Religion: Catholic 
Name: Leonardo da Vinci
Classification:
scientist
real/historical person
Publisher(s): 
Earliest Appearance Listed in This Database: The Tragic Love of Mona Lisa (1912)
Creators: Abel Gance, Albert Capellani
Number of Appearances: 78
Comic Book Appearances: 23
TV, Film Appearances: 55
Occupation: artist, engineer, inventor, scientist, writer
Gender: male
Panel 5 of page 2 in the story "The Joker's Comedy Capers" in Detective Comics #341 (July 1965) invokes the name of Leonardo da Vinci in a description of the villainous Joker. The narrative caption reads: "Something devilishly familiar about this 'movie producer'?! No doubt some of you will already have suspected the presence of that mad maestro of mirth, that Leonardo of the larcenous laugh, that man of a thousand false fronts -- the Joker!"
Detective Comics (vol. 1) #341 (July 1965): "The Joker's Comedy Capers" (mentioned)Marvel Knights 4 #27 (Apr. 2006): "The Resurrection of Nicholas Scratch: Part Three: Threshold of Revelations" (mentioned)New Fun #5 (Aug. 1935): "Leonardo Da Vinci" (lead character)
New WarriorsSuperman (vol. 1) #48 (Sep.-Oct. 1947): "Autograph, Please!"The Tragic Love of Mona Lisa (1912)X-Men: Divided We Stand #1 (June 2008): "Blend In" (mentioned)
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
- http://www.comicvine.com/leonardo-da-vinci/29-10691/
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0029220/
- http://www.adherents.com/people/pd/Leonardo_DaVinci.html
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/dasdd.htm
- https://www.comics.org/issue/19314/
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=92108