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Religion of Comic Book Characters listed by religious group:
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Show only: 41 Buddhist (other) heroes | 17 Buddhist (other) clergy | 2 Buddhist (other) deities | Show All

Number of characters in this sub-list: 19 (out of a total of 36,945 in the database).

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Religious
Affiliation

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Pub.

evil Japanese Buddhists

evil Japanese Buddhists

villain

CBR Scale: D

[1st app: Captain America Comics #35 (Feb. 1944)]

Marvel

1

Tina Greer

villain

CBR Scale: A

[seen again: "Visage" (14 Jan. 2003, Season 2, Episode 11)]

3

Lady Lotus

villain

CBR Scale: S

Super-Axis (founder)

Marvel

6

Living Buddha

villain

CBR Scale: M

[ruler of Shadow-Men of Kaa-U]

Marvel

3

Moonstone

Moonstone (Karla Sofen)

villain

hero

CBR Scale: U

Dark Avengers; Femizons...

Marvel

235

Fin Fang Foom

villain

CBR Scale: U

Buddhist (convert)

Marvel

63

Lotus

Lotus (Lotus Newmark)

villain

CBR Scale: I

Buddhist (lapsed)

[1st app: Avengers Spotlight #30 (Mar. 1990)]

Marvel

23

villain

CBR Scale: M

Buddhist (Monks of the Hidden
Temple)

[1st app: The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #108 (May 1972)]

Marvel

2

villain

clergy/religious leader

CBR Scale: M

The Hand
[could not be injured by mortal hand or weapon]

Marvel

1

King Cycle

villain

clergy/religious leader

CBR Scale: M

[1st app: Red Wolf (vol. 1) #8 (July 1973)]

Marvel

1

Buddhist vampire-monks

Buddhist vampire-monks

villain

clergy/religious leader

CBR Scale: M

[1st app: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #38 (Oct. 2001)]

Dark Horse

1

The Mahagreasy Migraine Yogi

The Mahagreasy Migraine Yogi

villain

clergy/religious leader

based on a real person

CBR Scale: M

Buddhist spiritual leader; Transcendental Meditation; Hindu (raised)

B.E.S.T.
[parody of Beatles guru Maharish Mahesh Yogi]

Marvel

1

Kung

Kung (Thomas Morita)

villain

CBR Scale: U

Buddhist/Shinto/Taoist

[1st app: Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #237 (Nov. 1977)]

12

The Sorcerer

villain

CBR Scale: M

Buddhist; Hindu; Vodoun; African primal-indigenous

[1st app: Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 1) #14 (May 1968)]

Marvel

1

Hiroshima spirits

villain

group

CBR Scale: M

Buddhist; Shinto; spirits

Asian
[killed by atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima]

1

Angkor

Angkor (Thommanom)

villain

clergy/religious leader

CBR Scale: M

Cambodian Buddhist priest; Hindu (convert)

[1st app: Wonder Man (vol. 1) #10 (June 1992)]

Marvel

4

Radioactive Man

Radioactive Man (Dr. Chen Lu)

villain

hero

CBR Scale: U

Communist Buddhist

Asian; People's Defense Force...

Marvel

187

villain

based on a real person

CBR Scale: A

Jewish Buddhist

Marvel

2

Hideki Tojo

villain

real/historical person

CBR Scale: S

Jodo Shinshu (Pure Land
Buddhism)

Asian
[led Imperialist Japan during WWII]

31

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