MARREO BY THE PtEAT/Y OF CARPlNAL SAPlEHA. THOUGH KAROL FEELS THE LOSS, PERHAPS MORE THAN MOST, HE VOW S TO FILL THE VACUUM LEFT 6Y SAPfEHA'S PASSING, ANP TO TRY HARPER TO BRINGS SPIRITUAL LEAPERSHIPTO HlS PEOPLE... " |M— 111 . i„i, J J
11 THE POEMS, ABOUT KAROUS EXPERIENCES OF THE PAST ZO years, are a smash hit IN CRACOW... "I
WAIT YOUR TURN/ THE) OBVIOUSLY A F>E<V MAN'S BRILLIANT— / MAMe/ I WONPER SUCH TALENT- ANP /WHO HE RE4LLY IS? SO MUCH FEELING/ ' Z-—- rtf
MORE “TAWIEN POEMS '? LET
me see/
UKW
"AT ST. FLORIAN'S, ANP LATER AT ST. CATHERINE'S, KAROL EMPHASIZES OUTIMSS—SKHHG IN THE WINTER, HIKING IN THE SUMMER— FOR HI S YOUNG PARISHIONERS...
FINP THE LOCAL PRIEST ANP TRY TO k SET LOPSINS > \WITH HIM, >$£
"HE FREQUENTLY TAKES SABBATICALS HIMSELF, ALONE OR IN THE COMPANY OF CLOSE FR IENPS.,. "
IT'S SETTING Tate , MIETEK// THERE'S A TOWN SHOULPN'T WE SET UP CAMP/ POWN THERE, LET'S I FOR THE NK3HT? ‘
X'M SORRY FOR BOTHERING YOU. WE WERe WON PER INS IF WE MIGHT l STAY HERE FOR k THE NIGHT,,. >
fXTyv^f"
STAY HERE f/ ARE YOU PRIESTS?
"HOWEVER, AT THE HOUSE... "
PA/£$T$/ TRAVELLING WITHOUT CASSOCKS ?! IT'S PfSGEACEFUL/ NO WONPER RESPECT FOR THE CLERGY IS THREATENEP/ SLEEP IN THE , gARN IF YOU'RE TIREP — X WON'T / HAVE YOUR KINP IN MY HOUSE / y
£S I f ANP BE SLAP X) gg l PON'T REPORT } III
\ \ YOU TO THE /
■H M \ BISHOP/ / il
seorge/ of course? vou've
SERVED AT MASS fOR ME --4ND VOU'Ve BEEN ON SOME OF M Y OUTINGS/ HOW ARE YOU ?>
*pespite suspicion by older priests and even the
new PRIMATE of POLANP, CAPP/AAC WYSZyNSM WITHER W0TTYLA SEEKS FOR N6W WAYS TO SPREAI CATHOLICISM, EVEN AS HE LECTURES AT SEMINARS AND AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY AT LUSLlN... "
"FOR HE PERC&VES THAT THE TIMES ARE CMAN<3IN<3,ANP THE CHURCH MUST CHANOE WITH THEM,., OR DIE... "
FATHER ? DO YOU REMEM0ER ME~-G£OAGE Ct€$/£L$Kt
HAVE YCHJ EVER TRIED AC A YA A/ /VS t.
KAYAK I NO ? HMM /
X WAS wonperins, father— I heard you were an avid hiker
AND SKIER, AND YOU LIKE A j
soop same of soccer...
"T HESS OUTINGS
provide a perect
SETTING FOR KAROC TO COMMUNE WITH
others, Both lay
CHURCHMEN AND STUDENTS.,, "
we COME ALL THE WAV UP HERE BV ORDER OP CARDINAL WYSZYNSKI HIMSELF--AND THEN YOU MAKE US LOOK FOR YOU / WHAT. 15 THE MATTER WITH YOU ?
THE CARDINAL SENT YOU ? WHY ? 15 SOMETHING WRONG?
IT
DEPEN 05 ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW, FATHER...
UNCLE WOJ'TYLA'G MADE THE t GRAPE f j
THE CARDINAL HAG INSTRUCTED THAT YOU BE INSTALLED AS AN A/P£-8&HOP OP CRACOW --AND we HAVEN'T MUCH TIME/
PON'T BREAK UP THE OUTING FOR THIS/
I MUST SO TO THE CARDINAL IN WARSAW. k"BUT I'LL BE BACK FOR SUNDAY J.
X MASS, T PROMISE/
GOOD WORK UNCLE !
WHY ARE THEY CALLING HIM “UNCLE"!
