Religion: Meher Baba devotee (temporary) 
Name: Mr. Watson
Other Names: Thomas A. Watson; Thomas Augustus Watson
Classification:
supporting character
scientist
real/historical person
Publisher(s): 
Earliest Appearance Listed in This Database: DC Special Series #1 (Sep. 1977): "The Telephone Tangle"
Creators: Paul Kupperberg, Steve Stiles, Bob McLeod
Number of Appearances: 2
Comic Book Appearances: 1
TV, Film Appearances: 1
Birth Place: Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: male
Note: assistant to Alexander Graham Bell
Although it may seem peculiar to many modern Westerners, Mr. Watson was actually a serious devotee of Meher Baba, at least temporarily.
Does this make Mr. Watson a Zoroastrian? Perhaps. Perhaps not. Generally speaking, Zoroastrianism is rather closed off to conversion, and by most ways of understanding, Mr. Watson would not be regarded as a Zoroastrian. But the fact is that his spiritual guru was Meher Baba, who was born and raised as a Zoroastrian.
Whether the teachings of Meher Baba are properly classified as a subset or offshoot of Zoroastrianism, or whether they comprise something else entirely, is a matter of debate. But there is no question that even in his most radical stage, Meher Baba was strongly influenced by his Zoroastrian background.
DC Special Series #1 (Sep. 1977): "The Telephone Tangle"
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://darkmark6.tripod.com/atomind.htm
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031981/
- http://www.indianetzone.com/28/meher_baba_indian_saint.htm
- https://www.comics.org/issue/30578/
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=55939
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_A._Watson
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meher_Baba