History Main / SuperHeroGods

** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaRebirth'' and ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' introduced not simply a superheroic god, but the God of Superheroes himself, Ahl. Reaching down from his domain in "Final Heaven" millions of years ago, he gave birth not only to the idea of justice, but to the concept that would eventually become Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, from whom all other superheroes symbolically descend; the area where he touched Earth, having risen up to meet him and eventually becoming a mountain in Happy Harbor, Rhode Island, would one day become the first headquarters of the original Justice League, who were unaware of the true significance of Mount Justice. By the time we learn of him however [[KillTheGod he's long since been murdered]] by [[spoiler:Haxxalon the Star Archer]] with "The Brick That Can Think", which in an apparent attempt at communicating its own sentiments on the matter [[ApologeticAttacker had "I'M SORRY" written on it.]]

** Similar to Marvel’s ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'', DC has a CaptainErsatz ''ComicBook/{{Avengers}}'' group variously called the Champions of Angor/The Justifiers. Their Thor counterpart is Aboriginal Australian thunder god Wandjina/Wundajin.

* TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMulitverse features Dr. Blake Washington, Jr. Ph.D., an archeologist who took on the powers of the Egyptian sun god Ra and fights evil under the name; his archnemesis in the game is the Ennead, a team of villains which consists of a large part of the Egyptian pantheon.

** Goku and Vegeta's Super Saiyan God forms that Goku learned to fight Beerus, the God of Destruction in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. Other gods in the setting confirm that these forms do make them gods [[note]]While in this form, their power levels can only be sensed by other gods[[/note]]

** Similar to Marvel’s ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'', DC has a CaptainErsatz ''[[ComicBook/{{Avengers}}'' group variously called the Champions of Angor/The Justifiers. Their Thor counterpart is Aboriginal Australian thunder god Wandjina/Wundajin.

** Similar to Marvel’s ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupreme]]'', DC has a CaptainErsatz ''[[ComicBook/{{Avengers}}'' group variously called the Champions of Angor/The Justifiers. Their Thor counterpart is Aboriginal Australian thunder god Wandjina/Wundajin.

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** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaRebirth'' and ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' introduced not simply a superheroic god, but the God of Superheroes himself, Ahl. Reaching down from his domain in "Final Heaven" millions of years ago, he gave birth not only to the idea of justice, but to the concept that would eventually become Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, from whom all other superheroes symbolically descend; the area where he touched Earth, having risen up to meet him and eventually becoming a mountain in Happy Harbor, Rhode Island, would one day become the first headquarters of the original Justice League, who were unaware of the true significance of Mount Justice. By the time we learn of him however [[KillTheGod he's long since been murdered]] by [[spoiler: Haxxalon the Star Archer]] with "The Brick That Can Think", which in an apparent attempt at communicating its own sentiments on the matter [[ApologeticAttacker had "I'M SORRY" written on it.]]

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* The Indian parody religion [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinkoism Dinkoism]] worships the cartoon superhero mouse, Dinkan.

* There's a christian kid's song that reinterprets Jesus as a superhero "Jesús es mi superheroe".

* The ''TabletopGame/HaltEvilDoer'' supplement of ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' has Athena leave the Olympian gods and come to Earth to be a WonderWomanWannabe superheroine.

*** The angel Zauriel also debuted in ''ComicBook/JLA1997''.
** Doctor Manhattan from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' is the quote source for AGodIAmNot but at the end of the story he accepts his role as a DeityOfHumanOrigin and leaves Earth to create human life elsewhere. It later turns out he created ''Franchise/TheDCU''.

** [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaRebirth The current JLA]] and ComicBook/DoomPatrol introduced not simply a superheroic god, but the God of Superheroes himself, Ahl. Reaching down from his domain in "Final Heaven" millions of years ago, he gave birth not only to the idea of justice, but to the concept that would eventually become Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, from whom all other superheroes symbolically descend; the area where he touched Earth, having risen up to meet him and eventually becoming a mountain in Happy Harbor, Rhode Island, would one day become the first headquarters of the original Justice League, who were unaware of the true significance of Mount Justice. By the time we learn of him however [[KillTheGod he's long since been murdered]] by [[spoiler: Haxxalon the Star Archer]] with "The Brick That Can Think", which in an apparent attempt at communicating its own sentiments on the matter [[ApologeticAttacker had "I'M SORRY" written on it.]]

** Even Thor's adopted brother ''freaking'' ComicBook/{{Loki}} was in some superhero teams: In the second lineup of the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers''; admittedly the guy was [[TokenEvilTeammate most of their problems]] too, and if we count disguises in one iteration of the ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'' (as the Scarlet Witch).

** Even Thor's adopted brother ''freaking'' ComicBook/{{Loki}} was in some superhero teams: In the second lineup of the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'', admittedly the guy was [[TokenEvilTeammate most of their problems]] too, and if we count disguises in one iteration of the ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'' (as Scarlett Witch).

* WesternAnimation/TheMightyHercules was an interesting example. For whatever reason (MoralGuardians?), Hercules and the other characters from Greek myth are never explicitly referred to as gods, demigods, etc., only as "King Zeus" and so on, so that Hercules could plausibly be a "mere" superhero from a realm of other superheroes.

* ''ComicBook/BlackHammer'' bongs to a group of superhero god's called the New World, based on the ''ComicBook/NewGods'' with shades of the Asgardians from ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''.

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*** The angel Zauriel also debuted in Morrison's JLA run.

* The comic series ''ComicBook/{{Supergod}}'' by Creator/WarrenEllis revolves around various countries' attempts to create superheroes based on their religion or mythology. The projects have mostly... not [[AxCrazy fulfilled]] [[EldritchAbomination their]] [[BewareTheSuperman hopes]].

** Comicbook/Monkey Prince is the son of [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong the Monkey King.]]

** Comicbook/Monkey Prince is the son of [[Literature/AJourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong the Monkey King.]]

** Comicbook/Monkey Prince is the son of [[Literature/AJourneyToTheWest Sun Duking the Monkey King.]]