This page accompanies the "Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters" page. Taken on its own, out of context, this page has no real meaning or useful information. This is essentially a page about notable comic book superheroes who we have, as yet, been unable to include on the main list because we have insufficient information about their religious affiliation. We would like to know the religious affiliation of these characters. Obviously, this will never happen for all of them. Some characters had relatively short-lived publishing histories and there simply was never enough material published about them for anything to be ascertained textually. Some of these characters may not have a well-developed back-story when they were portrayed, meaning that the writers who created them did not think enough about the character to determine religious belief/background/affiliation, as basic as that may seem. Characters are listed on this page only because we don't know what they are.

If you know, we hope you will take a moment to tell us. We will not use anything you write without your express permission. We will give you credit for your information or writing, if you prefer, or you can remain anonymous. Also note that many of the characters below are available for adoption by your church, religious denomination, faith group, philosophical system, etc. What is meant by this is that if a comic book character was introduced whose religious affiliation, beliefs, etc., were never clearly identified or implied, then it may be possible to build a case that this character belongs to a specific group. More details about super-hero adoption are here. Further discussion about this page is below. It is important to note what this page is not: - This is not a listing of non-religious superheroes. - This is not a listing of atheist or agnostic characters. - This is not a listing of Episcopalian superheroes. - This is not a listing of characters whose religious affiliation has never been identified or strongly hinted at in the comics.

- This is not a listing of characters whose writers never had a religious affiliation in mind for them when writing about them. - This is not a listing of all superheroes who do not appear on our main page.parrot ar drone ne kadar We have made no attempt to include "all superheroes" on this list. parrot ar drone zasięgIt would be impossible to do so. parrot ar drone fehler ultraschallBut we have tried to include major characters and members of major teams who are not listed on the main page. This is simply a listing of some selected superheroes whose religious affiliation is unknown to the authors of this website. Statistically speaking, a number of the characters listed on this page may be agnostic, a number may be atheists, and a number may be Episcopalians.

A number of these characters may identify themselves as essentially "non-religious." (Of course, what is usually meant by this is that they have distanced themselves from formal participation in and observance of the religion they were brought up and have not formally converted to a different religion. Such characters remain "religious" in the sociological sense (i.e., they exhibit behavior and beliefs which are not based on purely biological causes or mathematically replicable phenomena). Otherwise, there would be little point in writing about them. Statistically speaking, the majority of these characters are likely to be Christians who belong to denominations other than Episcopalianism. A number of them may also belong to other religions, such as Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, etc. You do not need to know the precise denomination to which a character belongs. Of course we would prefer to have that information, but simply having evidence that a character is a Christian is enough to move the character off of this page and onto the main page.

"Evidence" needs to be more than a character uttering a profanity such as "Oh my God" or using a vaguely religious colloquial expression such as "Heaven help us." If you have evidence that a character is an agnostic or atheist, please let us know. Of course, being an "agnostic" or "atheist" does not preclude the possibility that a character also has a formal denominational affiliation or religious background, but knowing this can be informative about the character and it's certainly better than knowing nothing. Many organized religious denominations have explicitly atheistic or agnostic theological doctrines. Also, even the most actively religious characters sometimes have moments where they express agnostic or atheistic sentiments. Even the most vocally atheistic and agnostic characters may sometimes participate in formal religious observance or have moments when they express faith (or hope) in overtly "religious" beliefs (such as the afterlife, deity, prophecy, etc.) A single instance of a character saying something or doing something that seems to characterize their religious affiliation or belief is not always a solid indicator of where the character stands all the time.

But even brief, passing references are likely to be indicators of a character's basic character, as envisioned by the writer. Even short expressions (such as Wonder Woman exclaiming "By Hera!") are written based on a character's backstory, which includes consideration of religious upbringing and religious beliefs. Character traits such as "having strong values" or "striving to help people" can be identified as "religious values," but such traits do not constitute a "religious affiliation." Traits such as these can be exhibited by people of essentially all religious affiliations, philosophies, belief systems, etc. (including atheists, agnostics, etc.) Futhermore, such traits are essentially universal among super-heroes. Therefore, simply listing characters with such traits would not be informative. Ideally, we wish for these pages to be informative and accurate, with information about the religious affiliation which can be supported from published comics and supporting information (such as interviews with writers).

We could easily make educated guesses about the religious affiliation and background of all of the characters on this page. But we do not want the listings on this site to be based solely on guesses and speculation. Early comic book writers and editors, as well as comic book historians, have observed that major superheroes from formative periods in the genre were typically based on a pseudo-Episcopalian template. It has been said that where a major superhero character's religious affiliation is unknown or not explicitly identified, the character is probably an Episcopalian. But on this website we have never identified a character as Episcopalian based solely on these historical observations. This is not a listing of characters whose religious affiliation has never been identified in comics. Based on our experience, we can be certain that a number of the characters listed here have had their religious affiliations strongly hinted at. A number have probably even explicitly identified themselves as adherents of a particular religion and/or denomination.

The authors of this site simply have not read those issues of the comics, have not heard about those issues, or have not been informed of those issues by any of this site's readers. If your favorite comic book superhero is not listed on the main page, and isn't listed on this page either, but you feel the character is notable or significant, feel free to write to suggest we add him or her to this website, even if you don't know their religious affiliation. It is entirely possible we will be in complete agreement that the character is notable and should be listed here, but we simply had not yet had time to include them or the character slipped our mind. If the character is notable and widely known and is listed here, perhaps somebody else will read this page who knows something about their religious affiliation, and will be inspired to send us a note with some information. 1 50 State Initiative: Some Marvel supervillains conscripted as superheroes by SHRA: These characters were Marvel super-villains who were conscripted into service as superheroes by the United States federal government as a result of the Super-Human Registration Act (SHRA).

/news/comicstories.947; viewed 27 April 2007). This cover image features 142 indivduals who volunteered or were conscripted to work for the federal government as part of the Initiative headed up by Tony Stark (Iron Man). The individuals on this cover include characters who have always been superheroes, characters who have been supervillains but reformed prior to passage of the SHRA and were already acting as heroes or government agents (including members of the Thunderbolts), as well as characters who were active super-villains up until the time that the SHRA was passed and they were forced into working for the Initiative. Technically, because these characters have been forced to work for the federally-sponsored super-hero program, they could be classified as "superheroes." Some of these individuals were truly reformed prior to conscription by the SHRI (including a number of long-time Thunderbolts), but many of these individuals have traditionally acted only as super-villains and are likely to do so again.