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Mother Superior (Mother Simplicia) supporting character clergy/religious leader based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun
[1st app: Life with Mother Superior (12 Sep. 1962)] Farrar, Straus and Giroux Columbia Pictures 3
Sister Joan of Arc supporting character clergy/religious leader based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun
[1st app: Impure Thoughts (1986)] Charter Entertainment; RMC FIlms 1
Sister Julia, Child of God Sister Julia, Child of God (Sister Julia) supporting character clergy/religious leader based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun
[accidentally killed 52 fellow nuns with food poisoning] Cherry Lane Theatre; Douglas Fairbanks Theater 2
The Singing Nun (Sister Ann) non-feature lead character clergy/religious leader based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun (Dominican)
[enthusiastic, progressive, loves to sing, play guitar] MGM 1
Leonardo da Vinci robot villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: S Catholic; robot
Mad Thinker's intellectual robots Marvel 4
Charlie Boatner villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Celtic pagan troll
[poses as human] Marvel 1
Bala Nenon villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Celtic pagan troll
[poses as human] Marvel 1
Galldown supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
[based on George Gallup] DC 1
Jimmy supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination
unknown)
[based: George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart: It's a Wonderful Life)] Marvel 1
Jimmy's father supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination
unknown)
[1st app: Bizarre Adventures #34 (Feb. 1983)] Marvel 1
The Rev The Rev (Reverend Sammy Smith) villain clergy/religious leader based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Church of the Saved (Peoples Temple) leader; later Satanism; atheist; Communist
[1st app: The Punisher (vol. 2) #4 (Nov. 1987)] Marvel 8
The Sanitation Unit villain group based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Committee To Regain America's
Principles
[engineered prison break for Captain America] Marvel 3
Confucius robot Confucius robot villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Confucianism
Mad Thinker's intellectual robots Marvel 2
Wally Sidney villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: I Congregationalist
[parody of Walt Disney] Marvel 1
Numinus Numinus supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity; Holy Ghost?
[universal guiding spirit] Marvel 1
Death Death supporting character lead character based on a real person
CBR Scale: I cosmic entity; pan-denominational; "Mormon"
Endless
[Sandman supporting character]
DC Vertigo 88
Brother Brimstone (Vince Sterling) villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: I demon (fake)
[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #65 (June 1970)] Marvel 2
Rev. Norman McCay Rev. Norman McCay supporting character clergy/religious leader based on a real person
CBR Scale: M Dutch Reformed
[1st app: Kingdom Come #1 (May 1996)] DC 8
Reverend Nilkas Treurnicht supporting character clergy/religious leader based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Dutch Reformed
[made Bible-based arguments to keep Apartheid in Azania] Marvel 1
Fat Head Fat Head (Dr. Klaus Mensa) villain clergy/religious leader based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Dynomonics
(Dianetics/Scientology)
[1st app: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 4, Episode 22 (14 June 1997)] Warner Brothers DC 1
E.L.V.I.S. villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Elvis-based
[Elvis-like MODOK-types; creations of SILENT] Marvel 1
Deacon Deacon (Joey Farrell) villain clergy/religious leader based on a real person
CBR Scale: S Evangelical preacher (false)
[named after Jerry Fallwell] Marvel 1
Princess Clara Princess Clara supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: M Evangelical Protestant
Drawn Together Comedy Central 35
Kwirkegard villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Existentialism
[named for Soren Kierkegaard; had Existential Depression Ray] Marvel 2
Messiah Messiah (Alden Maas) villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Expanding Earth believer;
would-be secular world savior
[1st app: Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #263 (Feb. 1984)] Marvel 2
Virginia Woolf robot Virginia Woolf robot villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Feminist
Mad Thinker's intellectual robots Marvel 2
Wimpy (J. Wellington Wimpy) supporting character comic strip character based on a real person
CBR Scale: S food (esp. hamburgers)
[extremely boastful] King Features Syndicate 320
Sigmund Freud robot Sigmund Freud robot villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Freudian
Mad Thinker's intellectual robots Marvel 2
The 10th Muse The 10th Muse (Emma Sonnet) hero based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman classical religion
[1st app: 10th Muse (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 2000)] Tidal Wave Studios Avatar Press, etc. 28
Tyrannus Tyrannus (Romulus Augustilus) villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: U Greco-Roman classical religion
They Who Wield Power Marvel 56
Socrates robot Socrates robot villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Greek philosophy
Mad Thinker's intellectual robots Marvel 2
Bahadur Bahadur hero based on a real person
CBR Scale: U Hindu
[1st app: "Bahadur" strip in Indrajal Comics (1978)] Bennet, Coleman & Co. 144
David Copperstone supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: S hippie
[rescued by Dr. Strange; became famed stage magician] Marvel 1
Corben villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA
[named after cartoonist Richard Corben]
Berkley Books Marvel 1
Veitch villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA
[named after cartoonist Rick Veitch]
Berkley Books Marvel 1
Banjo supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[Joker impersonated comedian "Banjo" (based on Harpo Marx)] DC 1
Barry supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: A Jewish
[looks like Larry King] Marvel 1
Bob Benson villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[tried to kill Dazzler on set of "Chiller" music video] Marvel 2
Blinky Boylan Blinky Boylan supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: A Jewish
Three Dimwits
[based on Three Stooges]
DC 21
Xavier Couture supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[parody of Stan Lee] Marvel 1
Earl villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: A Jewish
The Sweat Shop Marvel 2
Harlequin Ellis Harlequin Ellis villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: U Jewish
[TV writer; based on Harlan Ellison] DC 1
Gov. Harley Ellison supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: U Jewish
[named after s.f. writer Harlan Ellison] DC 1
Eugene villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: A Jewish
The Sweat Shop Marvel 2
Funky Flashman Funky Flashman supporting character villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
Secret Society of Super Villains
[briefly Mister Miracle's manager; parody of Stan Lee]
DC 19
German Jewish Einstein-like professor supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[rescued from Hitler by the Shadow] DC 1
Sir Robert Greene Sir Robert Greene supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: A Jewish
[named after DC employee Robert Greenberger] DC 2
Rufus T. Hackstabber supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[based on Groucho Marx; had Lesser Grey God as hood ornament] Marvel 4
Dr. Gray Madder supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: A Jewish
[based partially on Stan Lee] Marvel 1
Ruth Messinger supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: U Jewish
[voted to discontinue funding of Gamma Base] Marvel 4

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