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Religion: Anglican / Episcopalian
Name: George Washington
Classification:
real/historical person
Earliest Appearance Listed in This Database: Washington Under the British Flag (1909)
Creators: Charles Kent, J. Stuart Blackton, Joseph Kilgour (actor)
Number of Appearances: 204
Comic Book Appearances: 51
TV, Film Appearances: 152
Video Game, Computer Game Appearances: 1
Occupation: farmer, general, U.S. President
Birth Place: Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
Race: white
Gender: male
Brainiac, one of Superman's greatest foes, was introduced in the story titled "The Super-Duel in Space" in Action Comics #242 (July 1958). In this story, Brainiac shrinks a number of Earth's greatest cities and transports them into bottles on his space ship. One of the cities is New York. In panel 1 on page 6 of this story, Brainiac uses tweezers to rip up the George Washington Bridge. A shrunken New York City motorist on the bridge is startled, saying, "Help! Giant tweezers ripped the George Washington Bridge loose!"
Action Comics (vol. 1) #242 (July 1958): "The Super-Duel in Space" (mentioned)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #323 (Aug. 1964): "How Krypto Made History!"
The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #208 (Sep. 1980): "Fusion!" (mentioned)
Anarky (vol. 2) #7 (Nov. 1999): "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
Archie Comics #36 (Jan.-Feb. 1949): "The Spirit of '48" (dream)
Captain America
Daredevil
Dark Avengers #10 (Dec. 2009) (mentioned)
Deadpool (vol. 4) #1 (Jan. 2013): "In Wade We Trust"
Detective Comics (vol. 1) #331 (Sep. 1964): "Museum of Mixed-Up Men!" (statue)
The Egg (1922) (mentioned)
Flash Comics #66 (Aug.-Sep. 1945): "The Story of Young George Washington" (lead character)
Green Lantern (vol. 1) #1 (Fall 1941): "Will Power is the Flame of the Green Lantern! My Flame Shall Be Yours If You Develop Will Power!"
Hulk
JLA #3 (Mar. 1997): "War of the Worlds" (statue)
Leading Comics #3 (Summer 1942): "The Tyrants of Time!" (statue)
Marvel Knights 4 #10 (Nov. 2004): "The Stuff of Nightmares: Part 1" (mentioned)
New Fun #2 (Mar. 1935): "George Washington" (lead character)
Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. #6 (Aug. 2006) (mentioned)
Sensation Comics #11 (Nov. 1942): "The Minute Man Answers the Call"
Superboy (vol. 1) #2 (May-June 1949): "George Washington's Drum!"
Superman (vol. 1) #48 (Sep.-Oct. 1947): "Autograph, Please!"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #136 (Nov. 2009) (mentioned)
The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #134 (June 1980): "Too Late, the Heroes!" (mentioned)
Washington at Valley Forge (1914) (lead character)
Washington Under the British Flag (1909) (lead character)
X-Men
Yorktown (1924) (lead character)
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington
- http://www.adherents.com/people/pw/George_Washington.html
- http://www.comicvine.com/george-washington/29-36452/
- http://comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=13164
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0028228/
- http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1976/jul-aug/edavis.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_George_Washington