A TERM OF ENDEARMENT. WOJTYLA PREFERS IT FROM YOUNG PEOPLE.
"AS BISH OP, KAROL WOTTYLA ANALLY sees THE FULFILLMENT OF A PREAM-- TO HAVE HlS MOTHER'S REMAPS BROUGHT TO CRACOW TO REST 0ES\OE mpr~ THOSE OP HlS FATHER.,- " Wm
H‘ M •••• W}l .I; ■; ^ .M V
&:*&<&< ; mm
CT^;r?i
AoiMLii iMig !Mi
"THOUGH ST ILL LOW IN THE RANKE OF POLISH BISHOPS, KAROL'S THOUGHTS ARE IN TUNE WITH THE TIMES --AND, IN ROME, POPS CTOPA> XX/// CALLS THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL , TO SEOlN THE MO PERN! CATION OF CATHOLICISM ''j
"6ISHOP WOCTYLA COMES TO THIS COUNCIL AS AIPE TO 3/SHOP £UG£t/£ &AZ/AK,
OFFICIAL representative of the POLISH
CHURCH,.,
“ANP HIS RETURN TO ROME CUL- MINATES IN A SPEECH BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY-- A SPEECH THAT 6601 NS HIS TRANSFORMATION FROtfi BISHOP OF pOLAfNP TO MAN OF THE WORLP..."
“IN LEISURE MOMENTS IN THE VATICAN ■ HE SPEAKS WITH AS MANY BISHOPS AS POSSIBLE...'
“HERE, FOR THE FIRST TIME,
BISHOP WOTTYLA TPUCY GRASPS
the international MEANING OF
CATHOLICISM... "t
— 1" HERE/ HE FEELS
A GREAT EXCITEMENT, AS IF ON THE VERSE OF A GREAT APVENTURE... "
... ANP I SAY.' INCREASE YOUR TIES WITH THE LAITY" FOR T/PSY ARE THE STRENGTH OF w OUR REUNION/ ^
36'ij‘WHn
“BISHOP WOTTYLA SPEAKS WITH THE TONOUE Of A PHILO SOPHER, LISTENS WITH THE CAR OF A STUPENr... "
THIS
WOTTYLA IS ONE TO WATCH
“AFTER HIS RETURN TQ CRACOW, Si SHOP WOTTYLA IS SA PPENEP TO HEAR OF .
the peath of pope S.
JOHN XXIII --FOR THE i MAN HAP OPENEP f
POORS FOR HIM... " Ml
PO YOU THINK WE HAVE A CHANCE THIS TIME--
that pope John >5
THEORIES OP CHANGE , Witt ee REALI2EP ?~A
'THE RETURN TO ROME FOR THE THIRP SESSION OF THE ECUMENI- CAL COUNCIL RENEWS ARCHBISHOP WOJTYLAS EXCITEMENT. HE ALREAPV sees HlS VIEWS BECOMING Policy... "
HIS VOICE WAS A NEW' WINS AT THE TIME — BUT NOW HIS WlSPOM IS CLEAR TO MOST. JOHN WAS A PRO- PHET, WHILE PAUL IS A THEORETICAL THINKER
OH / YES ... YOUR hi
eminence/ J4
"THEN, IN IR67, ARCHBiSHOP WOJTYlA IS NAME? THE CARPtNAL OR CRACOW... "
J WILL BE NEEI7JNO A NEW CASSOCK, SISTER. COULP YOU K SEW ONE FOR ME ?
