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African primal-indigenous religion
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African primal-indigenous religion super-heroes and other comic book characters

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 Show only: 19 African primal-indigenous religion heroes | 20 African primal-indigenous religion clergy | 26 African primal-indigenous religion deities | Show All 

Number of characters in this sub-list: 38 (out of a total of 36,945 in the database).

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Abwama villain
CBR Scale: R African primal-indigenous
religion
black Timely Marvel 1
African natives villain group
CBR Scale: S African primal-indigenous
religion
[1st app: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #333 (Nov. 1964)] DC Marvel 3
Casta villain
CBR Scale: S African primal-indigenous
religion
[tried to usurp Ashake's rule] Marvel 1
The Fireproof Natives villain group
CBR Scale: M African primal-indigenous
religion
[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #9 (Dec. 1962)] Marvel 1
The Gored Ox The Gored Ox (General Maksai) villain
CBR Scale: M African primal-indigenous
religion
[uncle of Vixen] DC 1
The Green Terror villain
CBR Scale: U African primal-indigenous
religion
[kidnapped people; drained their blood to retain his youth] Marvel Timely 1
Inkose villain
CBR Scale: S African primal-indigenous
religion
[tried to usurp Ashake's rule] Marvel 1
Keos villain
CBR Scale: S African primal-indigenous
religion
[tried to usurp Ashake's rule] Marvel 1
Macro villain
CBR Scale: S African primal-indigenous
religion
[tried to usurp Ashake's rule] Marvel 1
Panther Spirit villain deity
CBR Scale: D African primal-indigenous
religion
[1st app: Black Panther (vol. 2) #1 (July 1988)] Marvel 3
The Sequel (King Akaje) villain
CBR Scale: U African primal-indigenous
religion
[1st app: Black Panther (vol. 3) #57 (June 2003)] Marvel 2
Simba the Lion God Simba the Lion God villain deity
CBR Scale: D African primal-indigenous
religion
[
1st app: Super Green Beret #2 (June 1967): "The Lion God of Moburu"
]
Lightning Comics 1
Tabu villain
CBR Scale: M African primal-indigenous
religion
black DC 2
B'Tumba supporting character villain
CBR Scale: R African primal-indigenous
religion (Black Panther cult)
A.I.M.; black
[T'Challa's old friend; traitor, but ultimately virtuous]
Marvel 1
King of Thieves (Wazira) villain
CBR Scale: R African primal-indigenous
religion (Black Panther cult)
black
[responsible for brief Wakanda/Atlantis war]
Marvel 1
Zatama supporting character villain
CBR Scale: D African primal-indigenous
religion (Black Panther cult)
[sat on Wakandan high council; very against modernization] Marvel 3
Imo Mira villain
CBR Scale: U African primal-indigenous
religion (Igbo)
[14 year old girl mutated by Arnim Zola] Marvel 1
The Bamboo Knife Butcher (Smallen) villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D African primal-indigenous
religion (shaman)
[1st app: All Select Comics #5 (Winter 1944)] Marvel Timely 1
Dakenian witch doctor villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D African primal-indigenous
religion (shaman)
[used Uduru magic] Marvel 2
Mobu villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M African primal-indigenous
religion (shaman)
[unscrupulous] DC 2
Sagbata Sagbata villain deity
CBR Scale: D African primal-indigenous religion/Vodoun deity
[1st app: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #17 (May 1990)] Marvel 2
Jakarra villain
CBR Scale: R African primal-indigenous
religion: Black Panther Cult
[Wakandan Royal Family; Black Panther's half-brother] Marvel 6
Kazibe villain
CBR Scale: R African primal-indigenous
religion: Black Panther Cult
[excessively frightened of Black Panther] Marvel 10
Mubaru villain
CBR Scale: R African primal-indigenous
religion: Black Panther Cult
[1st app: Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 2) #1 (May 1990)] Marvel 1
N'Banu villain
CBR Scale: R African primal-indigenous
religion: Black Panther Cult
[1st app: Over the Edge #6 (Apr. 1996)] Marvel 1
Solomon Prey Solomon Prey villain
CBR Scale: R African primal-indigenous
religion: Black Panther Cult
black Marvel 4
Tanzika supporting character villain
CBR Scale: R African primal-indigenous
religion: Black Panther Cult
black Marvel 11
Tayete villain
CBR Scale: R African primal-indigenous
religion: Black Panther Cult
[1st app: Jungle Action (vol. 2) #6 (Sep. 1973)] Marvel 10
Midnight Sun (M'Nai) villain
CBR Scale: S African primal-indigenous religion; resurrected
Legion of Unliving Marvel 3
Witch-Smeller (Ageera) villain
CBR Scale: D African primal-indigenous religion; sorcerer
[killed when he tried to conquer Kheshatta] Lancer Books 4
Man-Ape Man-Ape (M'Baku) villain
CBR Scale: M African primal-indigenous
religion; White Gorilla cult
Lethal Legion; The Masters of Evil Marvel 42
Zephyr Zephyr villain deity
CBR Scale: S African primal-indigenous
religion; worshipped as deity
black; Elementals
[banished from Earth thousands of years ago; returned]
Marvel 13
Guy Cross-Wallace villain
CBR Scale: M African traditional religion
[1st app: Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #68 (Late Jan. 1991)] Marvel 10
Baron Macabre villain
CBR Scale: U Black Panther cult
[1st app: Jungle Action (vol. 2) #9 (May 1974)] Marvel 4
Destroyer of Demons Destroyer of Demons (Reverend Joshua Grimly) supporting character villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Protestant minister: Church of the Living God; Yoruba
[1st app: Ghost Rider (vol. 2) #60 (Sep. 1981)] Marvel 4
African Pygmies villain group
CBR Scale: D Pygmy religion (worshipped
15-foot tall "missing link"
prehistoric man)
[1st app: Batman (vol. 1) #2 (Summer 1940)] DC 1
Damballah Damballah (Dan-Ayido-Hwedo) villain deity
CBR Scale: D Vodoun; African primal-indigenous religion
[god of the dead; voodoo serpent god] Marvel 5
N'Kama villain
CBR Scale: D Zulu
[1st app: Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1) #11 (Nov. 1983)] Marvel 2

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