Dunn envisioned a world with nuns as superheroes, where heaven and hell are real dimensions. One of the nuns (the fraternity has both nuns and priests), Sister Marie Chantel, trained in the martial arts (judo and Tae Kwon Do), and many of her fellow nuns also practiced self-defense, albeit mostly for sport. It's like Buffy the Vampire Slayer got religion.įurther Reading If Buffy found religion: A Catholic order battles evil in Warrior Nun trailerĭunn has said he was inspired to create the series after learning, via a New York Times article, about the Fraternity of Our Lady, which established a chapter in Harlem in 1991 to run a soup kitchen. Renamed Areala, she selects a new avatar every generation to carry on her mission of battling the agents of hell. In the series mythology, the Order dates back to 1066, when a young Valkyrie woman named Auria converted to Christianity. The series largely features Sister Shannon Masters, a modern-day crusader for the Catholic Church's (fictional) Order of the Cruciform Sword. (Mild spoilers below, but no major reveals.)Īs we previously reported, the first issue in Dunn's manga-style comic book series, " Warrior Nun Areala," debuted in 1994. It's a fiercely fun, entertaining, occasionally thought-provoking series that will have you hooked and eager for a second season. It sounds like a cheesy premise, but this adaptation is anything but.
A young woman gains extraordinary powers when a divine artifact is accidentally embedded in her back, and she finds herself reluctantly battling demons on Earth in Warrior Nun, a new Netflix series based on the comic books by Ben Dunn.
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