"NOW KAROL WOJTYLA IS AT THE PINNACLE OF THE POLISH CHURCH. ONLY CARDINAL PRiWATE *Wv'SZVNSKI IS HIOHcR -- ANP ALL AGREE THAT THE
"NOW, TRULY, KAROL WOTTVI J THE SPIRITUAL LEAPSR NATION.,,
"THE NEXT DECADE IS A PERIOD OF TRAVEL FOR CARDINAL WDJTYLA. HE SKIS IN THE TATRA MOUNTAINS, AND THOUGH HE IS IN HlS 4 OS, HfS TASTE FOR SPORTS HAS NOT F LAGGED... »
"ATTENDING THE INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS, HE VISITS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND IN 1473... " tmgBSSA
"IN 1476, CARDINAL WOOTYL A GIVES THE LENTEN SERMONS BEFORE THE POPE AND CARDINALS IN THE CURIA OF ROME... "
"IN 1476, HE IS INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS IN PHILADELPHIA, BEFORE WHICH HE IS TO SPEAK AT THE HAR
"THE PRIEST: FATHER WITKOWSKI, SENT 6Y THE ARCHPIO CESE OF PHILADELPHIA TO MEET THE INCOMING CARDINAL W07TYIA... " |
GOOD AFTERNOON, YOUR EMINENCE/ WELCOME TO PHILADELPHIA 7 IT'S SO ,
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN/
EVERYTHING IS PREPARED,
V FOR THE CONGRESS f~/
BLESS YOU, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, v FATHER / ^
CAG&A/AL
CARDINAL
WOTTYLA/
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IT'S A SHORT WALK TO THe CAR, YOUR , EMINENCe/y
X NEVER MIND WALKING. TELL MB FATHER, WHY IS EVERYONE STARING AT US*
I RELIEVE IT'S THE CASSOCK . THEY aren't Commonly, WORN IN THIS X COUNTRY. /
IN ROLAND, THEY ARE WORN every- where— FOR THEY ARE OUR SYMBOL, A means of Reminding the people ,
AND THE COMMUNISTS THAT THE / CLERGY ARE STILL THERE/
"AT THE CONGRESS IN PHILADELPHIA . CARPI NAL WOTTYLA AGAIN APPRESSES THE PRO&l£M$ FACING THE CHURCH --THE NEED TO PRINTS RELIGION INTO THE CONTEXT OP THE LAITY '6 LIVES, THE CHALLENGE OF APAPTINS TO CHANGE, AND THE aueSTION OP 5UPPORTI NG FREEPOM IN AN EVER MORE TYRANNIZED
MARVELOUS
SPEECH,
CARDINAL/ you
SHOULD HIT THE COLLEGE
speaking
CIRCUITS IN
THIS
COUNTRY/
YOU KNOW, THERE /S ONE PLACE IN AMERICA X WANT
I WANTED TO VISIT YOU BECAUSE T HAVE MV , v PRIEST HERE... S
HE IS YOUR MOHS/GAtO* - - AND i am his Bishop. >
HE CAME FROM MY NATIVE POLAND MANY YEARS AGO. AND FOR AAAT*T YEARS, we have written; LETTERS TO ONE ANOTHER. -I TOLD THE PEOPLE IN PHILADELPHIA THAT I SHOULD SEE HIM, WHERE HE LIVES, HOW HE MANASES. 7WAT IS WHY J AM HERE—
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OP YOU R KlNP WORPS I'VE NEVER BEEN PROUPER, j
CAfiPlNAL.-.j^
I REALLY WANTEP To SEE IP ' PO YOU THINK X YOUR MOUNTAINS WERE AS , CAN CUM 8 IN LOVELY AS MINE IN POLANPyC THOSE HILLS ?> THEY ARE. ^ V /
"THE REMAINDER OF CARPI NAL WOJTYLA'S VISIT TO AMERICA IS A WHIRLWIND TOUR OP CITIES, FROM CHICAGO TO BUFFALO TO il v< TORONTO... * I^Os
fifl 'A
’•YET, AS ALWAYS, THE
caRpinal lonos for
POLANP — ANP PIOLANP,
'MM W78/ TRAGEPY ONCE AGAIN STRIKES THE CHURCH WITH THE PEATH OF POPS PAUL V/. THE EVENT STRIKES CARPIMAL WOJTVLA HARP,., "i
"THE PS4TH NECESSITATES ANOTHER TRIP TO ROME FOR CARPlNAt WOJTYLA, ANOTHER ABSENCE FROM THE LAMP ANP FRlENPS HE LOVES,,, " r
I CAME RIGHT OVER THANK YOU , MIETEK, OUR WHEN T HEARP THE / TRIAL IS ONLY BEGINNING, NEWS. I'M SO ■ / THE CARPINALS MUST NOW SORRY, KAROL/^V CHOOSE ANOTHER POPE,.,,
itcoulpbeJ KAISf) you, you / ^
KNOW/ y / NO, THE POPE
SHOULP BE ITALIAN/
} K/ M %\ SINCE HE IS PRl-
\ MARILY BISHOP OF
Rome, ^
YOU'RE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR” A MOPERATE FROM A , COUNTRY NOT TOO / POWERFUL OR TOO / SMALL,,. SOMEONE A INTEPESTEP IN
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THAT'S ' ENOUGH/ PLEASE FORGET YOUR FOOLISH , FANTASIES/
PETER WAS THE P/PST BISHOP OF ROME, ANP HE WASN'T ROMAN. OR EVEN CATHOLIC, FOR THAT MATTER. HE WAS A JEW/
"ANP, CARPIMAL WOTTYLA SECRETLY BREATHES A SIGH OF RELIEF, FOR HE IB FREE TO GO HOME WHEN THIS IS OVER... " ij/ j j yyyyjyyj1"
"ON AUGUST ZG, l«?7B, POPP XPPU PAUL X TAKES COMMANP OF THE SEE OF ST. PETER... "
XOUR HOLINESS ?/ ARE YOU UP? k YOU'RE RUNNING Sw LATE / -s
WHAT'S THIS ? X SO TO SAY MASS, ANP WHEN J COME TO breakfast, MY ENTIRE
. staff looks like some-.
