
No? Well, why would you, really. Unless you're updating your hit Hanukkah Song (Hi, Adam. Click looks like sooo much fun! I'm taking the kids!).
I mean, who wonders about the faiths of superheroes?
Well, someone out there wondered about it, a lot. And put up a website all about the various religious affiliations of comic book characters that is extremely thorough in its explanations. Dazzlingly thorough, really. The analyses go on for pages, and they are some of the funniest things I've ever read.
You can read all of them here, but here are a few highlights:
Wonder Woman practices the Greco-Roman Classical religion:
Superman is a Methodist/Kryptonian:
And Wolverine is a lapsed atheist/Buddhist/skeptical seeker:
Yes, that's why it takes 3 pages with countless cited examples to do so.
I'm not really that familiar with superheroes, but are there any surprises on this list? (I mean, besides the fact that it exists.)








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