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Religion: Catholic; Quebecois separatist
Name: Plastique
Alter Ego: Bette Sans Souci
First Appearance: The Fury of Firestorm (vol. 1) #7 (Dec. 1982): "Plastique Is Another Word for Fear!"
Creators: Gerry Conway, Pat Broderick, Rodin Rodriguez
Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes
Number of Appearances: 68
Comic Book Appearances: 65
TV, Film Appearances: 3
Teams/Affiliations: Extreme Justice; The Suicide Squad
Race: white
Gender: female
Plastique is a Quebecois separatist and Québécois freedom fighter, who has resorted to acts of terrorism on many occasions.
From: "Superman Wedding -- why a Christian ceremony?" forum discussion, started 11 October 1996 on the rec.arts.comics.dc.universe website (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.comics.dc.universe/browse_thread/thread/4d17a1ff0ee9c715/d141c36005b90ea4; viewed 5 June 2006):
Date: Thurs, Oct 24 1996 12:00 am
Email: jame...@ece.uwaterloo.care: "For that matter, what characters have been portrayed as having any definite religion?"
Plastique was probably raised Roman Catholic. I don't know if she stayed in the church later, though. I kind of doubt it.
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Plastique.html
- http://www.comicvine.com/plastique/29-25441/
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0096998/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_sovereignty_movement
- http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=plastique
- http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=plastique