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Religion: Anglican vicar 
Name: Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Alter Ego: Rev. Dr. Christopher Syn
Other Names: The Scarecrow; Doctor Syn
Classification:
hero
clergy/religious leader
Publisher(s): 
Nelson Press
First Appearance: Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh (1915) - book 1 in Doctor Syn series
Creators: Russell Thorndike
Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes
Number of Appearances: 50
Comic Book Appearances: 6
TV, Film Appearances: 6
Prose/Text Book/Story Appearances: 10
Radio/Audio Shows: 28
Race: white
Gender: male
From: "Superhero", 11 January 2006 on the Wikipedia website (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero; viewed 11 January 2006):
Another early superhero was the Reverend Dr. Christopher Syn, the protagonist of a series of novels by Russell Thorndike. Dr. Syn adopted the masked and costumed identity of the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh to defend his parishioners against the King's press-gangs and tax agents. Set during the 1700s, Thordike's first novel featuring Dr. Syn/the Scarecrow was published in 1915, pre-dating the dual-identity superheroics of Superman, Batman and others by more than twenty years.
Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh (1915) - book 1 in Doctor Syn series (lead character)
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Scarecrow_of_Romney_Marsh.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Syn
- http://www.comicvine.com/the-scarecrow/29-53908/
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0053474/
- http://www.comicvine.com/walt-disneys-the-scarecrow-of-romney-marsh/49-26508/
- https://www.comics.org/series/1662/
- https://www.comics.org/issue/19299/
- https://www.comics.org/issue/299830/
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=79320