Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.) |
Religious
Affiliation |
Team(s)
[Notes] |
Pub. |
#
app. |
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Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  |
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572 |
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Atheist; Anglican (raised) |
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[1st app: X-Factor (vol. 3) #50 (Dec. 2009)] |
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26 |
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LGBT |
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[comic book writer; character in his own story; helped FF] |
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5 |
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24 |
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Anglican |
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[1st app: Pride and Prejudice - Season 1, Episode 1 (2 Feb. 1952)] |
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15 |
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Jewish |
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[known for blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction] |
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29 |
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Anglican (lapsed); anti-religious |
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[1st app: Coronation Street - Season 1, Episode 1 (9 Dec. 1960)] |
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889 |
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Catholic (raised); Atheist; Existentialism; Feminist; Marxist; LGBT |
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[1st app: Disorder (1949)] |
G.M.F. Productions |
20 |
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[long-time girlfriend of Wesley Dodds (Sandman)] |
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87 |
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[1st app: Sud-Ouest (1976)] |
  , etc. |
8 |
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United Brethren (raised); Catholic (convert) |
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[1st app: Dinah! - Season 1, Episode 9 (31 Oct. 1974)] |
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11 |
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[artist who co-created Prime] |
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1 |
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Anglican |
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[wrote novel "Wuthering Heights"] |
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11 |
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[1st app: Daily Bugle: Civil War/Fallen Son Special (May 2007)] |
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1 |
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Jewish |
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[1st app: Cinerama Holiday (1955)] |
Curtis Magazines |
34 |
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Catholic |
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[intellectual Conservative leader] |
|
51 |
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Catholic; atheist |
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16 |
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LGBT |
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[1st app: Running with Scissors (Sep. 2002)] |
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10 |
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Protestant |
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Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers... |
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784 |
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Carrollism (founder) |
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[obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe] |
  |
15 |
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Anglican deacon |
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[wrote "Alice in Wonderland", "Jabberwocky", etc.] |
Macmillan |
8 |
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Catholic |
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[famous womanizer] |
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54 |
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[his werewolf mistress turned his wife into werewolf] |
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2 |
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[L.A. movie writer; betrayed by Rothstein brothers] |
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6 |
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[published nonfiction author] |
New Universe |
5 |
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Catholic |
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[1st app: Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening (1998)] |
PBS |
1 |
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[famed crime/mystery novelist] |
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13 |
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Greco-Roman philosophy |
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[1st app: Justice League of America (vol. 2) #15 (Jan. 2008)] |
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31 |
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Catholic |
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[regarded as one of greatest English-language novelists] |
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3 |
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[1st app: Justice League of America (vol. 1) #103 (Dec. 1972)] |
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9 |
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[1st app: Dakota North #2 (Aug. 1986)] |
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3 |
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[best friend of Jack Russell (Werewolf By Night)] |
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40 |
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[narrator of Dick Mace story; helped Mace solve murder case] |
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1 |
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Catholic |
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[1st app: The Tragic Love of Mona Lisa (1912)] |
|
78 |
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The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City
[popular mystery novelist; Steve Lombard's aunt] |
|
6 |
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Anglican |
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[1st app: Oliver Twist (1916)] |
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company |
90 |
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Druidism (plus Tibetan Buddhism) |
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Secret Defenders (leader); Shock Troop (leader)... |
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151 |
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[1st app: Justice League of America (vol. 2) #25 (Nov. 2008)] |
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689 |
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Lutheran |
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[1st app: Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #27 (July 2009)] |
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5 |
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Jewish; Anarchist; Radical Feminist; LGBT |
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[famed anti-smut activist] |
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9 |
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Existentialism |
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black
[wrote novel "Invisible Man"] |
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2 |
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Christian Pietist (raised); Atheist; Communist |
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[social scientist; co-founded Communism w/Marx] |
Der Kinderbuchverlag Berlin |
6 |
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Catholic |
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[important contributor to naturalism] |
Wereldbibliotheek |
21 |
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[has appeared on covers of 100s of romance novels] |
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60 |
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[1st app: Marvel Mystery Comics #4 (Feb. 1940)] |
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2 |
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atheist |
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[1st app: A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927)] |
