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March 13, 2006
The religious affiliation of comic book characters
Superman is a Methodist and the Thing is Jewish. Who knew? Insights into the religious affiliation of comic book characters are revealed thanks to the exhaustive factoid archive known as "the internet". For example; why are so many major superheroes Episcopalian?
"The original creators of comics, 60 or 70 years ago, were almost all Jewish and Italian kids from various parts of New York," notes DC Comics Executive Vice President and Publisher Paul Levitz. "And the characters they created were pseudo-whitebread Episcopalian. It was almost de rigueur back then to paint people in this idealized American image."
Posted by Ghost of a flea at March 13, 2006 10:17 AM
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