Just please don’t so like the non-denom (formerly AOG) daycare which my children attend. Recently I had to help with getting the three of them settled for their Christmas pics there at the school. When I looked at the walls in the room where pics were being taken, they had biblical characters sketched in life size all with capes. Then, in the center of these was Jesus on the cross with a Superman-style outfit on with the words “Jesus, the ultimate superhero” written below it.
I share the sentiment but the execution (no pun intended) was awful.
I’m horrible for laughing, but this reminded me of my days as an X-Men fan, when the zealous Storm fans would post ridiculous, fake battles between her and every other hero/villain in the universe, and have her trounce them in thoroughly illogical and improbable ways.
It got so stupid and annoying, that an exasperated fan posted a “Storm vs. Jesus” battle scenario (my favorite bit was when she summoned a typhoon to drown Him, but He just walked on the waves) that culminated in an apparent Storm victory, only to have Jesus rise from the dead and take her out with the nails from his cruxificion. Blasphemous? Probably, but it was hilarious, and won Jesus a lot of fans among the agnostic comic book crowd
From the list above, I don’t think The Acolyte is taken, but The Acolytes were Magneto’s followers for awhile. Nightcrawler from the X-Men was/is a deeply religious Catholic, went to mass, prayed all the time, including the rosary, led a moral life…I stopped reading before he became a priest/entered seminary. i don’t know how it turned out. Also from X-Men, Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane) was a devout Presbyterian with an anti-Catholic prejudice, but when she got to know Catholics (Nightcrawler, Sunspot), she realized they were good people and a valid religion. it was a nice character arc.
There’s also a Catholic priest character in Marvel, Father Michael Bowen, from Cloak & Dagger. Very positive portrayal. He doesn’t have powers though.
Daredevil is Catholic, though fallen away (and his mother became a nun in later life) but it still impacts him greatly, and there are many Catholic “themes” in his booK
Good luck with your project, it sounds interesting
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That’s actually a great idea - but right now my son is in a popeye kick and I keep seeing popeye in a tight spot sucking spinach through his pipe!