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71 |
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[teacher turned famed mystery writer; solves real murders] |
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270 |
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Presbyterian; Deist; grandmaster of a society of philosopher/mystics |
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[Founding Father; romanced Clea] |
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235 |
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religious |
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[1st app: Eat, Pray, Love (16 Feb. 2006)] |
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3 |
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[said "Secret of success is sincerity."] |
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1 |
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[1st app: Prime (vol. 2) #11 (Aug. 1996)] |
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5 |
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Jewish |
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[exposed to Celestia Denton's "Destiny Force", face vanished] |
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1 |
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[visited Nauru while gathering material for a novel] |
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1 |
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religious |
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[wrote book "Darkness Falls: Satanism in the USA"] |
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1 |
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Marxist atheist |
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[1st app: Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #133 (Aug. 2009)] |
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1 |
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Catholic |
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[1st app: Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1 (Nov. 2009)] |
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815 |
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[his book signing interrupted by Wasp's battle] |
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1 |
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Congregationalist (raised); Catholic (convert) |
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[met time-travelling Wolverine] |
 , etc. |
41 |
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[homeschooling, unschooling pioneer; youth rights theorist] |
Ohio State University Press |
2 |
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[wrote "The Prisoner of Zenda"] |
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Scientology (founder) |
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[1st app: Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. #7 (Sep. 2006)] |
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22 |
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Congregationalist |
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[married sheriff Matt Morgan] |
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217 |
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Anglican |
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[1st app: Peg of Old Drury (1935)] |
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13 |
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Catholic (lapsed); agnostic |
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21 |
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Swedenborgian |
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24 |
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[noted children's author] |
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1 |
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[created Coppherhead pulp hero] |
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1 |
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[writer/creator of TV series "Strange Secrets"] |
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2 |
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Catholic (raised); Pagan (self-defined) |
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[outspoken psychedelic drugs advocate] |
Jerry Abrams |
66 |
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Jewish |
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[principal Marvel Comics creator] |
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258 |
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[1st app: Horowitz at the White House (1978)] |
PBS |
25 |
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Presbyterian |
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[1st app: Word Grabbers - Season 1, Episode 2 (29 Jan. 1976)] |
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4,140 |
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Lutheran |
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[son of prominent Lutheran clergyman; satirist] |
Relevant Film |
2 |
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atheist |
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[1st app: The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #23 (May 2009)] |
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40 |
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[1st app: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #18 (Dec. 1984)] |
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7 |
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[1st app: Let's Go to the Museum - Season 1, Episode 1 (5 Oct. 1954)] |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
28 |
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[struggling, unpublished writer] |
McClintock High School |
1 |
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Jewish |
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[1st app: Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? (1968)] |
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55 |
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LGBT |
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[1st app: Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)] |
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21 |
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[father of time-travelling protagonist Marty] |
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3 |
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LGBT Feminist; Catholic (raised) |
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[wrote book Sexual Politics (1970)] |
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8 |
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[imagined author of fairy tales, nursery rhymes] |
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49 |
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fundamentalist Environmentalist; Luddite |
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[fanatical water preservationist; destroyed factories] |
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1 |
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Catholic |
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[French surrealist novelist] |
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10 |
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indeterminate |
[1st app: Batman (vol. 1) #292 (Oct. 1977)] |
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1 |
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agnostic |
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[wrote Ringworld, Known Space] |
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7 |
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[girlfriend of Chic Carter (The Sword)] |
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3 |
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Catholic |
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[1st app: Justice League of America (vol. 2) #18 (Apr. 2008)] |
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737 |
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Anglican |
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[wrote classic book "1984"] |
Wall to Wall Television , etc. |
3 |
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Greek philosophy; Greco-Roman classical religion |
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2 |
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skeptic of supernaturalism; Nazi |
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[wrote best seller "Illusion and Reality"] |
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1 |
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Catholic (former novitiate) |
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Code Red; Home Base...
