Comic Book Characters Grouped by Religious Affiliation

Ever wonder what your favorite superhero's religion was? Well now you can probably find out!
Especially if you have a lot of free time like the person who made this site did
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These are the groups they have represented:
angels | Assemblies of God | Atheist | Australian Aboriginal traditional religion | Aztec | Baha'i | Baptist | Buddhist | Bushido | Catholic | Churches of Christ (Stone-Cambell) | Community Church | Congregationalist / United Church of Christ | Disciples of Christ (Stone-Campbell) | Druid | Druze | Eastern Orthodox | Egyptian classical religion | Episcopalian/Anglican | Evangelical Protestant | Female Supremacists, Radical Feminists, etc. | Fundamentalist Environmentalists and Gaians | Goddess worship | Hindu | Hippie | Incan | Inuit | Jehovah's Witnesses | Jews | Jewish Catholics | Latter-day Saints | Lutheran | Mayan | Methodist | Muslim/Islam | New Age | Norse/Teutonic Paganism | Objectivist | Pentecostal | Polynesian Traditional Religion | Presbyterian | Quaker (Society of Friends) | Roma/Gypsy | Seventh-Day Adventists | Taoist | Santeria | Scientology | Shinto | Sikh | Sumerian / Mesopotamian | Vegan/Animal Rights | Unificationist | Unitarian / Unitarian-Universalist | Vodoun | Wiccan | Yazidi

and this is the main site with more info but less pictures:
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Have fun

Batman is Episcopalian! Best thing I've heard all day.

I couldn't find Wonder Woman...anyone see her?

Seraphyna Wrote:I couldn't find Wonder Woman...anyone see her?

I think Wonder Woman is one of the goddess-worshipping ones. A book I had when I was little was about Wonder Woman's origins, and she was created by a Greek Amazon-type society which was blessed by Artemis.

Seraphyna Wrote:I couldn't find Wonder Woman...anyone see her?

she can be found on the main page in a few spots:

Quote:Other Lists of Religious Superheroes
God Squad
Which major mainstream superheroes are most consistently portrayed as overtly religious? These are characters who go beyond simply exhibiting positive religious values, charity and heroism, but who openly exhibit religiosity tied to an organized religious affiliation, through prayer, verbally sharing their faith, worship service attendance, and other means. This brief list only includes some of the best known devoutly religious comic book characters. Many other characters listed on this page are devout in their religion.

- Nightcrawler
- Wonder Woman
- Firebird
- Moon Knight
- Huntress
- Dust
- Raven
- Doctor Mid-Nite
- Martian Manhunter
- Wolfsbane
- Captain Canuck
- Green Arrow
- Atom Smasher
- Black Lightning

(Note that these characters represent many different religious faiths and denominations, including: Catholic, Greco-Roman classical religion, American Baptist Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Buddhist, Jewish and Islam.)

Quote:The Significant Seven
Out of the hundreds of superhero characters, seven stand out as most historically important:

- Superman
- Batman
- Wonder Woman
- Spider-Man
- Captain America
- Captain Marvel
- Plastic Man

More details here.

Source: Mike Benton, The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History, Taylor Publishing Company: Dallas, Texas (1989), page 178.

Quote:Wonder Woman Diana of Themyscira JLA DC Greco-Roman classical religion
Wonder Girl / Troia / Darkstar / Wonder Woman IV Donna Troy Teen Titans; Darkstars DC Greco-Roman classical religion
Wonder Woman (WWII-era) Queen Hippolyta JSA DC Greco-Roman classical religion

Quote:Some Top Super-Heroes
Superman Methodist
Spider-Man Protestant
Batman Episcopalian/Catholic (lapsed)
Wonder Woman Greco-Roman Classical Religion
Aquaman Greco-Roman Classical Religion
The Hulk Catholic (lapsed)
Captain America Protestant
Invisible Woman Episcopalian
Nightcrawler Catholic
Shadowcat Jewish
Daredevil Catholic
Hawkman Egyptian classical religion
The Thing Jewish
The Atom Jewish (lapsed)
Zatanna Dianic Wiccan
Elektra Greek Orthodox

Woot! I knew I remembered that correctly!! *cheers!*

Wow, Nice find. I didn't know half of those religions existed.

It's funny how comic book writers, like all other writers, think, "Hmm, I need to give this character depth - let's make him Catholic!" <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_wink.gif" alt=";)" title="Wink" /><!-- s -->

Nice to see Marvel with a few decent atheist heroes, too!

Ah ha! Thanks, Chai, I guess I missed her. I knew she was from a goddess worshipping island of women, her name's Diana afterall isn't it?

Archer Wrote:It's funny how comic book writers, like all other writers, think, "Hmm, I need to give this character depth - let's make him Catholic!" <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_wink.gif" alt=";)" title="Wink" /><!-- s -->

Nice to see Marvel with a few decent atheist heroes, too!

I can't argue with that, actually. ^_^ My RP characters, heck... I have their perfumes, shoe sizes, preferred colours, hairstyles, religion, childhood pet names... I know everything about them.