Superman's Religious Beliefs Are Actually a Secret Superpower
Warning! Contains spoilers for Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #3!
While most people know about Superman’s flashiest superpowers, like his super strength and invulnerability, the Man of Steel’s religious beliefs are just as important to the character. They help bolster the character’s strong moral code, but they can also have a more practical use in battle. Thus they can even give him an edge over other non-believing heroes like Batman.
Despite both of his creators being Jewish, Superman was raised Christian by his parents, the Kents. However, despite this he doesn’t believe in the exact strictures of the religion. Based on everything that he has encountered in his heroic career, Superman does believe in some sort of God or higher power. But it seems like he doesn’t believe in a specific religion’s God, which frees him to not have to believe in other commonly accepted religious beliefs, like the existence of a Hell.
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In Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #3, written by Mark Waid with art by Dan Mora, Felix Faust traps Superman, Batman, and Billy Batson in an illusory version of Hell. While Batman is overwhelmed by the illusion, Superman is quite calm in contrast, which enables him to find where Faust is hiding and put a stop to his magic. Batman realizes afterwards that the reason why Superman was able to keep his composure was because he doesn’t believe in Hell, allowing him not to be fooled by Faust’s trick.
While he does use his super-hearing to discover Faust’s location, the thing that allows him to see through the illusion is his deep faith that God would not create a cruel afterlife full of eternal suffering. Given the frequency with which supervillains try to
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