V ONE HAS PIEP /
WHERE'S CARPWAL V/LLOT * AS VATICAN SECRETARY CP STATE, HE'LL. KNOW WHAT TP. Po/ FINP HIM/
•AN HOUR LATER IN CRACOW... "
r FATHER/ WHAT ^ ARE YOU TALKING v ABOUT * j
"IN HlS HEART, CARPlNAL WOTTYLA FEARS LOSlNO MORE THAN HIS ROPE. IN THE LAST PAPAL ELECTIONS/
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VOTES, ANP NOW THE PAPACY LOOMS HEAVILY BEFORE HIM.,,
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"ITS $A\0 THAT ALL CATHOLICISM ft8VOLV£$ AROUNP THE VATICAN / CARPI NAL6 ANp. PRIESTS A\ MC? PEOPLE PROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARRIVE HERB TO WATCH THE ELECTION OF A NEW POPE ...
A MOURNING ON TOP Of ANOTHER MOURNING/ (T IS A VERY GRAVE TRIAL POR THE CHURCH, ANP W£ MUST PRAT/ J,
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H£Y/ YOU PONT REALLY THINK I'M- g£ BLECTEQ, PC YOU ?
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NEEP PICTURED OF ALL THE CARPI N ALE/
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WE HAVE A NEW
POPE '" a new pope/
at last/ white $a \oke there 15 A POPE/
V K/K-4 /4 PAPA / .
FOR IONS HOURS, THE WAITINGS CONTINUES
"AS IF TO Outer THE EXCITED CROWD, A CALM VOICE RlNSS CUT IN ITALIAN - - THE VOICE OF THE NEW POPE... " ^ m
I WAS A FA Alt? TO RECEIVE THIS NOMINATION / A
WHY NOT? THERE HAVE SEEN NON- ITALIAN ft?PES
v BEFORE/ ^
IT DOESN'T MATTER WW£/?£ HE'S FROM HE IS A CITIZEN OP THE WORLD NOW'
EVEN IP £ CANNOT EXPLAIN MVS ELF WELL IN Y0UR--OM*-- . ITALIAN LANSUA^Et \ YOU WILL CORRECT"
\ ME IP I MAKE A > : V MISTAKE, .^1 1
BUT I TOOK IT IN THE SPIRIT OF OBEDIENCE TO OUR LORD, ANP IN TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN HIS MOTHER, THE MOST HOLY MADONNA,
"the crowd outers anxiously AS CAGPtMAL P£MCL£ f&JC* SUDDENLY APPEARS... "
I ANNOUNCE TO YOU A OR BAT JOY/ WE HAVE A POPE / X PRESENT
KAROL cardinal wojtyla of
—AND ALSO TO START ANEW ON THAT ROAD, THE ROAD OF HISTORY AND OP THE CHURCH,
A NO SO T PRESENT MYSELF TO YOU ALL TO CONFESS OUR COMMON FAITH, OUf? HOPE.OUR CONFI- DENCE IN THE MOTHER OF CHRIS T —
MY COMRAPES OF THE PRESS, LET US NOT 0£ &/0/CVLOI/S. ^
MINUTER, THERE ARE RUMORS THAT A POLE MAY ge ELECTEP POPS. ANT ^ COMMENTS ?
X HAVE A HOTLINE TO THE '
VATICAN, ANP IF SUCH A THINO WERE TO HAPPEN, X - - KAZiMfBfZZ MAMOL ~~ WOLILP BE THE FIRST , s. to know about rr /
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'•WARSAW, POLAHPi THE SAME PAY-- IN THE PEPARTMEtiT OF REU&fOUS AFFAIRS... "
MR, KAKOL/ THERE’S SOMETH I NO YOU SHOULP KNOW,.. >
SERIOUSLY, X SHALL. SUY YOU ALL CHAMPAGNE IF THE NEW POPE SHOULP BE POLISH /
LET US ON TO MORE URGENT MATTERS...
