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Religion and Characters in
The Super Friends (vol. 1) #8 (Nov. 1977):
“The Mind Killers!”
by E. Nelson Bridwell, Ramona Fradon, Bob Smith

The Super Friends (vol. 1) #8

Title: “The Mind Killers!”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Nov 1977

Publisher: DC

Written by: E. Nelson Bridwell

Art by: Ramona Fradon, Bob Smith


23 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)		 Religious
Affiliation		 Team(s)
[Notes]		 Pub. #
app.
Superman Superman (Clark Kent) hero
CBR Scale: S Methodist / Kryptonian
religion
 Justice League; Super Friends  DC 12,271
Batman Batman (Bruce Wayne) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian / Catholic
(lapsed)
 Justice League; Batman family  DC 10,183
Wonder Woman Wonder Woman (Diana) hero
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
 Justice League; Super Friends DC 4,282
Green Lantern Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) hero
CBR Scale: U Jewish Catholic / Green
Lantern
 U.S. Air Force; Green Lantern Corps 
[test pilot]		 DC 2,529
Aquaman Aquaman (Arthur Curry) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
 Justice League; Super Friends
[Atlantis]		 DC 2,384
The Atom The Atom (Ray Palmer) hero scientist
CBR Scale: U Jewish (lapsed)
 Justice League; Super Friends DC 1,086
Nightwing Robin (Dick Grayson) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown); raised Gypsy/Roma
 Teen Titans; Batman family  DC 4,498
Black Canary Black Canary (Dinah Lance) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
 Justice League; Birds of Prey DC 1,406
Red Tornado Red Tornado (John Smith) hero
CBR Scale: S religious android
 Justice Society of America; Justice League  DC 367
Rising Sun Rising Sun (Izumi Yasunari) hero
CBR Scale: U Buddhist / Shinto
 Global Guardians DC 38
Thunderlord Thunderlord (Liang Xih-k'ai) hero
CBR Scale: M Buddhist
 Global Guardians DC 15
Tuatara (Jeremy Wakefield) hero
   Global Guardians DC 21
Wonder Twins Wonder Twins (Zan and Jayna) hero based on a real person
CBR Scale: A Latter-day Saints / Exorian
 Super Friends; Young Justice  Hanna-Barbera DC 27
Bushmaster (Bernal Rojas) hero scientist
   Global Guardians DC 17
Wendy and Marvin (Wendy Harris and Marvin Harris) hero
   Super Friends; Teen Titans Hanna-Barbera DC 11
Gleek Gleek hero
   Super Friends Hanna-Barbera DC 24
Jack OLantern Jack O'Lantern (Daniel Cormack) hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic; Celtic Pagan
 Global Guardians DC 9
Wonder Dog hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
 Super Friends (ally) DC 27
Grax villain
CBR Scale: I alien
   DC 13
Maev supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Celtic pagan deity
 [Ireland. bestowed power to Jack O'Lantern (Global Guardians)] DC 1
The Flash The Flash (Barry Allen)
(cameo)		 hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
 Justice League; Super Friends DC 1,826
Green Arrow Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
(cameo)		 hero
CBR Scale: M agnostic; Liberal Marxist
 Justice League; Green Arrows of the World  DC 2,266
Elongated Man Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny)
(cameo)		 hero
CBR Scale: S ghost
 Justice League; Croatoans  DC 522

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