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Buddhist super-heroes, villains, and other characters

Buddhist super-heroes and other comic book characters

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 Show only: 76 Buddhist heroes | 46 Buddhist villains | 43 Buddhist clergy | 4 Buddhist deities 

Number of characters in this sub-list: 182 (out of a total of 36,945 in the database).  Records 151 through 182 displayed below.

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and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Uma Thurman Uma Thurman real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Tibetan Buddhism (raised); agnostic
[1st app: X-Factor (vol. 3) #42 (June 2009)] Marvel 100
Kit Kappa Kit Kappa (Kit Marson) hero
CBR Scale: S Tibetan Buddhism / Kappa
[1st app: Special-Rodeo #68 (1980)] Hexagon 2
Rama Lama supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Tibetan Buddhism lama
[1st app: The Outsiders (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1985)] DC 1
Thugben Sung villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Tibetan Buddhism lama
[lama of Rache Churan monastery; trained by Fu Manchu] Marvel 1
Larin supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Tibetan Buddhism monk; Monks
of Doom/Wise Ones
[helped Dr. Doom lead revolution in Latveria] Marvel 2
Monk of Doom villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Tibetan Buddhism monk; Monks
of Doom/Wise Ones
[oversaw device dream-joining Doom, Ghost Rider, Wolverine] Marvel 1
Otto supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Tibetan Buddhism monk; Monks
of Doom/Wise Ones
[1st app: Books of Doom #3 (Mar. 2006)] Marvel 1
Yak Yak (Alfred Yak) supporting character
CBR Scale: S Tibetan Buddhism; magician
[1st app: The Badger #1 (July 1983)] Capital Comics First Comics 8
Aged Genghis Aged Genghis supporting character
CBR Scale: S Tibetan Buddhism; occult
[
1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #136 (Sep. 1965): "What Lurks Beneath the Mask?"
]
Marvel 14
Hrdgema supporting character group
CBR Scale: U Tibetan Buddhism; occult
[Ancient Ones entombed in the Crypts of Kaa-U] Marvel 1
Wong Wong supporting character
CBR Scale: S Tibetan Buddhism; occult
[house servant of Doctor Strange] Marvel 333
The Ancient One The Ancient One (bTsaan Saa) supporting character hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Tibetan Buddhism; Order of the Ancient Ones; occult; spirit
Asian
[belonged to an unnamed order of sorcerers]
Marvel 93
Lisa Simpson Lisa Simpson supporting character
CBR Scale: I Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism (raised); Buddhist
[
1st app: "The Simpsons" short animated sketch on "The Tracey Ullman Show" (19 Apr. 1987)
]
Fox TV Bongo Comics 759
Donatello Donatello hero
CBR Scale: U Zen
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios 562
Michelangelo Michelangelo hero
CBR Scale: U Zen
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios 672
Raphael Raphael hero
CBR Scale: U Zen
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios 578
Bernard the Poet Bernard the Poet (Bernard) supporting character
CBR Scale: M Zen beatnik
[latent mutant, alters perceptions of others] Marvel 8
Blindshot Blindshot (Bob Booker) supporting character
CBR Scale: D Zen Buddhist
[blind] Americas Best Comics 4
Captain Trips Captain Trips (Mark Meadows) hero
CBR Scale: M Zen Buddhist
[1st app: Wild Cards] Bantam Books Baen Books 10
Detective Charlie Crews Detective Charlie Crews hero
CBR Scale: M Zen Buddhist
LAPD NBC 32
Green Arrow Green Arrow (Connor Hawke) hero
CBR Scale: M Zen Buddhist
The Justice League DC 104
Nightside Nightside (Sydney Taine) hero
CBR Scale: S Zen Buddhist
Nightside Detective Agency
[specializes in the supernatural]
Marvel 5
Onyx Onyx (Onyx Adams) hero
CBR Scale: I Zen Buddhist
Batman family; The League of Assassins DC 42
Yeoman Yeoman (Daniel Brennan) hero
CBR Scale: S Zen Buddhist
[1st app: Wild Cards] Bantam Books Baen Books 6
Keepers of the Sacred Koan supporting character group clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Zen Buddhist: Keepers of the
Sacred Koan
Asian
[resurrected, empowered American Samurai]
Marvel 2
Shaolin Robot Shaolin Robot hero
CBR Scale: M Zen Buddhist; I Ching
Great Ten DC 13
Master Splinter Master Splinter (Hamato Yoshi) supporting character hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Zen master
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (teacher) Mirage Studios 359
Suzuki Shosan Suzuki Shosan supporting character clergy/religious leader based on a real person
CBR Scale: M Zen Samurai; Taoist
[1st app: Nightside #4 (Mar. 2002)] Marvel 1
Impulse Impulse (Bart Allen) hero
CBR Scale: S Zen Speed Force
The Teen Titans; Young Justice DC 483
Max Mercury Max Mercury (Max Crandall) hero
CBR Scale: S Zen Speed Force
All-Star Squadron; Freedom Fighters Quality DC 162
Gamora Gamora hero
CBR Scale: M Zen Whoberi; raised by nihilist
Graces; Guardians of the Galaxy... 
Infinity Watch
Marvel 171
Gomez Addams Gomez Addams lead character comic strip character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Zen yogi
Addams Family (leader) Gold Key 167

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