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Plastique (Bette Sans Souci)

The Religious Affiliation of
Plastique
Bette Sans Souci

Religion: Catholic; Quebecois separatist CBR Scale: S

Name: Plastique

Alter Ego: Bette Sans Souci

Classification: villain villain   hero hero  

Publisher(s): DC

First Appearance: The Fury of Firestorm (vol. 1) #7 (Dec. 1982): "Plastique Is Another Word for Fear!"

Creators: Gerry Conway, Pat Broderick, Rodin Rodriguez

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 68

   Comic Book Appearances: 65

   TV, Film Appearances: 3

Teams/Affiliations: Extreme Justice; The Suicide Squad

Race: white

Gender: female

Plastique is a Quebecois separatist and Québécois freedom fighter, who has resorted to acts of terrorism on many occasions.

Discussion

From: "Superman Wedding -- why a Christian ceremony?" forum discussion, started 11 October 1996 on the rec.arts.comics.dc.universe website (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.comics.dc.universe/browse_thread/thread/4d17a1ff0ee9c715/d141c36005b90ea4; viewed 5 June 2006):

Date: Thurs, Oct 24 1996 12:00 am
Email: jame...@ece.uwaterloo.ca

re: "For that matter, what characters have been portrayed as having any definite religion?"

Plastique was probably raised Roman Catholic. I don't know if she stayed in the church later, though. I kind of doubt it.


This character is in the following 10 stories which have been indexed by this website:
The Fury of Firestorm (vol. 1) #7 (Dec. 1982): "Plastique Is Another Word for Fear!"
Justice League of America
Outsiders (vol. 3) #50 (Nov. 2007): "You Killed the Outsiders!!"


Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Plastique.html
  - http://www.comicvine.com/plastique/29-25441/
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0096998/
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_sovereignty_movement
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=plastique
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=plastique