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Religion: Greco-Roman deity
Name: Zeus
Other Names: Jupiter; Jove; Zeus Panhellinios
Classification:
supporting character
deity
First Appearance: Zeus on Earth (1912)
First Appearance (Additional Details): (DC) All-Star Comics (vol. 1) #8 (Dec. 1941 - Jan. 1942): "Introducing Wonder Woman"; (modern/post-Crisis) Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #1 (Feb. 1987): "The Princess and the Power!"; (Marvel) Journey Into Mystery (vol. 1) #74 (Nov. 1961): "The Thing in the Black Box!"
NOTE: This is our current best assessment of the first appearance of this character, but this has been flagged in our database as uncertain.
Creators: Georg af Klercker, Axel Ringvall (actor)
Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes
Number of Appearances: 283
Comic Book Appearances: 203
TV, Film Appearances: 74
Video Game, Computer Game Appearances: 6
Teams/Affiliations: Council of Godheads
Birth Place: Mount Lycaem, Arcadia, Greece
Gender: male
Note: supreme monarch of the Olympian gods
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://www.comicvine.com/zeus/29-10226/
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000553/
- http://www.comicvine.com/zeus/29-5306/
- http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/z.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/zbze.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympian_Gods_(DC_Comics)
- http://www.cosmicteams.com/cosmic/olympians.html
- http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=olympiangods
- https://www.comics.org/issue/19004/
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=72601
- http://michaelsidney.thehoskincentre.com/horrorjim.html