WELL, SPIT IT OUT/ I CAN’T KEEP MEN WAITING/
"THE NEWS SPCEARS RAPlPLY IN flOLANP, TOUCHING OFF A SERfES OF PIUSRIMAOES TO THE MONASTERY OF JASNA <SORA , HOME OF THE LANP’S HOLIEST RELIC -- THE PAINTINO CALLEP THE gLACK MAPONNA... "
"THE CARP INALS HAVE ASSEMBLED TO SWEAR FEALTY TO THElR NEW LEAPER-- SUT THE POMP ACCRUE? TO HlS OFFICE OVER THE YEAR 5 iS NOT FOR fcDPE JOHN PAUL IT,-. "/ ■'■■
— — -7-7T — — iy<*""itM1 wySzynski/
'^ss i.f ,j / AS primate OF pdlanp
' V}*/ /$S lEfta/ / YOU WERE MY LEADER
W FOR SO LONG/ IT IS
m Ml \ NOT RIGHT THAT THE
WJP / I ■&5gT mf \ LBAPER SHOULP KNEEL
J&wm m yU BEFORE THE ~ ^V/-? J>^s^ FOLLOWER/ _^sg!
v YET , ROPE JOHN pAULir SAYS NOTHING OF HlS OWN THOUGHTS ON THIS HlSH HONOR. HE HAS NEW DUTIES TO APJUST TO, S&SInNING WITH A CONCLAVE OF cardi- nals, TWO PAYS AFTER HlS ELECTION,,- "
"THERE ARE SOME WHO DISMISS THIS DEPARTURE FROM PROCEDURE AS A SENTIMENTAL ABERRATION ON THE POPS' £ PART.., "
LET US EMBRACE INSTEAD" AS FRIENDS AND AS IN SOP/
BROTHERS
"IT IS, IN FACT, THE BEGINNING OF A CANDOR THAT WILL COME TO CHASACTSPtZS THE NEW PONTIFF — CONTINUING WITH A NEWS CONFER' £NC£ SEVERAL PAVS LATER
IF THEY'LL
LET MS
ARE YOU GOING TO VISIT . POLArtP?
■ OH , THEY DEFINITELY m. WON'T LET ME / v
WILL YOU CONTINUE . SX//M& ?
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I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN/ THIS PEOPLE'S POPE WILL t BE THE RUIN OF US/
OH, IF ONLY WE HAP ANOTHER POPS LIKE PIUS XXX. HE WAS SO GOOD. HE NEVER > EVEN SAMLEP/ y
“SUNPAY, OCTOBER 22, 1970... Ol THIS PAY, KAROL VOYTYLA OF POLANP IS OFFICIALLY INAUSUR ATEP AS THE 264 th POPE OF the catholic church. "i
IN THE NAME OF CHRIST J OFFER A CORPlAL SREETINS
... J counton the support of your prayers anp
YOUR SOOPWILL IN CARRYING OUT MY MISSION OF SERVICE TO THE CHURCH ANP MANKINP. MAY CHRIST V SIV6 YOU HIS 6-RACE ANP HIS PEACE, OVERTURN I NO > \TH£ BARRIERS OF PJVlSlON ANP MAKlNO ALL ■
gStSL THINOS ONE IN HIM/ ■ — ^
PRAY FOR ME / HELP MS TO SERVE YOU / , . AMEN,
"THE EVENT IS A TTENPEP BY A NUMBER OF PKSNITARIES--THE KINS ANP QUEEN OF SPAIN, THE HEAP OF THE PEOPLE'S STATE COUNCIL OF POi-AHO/ THE PRIME MINISTER OF FRANCE, THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY APVISOR Z0ISNI6W 0RZEZINSKI ...ANP, MOST INTERESTINGLY, THE A SCH0ISHOP OF CANTERBURY, LEASER OF THE PROTESTANT ANGLICAN CHURCH,., " i >
“ALL IN ALL, 300,000 PEOPLE
AOC l*J ATTCUOAki/'C IM fWC
"HUNPREPS OF POPS JOHN PAUL II'S COUNTRYMEN COME TO THE INAUGURATION-- ANP,ON THE NEXT PAY,
YOU EH OULP see THE PEOPLE BACK HOME/ IT WAS QUITE A THRIU- J s. FCR THEM / _
Wf 30V£RNM€NT WASN'T VERY THRlLLEP, THOUGH,.. NOR THE V RUSSIANS/ _
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PERMITS TO SEVERAL FRIENPS X‘P PERSONALLY INVITEP HERE.
LATER
THESE ARE PANGEROUS TIMES POR PUBLIC FIGURES, HAVE YOU CONSIPEREP WEARING A BULLET- PROOF VEST ?
