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Number of characters in this sub-list: 30 (out of a total of 6843 in the database).

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Religious
Affiliation
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Pub.
Abomination Abomination (Emil Blonsky) villain
CBR Scale: S Communist atheist
[foe of: Hulk (arch-enemy). 1st app: Tales to Astonish (vol. 1) #90 (Apr. 1967)] Marvel
Aquaman Aquaman (Arthur Curry/Orin) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean/Greco-Roman classical religion
Justice League; Super Friends DC
Batman Batman (Bruce Wayne) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed)
Justice League; Batman family; Super Friends; Outsiders DC
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Weapon Plus; Invaders; Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers Timely Marvel
Daredevil Daredevil (Matt Murdock) hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Defenders; Marvel Knights Marvel
Doctor Doom Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) villain
CBR Scale: S Roma/Gypsy; magic/mysticism
Fearsome Four (House of M)
[foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]
Marvel
Elektra Elektra (Elektra Natchios) villain hero
CBR Scale: I Greek Orthodox
The Hand Marvel
Hawkman Hawkman (Carter Hall) hero
CBR Scale: M Egyptian classical religion
Justice Society of America; Justice League; Super Friends DC
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Avengers; Defenders; Hulkbusters; Pantheon; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; Warbound Marvel
Invisible Woman Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Four Marvel
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark) hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays
Avengers; West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers Marvel
J. Jonah Jameson J. Jonah Jameson supporting character
CBR Scale: M hates Spider-Man
[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer. 1st app: Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Mar. 1963)] Marvel
The Joker The Joker (Jack Napier) villain
CBR Scale: M being Batman's arch-enemy
[foe of: Batman (arch-enemy)] DC
Lex Luthor Lex Luthor villain
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian (lapsed); Nietzschean atheist
Legion of Doom
[foe of: Superman (arch-enemy)]
DC
Magneto Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) villain hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish; Roma/Gypsy
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men; Acolytes; The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy
[foe of: X-Men (arch-enemy)]
Marvel
The Master / Iron Monger The Master / Iron Monger (Obadiah Stane) villain
CBR Scale: U Machiavellian; mostly secular; Latter-day Saint (ethnic only)
[foe of: Iron Man] Marvel
Moon Knight Moon Knight (Marc Spector) hero
CBR Scale: M Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)
West Coast Avengers; Marvel Knights Marvel
Nightcrawler Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic (raised Roma/Gypsy)
X-Men; Excalibur; X-Treme Sanctions Executive Marvel
The Punisher The Punisher (Frank Castle) hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic (former seminarian)
Marvel Knights; Secret Defenders Marvel
Robin / Nightwing Robin / Nightwing (Dick Grayson) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination unknown); raised Roma/Gypsy
Teen Titans; Batman family; Super Friends DC
Spawn Spawn (Al Simmons) hero
CBR Scale: M former atheist; pawn/agitator of Heaven and Hell
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Spider-Man / Spiderman Spider-Man / Spiderman (Peter Parker) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders; Avengers; New Avengers Marvel
Sprite / Ariel / Shadowcat Sprite / Ariel / Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) 1 hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
X-Men; Excalibur; Exiles Marvel
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe) 2 hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
X-Men; Morlocks; The Twelve (mutants); X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Fantastic Four Marvel
Superman Superman (Clark Kent/Kal-El) hero
CBR Scale: S Methodist / Kryptonian religion
Justice League; Super Friends DC
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Fantastic Four; West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation Marvel
Thor Thor (Thor Odinson / "Donald Blake" / "Sigurd Jarlson") hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic paganism
Avengers; Thor Corps; Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers Marvel
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Weapon Plus; Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force Marvel
Wonder Woman Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira / "Diana Prince") hero
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
Justice League; Super Friends DC
Zatanna Zatanna (Zatanna Zatara) hero
CBR Scale: M eclectic Pentecostal Dianic Wiccan
Justice League; Seven Soldiers of Victory; Sentinels of Magic DC

1 Kitty Pryde from an alternative universe became a member of the Exiles known as "Cat".

2 During this time, Ororo was often represented as having an ability to commune with nature and detect life - whether this is a mutant or spiritual power is unclear

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