Preston Hunter, founder of ComicBookReligion.com, has analyzed dozens of comic book characters and lists their religious affiliations there as well as on Adherents.com, which he also founded. He says Batman may be a lapsed Roman Catholic or disaffected Episcopalian. The Thing from The Fantastic Four is Jewish, a rare instance of a character’s faith being discussed openly in the story. Hunter says the X-Men’s Rogue is Southern Baptist, Cypher from New Mutants is a Mormon and Elektra from Daredevil is Greek Orthodox. Captain America is a churchgoer, and Spider-Man sometimes addresses God in spontaneous prayer. Hunter has also posted a popular image bank that groups comic book characters by religious affiliation.
| Website | http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/comic_book_religion.html |
| Email address | webmaster@adherents.com |
| URL 2 | http://www.adherents.com/contact.html |
| Categories | Arts, Beliefs & practices, Media, Society & culture |
| Locations | Global, North America, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Faiths | Anglican/Episcopalian, Baptist/Southern Baptist, Catholicism, Christianity, Judaism, Mormonism, Orthodoxy |
| Languages | English |