AH, MlETEK. HOW COULP X BE A FRI6NP TO THE PEOPLE IF I WALKEP among them in fear 2
YOU JMF, MY FRieNP* IF IT'S ANY CONSOLATION, I'VE IMPORTEP POLISH NUNS TO PREPARE MV POOP" SO AT LEAST THE ITALIAN COOKING WON'T SET ME. ■-
YOUR
PINNER IS R6APY, YOUR HOLINESS.y
'‘FINALLY, AFTER SEEMING YEARS , THE FR lENPS ARE (SOME, THE REPORTERS ARE SOME , THE ^PECTATOW ANP THE PEVOUT ARE GONE.., "w — ; T"WT
" POES HE THINK ABOUT HIS PARENTS, HlS LIFE, THE STRANGE ANP ClROil* TOUS PATH THAT BROUGHT HIM TO HIS OFFICE ? " rZZS* J~
"ONLY POPE JOHN PAUL XL REMAINS, ALONE,,. X CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT EMOTIONS TROUBLE HIM IN HIS MOMENTS OF SOUTUPE.,, "i
/ " POES HE LONG TO BE A SIMPLER —
“ A NP PERHAPS HAPPIER— PARISH PRIEST SOMEWHERE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CRACOW? "
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OES HE SIMPLY ACCEPT ? I PON'T KNOW,,. ANP PERHAPS I NEVER
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"IN MBX/CO, HE SPEAKS OP THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF /WEN , REGARP LESS OF PACE OR STATUS.',
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MIN XRBLANP, HE PREACHES TOTAL EQUALITY, EXHORTING CATHOLIC ANP PROTESTANT TO WORK TOGETHER FOR A NEW IRELANP. **
"IN HIS NATIVE POLAND, HE PESCRI8ES THE PlGNITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL, SUPERIOR TO THE /MACHINERY OF ANY STATE. , v| ■■ TT"
"ANP FINALLY, TOPAY, OCTOBER Z, W7R, HE IS IN AMERICA. ON MY TURF, NEW YORK CITY. " 11.^7. j ; ■ . I -» .'itVA'. —
ANP HERE I AM/ WAITING FOR HIM TO SPEAK. Ti HOPING FOR THAT SINGLE INSIGHT THAT WILL - \ SOMEHOW UNLOCK HIM FOR ME. .
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"THE YEAR AFTER HIS INAUGURATION IS A WHIRLWIND OF TRAVELLING, AS POPE JOHN PAULII CARRIES HIS MESSAGE TO HlS NEW SEE/ MOLDING EMPHASIS TO FIT THE SPECIFIC N6EPS OF EACH LANP " t
"mayee rvw just ge<H<s fooush , you
CAN'T SUM UP A /WAN — JtA/Y /MAN-- IN ONE OR TWO UNES, "
IT'S MY GREAT HONOR TO PCS SENT TO YOU — ///£ I #OL /#£$$, POP£ i N JTOPA> PAUL XT/ J
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C HOW CAN THEY LET HOODLUMS t LIKE THAT IN HERE 2 THIS IS C GOING TO Sg A £>/SA$r£A /
*£PfLOGUe--J AM WRONG IN THAT /MOMENT OP POU8T< T AM WRONG."
RACK 'EM UP/ STACK 'EM UP, BUST '£M IN TWO / HOLY FATHER, WE'RE FOR YOU,'
HEY, MAN / WHAT YOU LO£XP/A/’ AT?
"SUPPENL V, HE IS THERE 4NP YOU CAN FEEL THE CONTAGIOUS EXCITEMENT CRACKUIWG THROUGH THE STANPS, ANP THE SILENCE $PR$AP» UK& A HUSHEP Ifs *.
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THESE ARE THE FIRST WORPS THAT TESuS SftXE TO HIS APOSTLES AFTER THE RESURRECTION... TONIGHT, IN THE NAME OF THE loRP JESUS CHRIST,,. IN THE Ml PST OF A WORLP THAT IS ANXIOUS A0OUT ITS OWN EXISTENCE, I REPEAT THESE WORPS TO YOU, FOR THEY ARE THE WORPS OF LIFE:
"X HAP KNOWN KIPS LIKE THIS/ MES SEP OVER FROM SlRTH, NOT LISTENING TO ANYONE— NOT PARENTS, NOR POLICE, NOR SOCIAL WORKERS. SOMEHOW, IN A FEW
secoNPS/ we gets through to theaa... " ( rmrrr, — r~7rmm — r*
WHAT THE — ? /M POSS/0L£,
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ANP x MOW— T//AT f$ iwy T*/£ PO/>£ <SA£AT/ "
WE CANNOT STANP 1PLY gY WHEN THOUSANPS OF HUMAN BEINGS ARE PYlNG OF HUNGER. NOR CAN WE REMAIN INPiF* FERENT WHEN THE RIGHTS OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT ARE TRAmPLEP
on...