[girlfriend (later wife) of Dr. Bruce Banner (the Hulk)] |
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463 |
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[writes for Secret Hospital soap opera] |
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1 |
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[Kate Spencer's ex-husband; had child together] |
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16 |
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Episcopalian |
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[son of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt; advisor to his cousin FDR] |
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4 |
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[freelance merc; children's book author] |
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97 |
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Lutheran; Freudian; Marxist; militant atheist; messianic Judaism |
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[1st app: Disorder (1949)] |
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23 |
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[wrote book "Shadows: the Dark Side of the Marvels"] |
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3 |
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Catholic/Anglican |
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[1st app: The Death of Julius Caesar (1907)] |
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83 |
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29 |
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[wrote "Frankenstein"] |
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39 |
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pacifist |
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[kidnapped alongside Bruce Banner] |
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19 |
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alien turnip and human hybrid |
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[Beverly Switzler's old boyfriend] |
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5 |
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Episcopalian |
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[Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist] |
Granada Television |
4 |
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[1st app: The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #123 (July 1979)] |
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14 |
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racial justice activist |
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black
[killed by hitman Reprise; wrote about racial justice] |
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1 |
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sought vengeance on agents of mediocrity |
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[TV writer; empowered to become his own fictional creation] |
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2 |
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Catholic |
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[wrote "Lord of the Rings"] |
Sirena Film; PBS |
15 |
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Russian Orthodox; Christian anarchist/pacifist |
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30 |
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[1st app: The Saga of the Swamp Thing (vol. 1) #3 (July 1982)] |
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28 |
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Soviet dissident |
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[died in botched Suicide Squad mission; became martyr] |
|
3 |
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Presbyterian |
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[1st app: X-Factor (vol. 3) #40 (Apr. 2009)] |
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106 |
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[falls in love with his phone's operating system] |
Annapurna Pictures |
1 |
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Elementals (DC)
[best-selling author] |
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2 |
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compulsive neat freak |
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[TV news writer] |
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135 |
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LGBT |
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[1st app: Esquire (1958)] |
Esquire, Inc. |
3 |
| |
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Werewolves (apostate) |
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werewolves
[renounced werewolf heritage] |
|
2 |
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Midtown High School
[Peter Parker's former classmate] |
|
1 |
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Catholic (Jansenist); Deist |
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[1st app: X-Factor (vol. 3) #50 (Dec. 2009)] |
|
53 |
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cosmic entity |
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[Desire's granddaughter; her destiny is tied to the Dreaming] |
|
3 |
| |
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Anglican |
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[1st app: Beeton's Christmas Annual (1887)] |
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261 |
| |
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[Mary Jane Watson's father; abusive to his wife] |
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5 |
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[stole Ellis Brent's unfinished book; killed by his ghost] |
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1 |
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idiosyncratically religious |
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[father of science fiction] |
|
47 |
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[1st app: Breaking Bad - Season 1, Episode 1 (20 Jan. 2008)] |
American Movie Classics  |
65 |
| |
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Quaker; Transcendentalist; mystic; skeptic; humanist |
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[1st app: Foxfire (1955)] |
|
20 |
| |
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LGBT; Anglican; Catholic |
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[1st app: Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1 (Nov. 2009)5] |
|
49 |
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Congregationalist; LGBT |
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[wrote "Our Town", "The Eighth Day", etc.] |
Jezebel Productions; Zeitgeist Films |
1 |
| |
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Episcopalian (raised); Catholic (convert); LGBT |
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[wrote "The Glass Menagerie"] |
|
30 |
| |
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[1st app: Hellstorm: Prince of Lies #15 (June 1994)] |
|
1 |
| |
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Feminist; LGBT |
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[1st app: New Warriors (vol. 3) #4 (Nov. 2005)] |
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