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Methodist super-heroes, villains, and other characters

Methodist super-heroes and other comic book characters

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 Show only: 5 Methodist heroes | 5 Methodist villains | 2 Methodist clergy 

Number of characters in this sub-list: 42 (out of a total of 36,945 in the database).

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Bizarro Bizarro (Kent Clark) villain
CBR Scale: U Anti-Methodist
Secret Society of Super Villains; The Injustice Gang... 
The Legion of Doom
DC 191
Marshall McLuhan Marshall McLuhan real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Baptist/Methodist (raised); agnostic (temporary); Catholic (convert)
[coined terms "medium is the message", "global village"] Marvel 10
George Lucas George Lucas supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Buddhist Methodist
[wrote "Star Wars"]   277
George W. Bush George W. Bush supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian (raised); United Methodist Church (convert)
[1st app: Iron Man (vol. 3) #73 (Dec. 2003)] Marvel DC, etc. 789
Hubert Humphrey Hubert Humphrey supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Lutheran (raised); Methodist; United Church of Christ
[Vice-President under Lyndon B. Johnson] DC 86
Kofi Annan Kofi Annan supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Methodist
black
[Secretary-General of U.N.]
Marvel 62
James Arness James Arness real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Methodist
[starred as Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke" for 20 year] Marvel 18
Atoman Atoman (Craig Wallace) hero
CBR Scale: A Methodist
Seven Sentinels Americas Best Comics 3
The Carpenters The Carpenters group real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Methodist
[1st app: Carpenters: Close to You (1970)] Iced Tea Productions; Weintraub Entertainment Group, etc. 53
Dick Cheney Dick Cheney supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Methodist
[1st app: New Thunderbolts #13 (Dec. 2005)] Marvel 227
Chelsea Clinton Chelsea Clinton supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Methodist
[U.S. President's daughter] Malibu 35
Hillary Clinton supporting character
CBR Scale: S Methodist
[U.S. First Lady] DC 18
Sylvia Danvers Sylvia Danvers supporting character
CBR Scale: M Methodist
[1st app: Supergirl (vol. 4) #1 (Sep. 1996)] DC 32
James Garner James Garner supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Methodist
[star of "Maverick", "Rockford Files"] NBC 100
Hugh Hefner supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Methodist
  Marvel 292
Judge Crater Judge Crater (Joseph Force Crater) real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Methodist
[went missing; was never found] Doubleday 10
Jonathan Kent Jonathan Kent supporting character
CBR Scale: S Methodist
[Superman's adoptive father] DC 816
Martha Kent Martha Kent supporting character
CBR Scale: S Methodist
[Superman's adoptive mother] DC 827
Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Methodist
[1st post-apartheid president of South Africa] Marvel 133
Mr. Green Jeans supporting character
CBR Scale: I Methodist
[1st app: Captain Kangaroo - Season 1, Episode 1 (3 Oct. 1955)] CBS 21
Willie Nelson real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Methodist
[1st app: A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974)] Marvel 269
Donna Reed real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Methodist
[1st app: The Secret Defenders #17 (July 1994)] Marvel 316
John Sherman John Sherman real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Methodist
[1st app: Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. #4 (June 2006)] Marvel 1
Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University supporting character group real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Methodist
  CBS Collier Books
George Steinbrenner supporting character
CBR Scale: U Methodist
[Yankees owner] NBC 24
Superboy Superboy (Conner Kent) hero
CBR Scale: I Methodist
The Legion of Super-Heroes; The Ravers... 
The Teen Titans; Young Justice
DC 535
Amanda Waller Amanda Waller supporting character hero
CBR Scale: U Methodist
Checkmate; Shadow Fighters... 
The Agency (founder); The Suicide Squad
DC 211
Ultraman Ultraman (Clark Kent) villain
CBR Scale: A Methodist (lapsed)
Crime Syndicate of America DC 71
Francine Peters-Silver Francine Peters-Silver lead character
CBR Scale: I Methodist (lapsed); LGBT
[1st app: Strangers in Paradise #1] Antarctic Press Homage, etc. 93
Alfred Kinsey Alfred Kinsey scientist real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Methodist (raised); agnostic; LGBT
[1st app: Justice League of America Wedding Special #1 (Nov. 2007)] DC 7
Margaret Thatcher supporting character scientist real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Methodist (raised); Anglican (convert)
[1st app: Election 74 (1974)] BBC 313
White Devil White Devil (J. Hudson Taylor) non-feature lead character clergy/religious leader real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Methodist (raised); became Baptist; Open Brethren (ties); Protestant missionary
[founded non-sectarian China Inland Mission] Monarch Books 2
Michael Stipe real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Methodist (raised); Buddhist; LGBT
  Marvel 102
Tokyo Rose (Iva Toguri D'Aquino) villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Methodist (raised); Catholic (convert)
Asian Charlton 11
Church Mice Church Mice group lead character comic strip character
CBR Scale: D Methodist (United Methodist
Church)
[1st app: Church Mice #1 (Dec. 2001)] Karl Zorowski 300
Superman Superman (Clark Kent) hero
CBR Scale: S Methodist / Kryptonian religion
Kryptonians; Super Friends... 
The Justice League
DC 13,409
Rev. Larry Varvel Rev. Larry Varvel supporting character clergy/religious leader real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Methodist clergyman
[Supergirl's minister] DC 11
Supergirl Supergirl (Linda Danvers) hero
CBR Scale: M Methodist; Earth-born Angel
The Teen Titans DC 58
Willie Nelson impersonator Willie Nelson impersonator villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: U music; Methodist
New Musicians Marvel 1
Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Presbyterian; Methodist
[1st app: DC Special Series #1 (Sep. 1977)] DC 147
Erma Bombeck Erma Bombeck supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: M United Brethren (raised); Catholic (convert)
[1st app: Dinah! - Season 1, Episode 9 (31 Oct. 1974)] CBS 11
Hank Skidoo Hank Skidoo villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: A Wesleyan
[foreman at Fairer Fowl Farms, killed owner (Mr. Chicken)] Marvel 1

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