ANP SO, IN THE NAME OF THE SOLIDARITY THAT glNPS US ALL TOGETHER IN A COMMON HUMANITY, I AGAIN PROCLAIM THE DIGNITY OF EVERY HUMAN PERSON...
...WITH PEEP CONVICTION ANP AFFECTION, I REPEAT TO YOU THE WORPS THAT X APPRESSEP TO Th£ WORLP WHEN X TOOK UP MY APOSTOLIC MINISTRY IN THE SERVICE Of ALL MEN ANP ^WOMEN : “ PO NOT 8E A FRAiP. "
"ALL r CAN ee SURE OF ts THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCE? SOMSTMA/O ... AHO THAT I AM NOT 7H£ ONLY ONE/*' iM
"WHEN IT 15 ALL OVER, X HAV6 THE STRANGEST FEELING OF SATISFACTION. X CAN'T 5HAK6 IT FDR DAYS AN OX DON'T KNOW IF X CAN PUT IT INTO WORDS.,, *
"THAT IS THE ONLY
time x see rope
JOHN PAUL TZ. FROM there, HE Goes ON TO the rest of the
COUNTRY— AND LATEfi CONTINUES HlS —— TRAVELS— " EftS
"TRAVELLING TO ZAIRE, HE SPEAKS OF PRINTING THEIR VARIETY OF CATHOLI- CISM INTO LINE WITH THE AFRICAN ,—r- EXPERIENCE..." l" —
“IN FRANCE. HE EMPHASIZES THE EN THE PURPOSE OF RELIGION HOPING IN THAT WAY TO FIND HUMANISM IN CHRISTIANITY...
* IN GERMANY, HE MAKES WHAT HE TERMS 'A PIL- GRIMAGE TO THE LAND OF LUTHER', DESCRIBING SIMILARITIES OF PRINCIPLES IN CATHOLICISM AND LUTHERANISM... " r ,
PRESERVE THE Fl , VALUES OF THE V CHURCH-,
' IN TURKEY, POPE JOHN PAUL H PLEADS FOR ECUMENISM WITH THE EASTERN ORTHO- DOX CATHOLIC CHURCH --AND PRAISES JSLAM AND ITS MAJOR VIRTUES, SUCH AS ITS DOCTRINE OF THE ONE TRUE SOD.,. "
"AND, OF COURSE, DUTIES IN ROME OCCUPY MOST OF HIS TIME ANP THOUGHT, AS WE STRUGGLES TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN AN unstable world,,, FOR Ml ho, for exam- ple, A COUNCIL ON PAMtty
MArreN£... ", ■
'FAMILIES MUST FUNDAMENTAL
“IN BRAZIL, HE REPEATS THE MESSAGE HE GAVE TO MEXICO ALL MEN HAVE INALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT EVEN THE MIGHTIEST OF MEN MUST NOT TREAD UPON.,. " . —
THEN, ON MAY 13, IQ$l
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"LIKE EVERY OTHER PAY, I GO TO THE PAPER THIS PAY, I WISH X HAPN'T... " \ — ' ■■■■ ■■■■
HEY, SET THIS, THE POPE WAS ' COUPLE OF AMERICAN SHOT IN ST. PETERS . WOMEN SOT HURT, TOO.
SQUARE TOPAY WHILE HE / — — . , —
WAS SREETfNS TOURISTS. S \\
WA-A-ATff
I NEVER SAIP X WAS--ANP THIS HAS NOTHIN® TO PO WITH REUSION, POPE JOHN PAUL. II IS A VOICE FOR JUSTICE ANP WlSPOM IN THE , _ WORLP/ A VOICE OF HOPE-- <T
/ —ANP ^THERE'S NOT SO \ / MUCH HOPE IN THE WORLP l THAT WE CAN AFFPRP TO } \ LOSE A SlNSLE SOURCE / ^ V OF IT. ■ ■
SAY WHERE I A/W SOINS... I JUST BE ALONE FOR AWHILE, TO /WAKE
THANK YOU / ISN'T IT HOPP/8LS */ HAVE S. YOU H6ARP-- ? a
YES.
I'VE HEARP.
