Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Widgets

And With Thy Super Spirit


Are Nearly All 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."

Religious affiliation of Superheros site and a biretta tip to Don Jim
Do you Like this story..?

Get Free Email Updates Daily!

Follow us!

Subscribe to feed
Related Posts with Thumbnails

This blog, Canterbury Tales, is solemnly consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

“Et tuam ipsius animam pertransibit gladius
ut revelentur ex multis cordibus cogitationes.”
(Luke 2:35, Vulgate)
Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, pray for us.
#navbar-iframe { height:0px; visibility:hidden; display:none; }