"ALMOST WITHOUT REALIZING IT, I AM THERE ST. PATRICK'S CATHEPRAL ON HATH AVENUE.,. 1
excuse me.-.po you
NEEP HELP WITH THE STEPS ?
YOUR ACCENT— ARE YOU POLISH?
A LONG TIME I'VE SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY— 0UT HE IS t STILL MY BISHOP? ^
WHY PIP THEY HAVE TO SHOOT HIM * NOW WE ARE ALL LOST,.,
"ANP I REALIZE ...
HS WOULDN'T DESPAIR,.. HE WOULD LOOK SE>ONO
the moment, to see
SCO'S HAND IN AU. THINGS,., "
"I ALMOST AGREE WITH HER, HOPE HAS BEEN SLAIN,
rr seems, and only despair is left buti can'x,
SOMEHOW I JUST CAN'T/
— • ^0 HOW
po you feel about your attach er? /
"H £ MUST HAVE HEARD THIS ONE, THEN, BECAUSE HUNDREDS Or M. LIONS OF VOICES WERE SAVING THE SAMS THING. MAYBE IT ISN'T A MIRACLE THAT POPE JOHN PAULXI RECOVERS, But IT SURE FEELS
uks one...
X POfi&tve HIM. WHAT ELSE CAN I QOf X HAVE NOT THE HEART FOR MALICE / _
YOU KNOW. , . AFTER I WAS ELECTED, X VISITED A SICK FRIEND HERE- X
Said then j'P never want to BB/
. STUCK HERE MYSELF.
I'LL HAVE TO WATCH WHAT r SAY FROM NOW ON. J
ONE PEOUEST. MAY WE DETOUR BEFORE I LEAVE? I'D LIKE T Or^BET THE W OMAN WHO V. WAS INJURED IN THE SHOOTING-
AH /MY STAR PATIENT, ARE YOU FEEUNG WELL ENOUGH TO GO HOME NOW ? ^
WELL... TO THE VATICAN PERHAPS, y
THEN IT'S OFF TO YOUR APARTMENTS FOR REST AN D RECUPERATION. YOU MUST START LOOKING AFTER YOUR OWN N. HEALTH, YOU KNOW,
OH(r
HAVE yo^r FOR THAT/,
THEY'RE WORRlEP... ANP I MUST
SH OW THEM THAT I'M ALL RKSHT.'/T^
YOU ARE A/CT ALL EISHT/ THERE ARE STILL WEEKS UNTIL YOU FULLY RECOVER V POSSIBLY MONTHS/
/VO/ r WAS NOT <SIVEN THIS OFFICE SO THAT X CCULP REST. 90 TH£Y REST? I HAVE A PUTY TO THEM--ANP J WILL FULFILL THAT PUTY/ , ■
"peTPs. you j«e the p loop, that others
mas walk ov£» you cnot knowing
Wnecg Th£y 50J.V0U (SUiCS TH6lS STEPS -*KA(?OL W0TTYLA, |P£,2
Pope John Paul II is welcomed enthusiastically wherever he travels around the globe. His frequent trips have generated many exciting new projects for the Pontiff. Indeed, this very magazine came about as a result of the Pope’s visit to Japan in February, 1981 .
Father Julian is a Polish priest now serving at the Shibuya Catholic Church in Tokyo. He is also a close friend and neighbor of the Marvel Comics representative in Japan, Gene Pelc. Intrigued by Marvel’s biography of St. Francis, Francis , Brother of the Univer- se, Fr. Julian passed copies of it to members of the Pope’s entourage during the Tokyo visit.
An idea was soon hatched: a Marvel comic about the life story of Karol Jozef Wojtyla!
After conferring with the Pope, Fr. Julian arranged a meeting between Pelc and the Pope’s chosen representative, Fr. Mieczyslaw Malinski — a lifelong friend of the Pope, and one of Europe’s foremost religious writers. As someone who had lived with the Pope, gone to school with him, laughed and cried with him, only Fr. Malinski could provide the intimate details of the man, Karol Wojtyla.
Flying to Marvel’s headquarters in New York City, Gene Pelc and Fr. Malinksi met with Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter, Writer Steven Grant and Artist John Tartaglione. With the aid of Lucy Mazareski (who helped interpret for Fr. Malinski), the ball was soon roK ling.
Providing anecdotes, insights, history and bits of human interest gathered from his 40 odd years of close friendship with the Pope, Fr. Malinski related events that have never before been told to the general public in any medium. True insights and facts about Pope John Paul II are told for the First time in this Marvel magazine.
Production of this magazine was temporarily slowed when martial law was recently imposed in Poland and communications