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Summary
- DC Comics has never made Bruce Wayne a practicing Catholic or settled his religion.
- Secret Origins #6 (1986) shows the young Bruce saying his nightly prayers.
- The writer Chuck Dixon concluded that Bruce was raised Catholic because “no Protestant ever suffered guilt the way Bruce does.”
- The writer Elliot S! Maggin thought the Waynes were probably Episcopalian, and Detective Comics #934 (2016) made Martha Wayne a member of the Jewish Kane family.
- In Batman #53 (2018) Bruce says he used to believe in God; the writer, Tom King, said the story was open to interpretation.
- In Wonder Woman #20 (2025) he tells Diana that after meeting her he prayed again.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- TJ Mills, “Batman Thrives on Many Things, But DC Admits Religious Guilt Tops the List,” Screen Rant, February 8, 2025. https://screenrant.com/batman-religious-catholic-guilt-dc-comics-factoid/
- TJ Mills, “A Major Shift to Batman’s Lore Is Rewriting a Core Fact That Defined His Legacy for Years,” Screen Rant, April 19, 2025 (Wonder Woman #20). https://screenrant.com/batman-wonder-woman-religion-god-pray-factoid/
- Matt Morrison, “Batman Writer Comments on Bruce’s ‘Atheism’ Debate,” Screen Rant, August 22, 2018. https://screenrant.com/batman-atheist-comic-tom-king/
- “In The Latest Issue, Batman Isn’t An Atheist. He’s An Episcopalian,” Anglican Ink, August 20, 2018 (Batman #53 dialogue). https://anglican.ink/2018/08/20/in-the-latest-issue-batman-isnt-an-atheist-hes-an-episcopalian/
- Jean Elizabeth Seah, “Batman is Catholic,” Aleteia, October 5, 2017. https://aleteia.org/2017/10/05/batman-is-probably-a-catholic-along-with-the-hulk-hellboy-gambit-and-shi/
- “The Religious Affiliation of Batman Bruce Wayne,” Comic Book Religion (Batman: The Chalice). http://www.comicbookreligion.com/?c=2&Batman_Bruce_Wayne
- “Martha Wayne,” Wikipedia (Detective Comics #934). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wayne
- “Kate Kane,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Kane
- “The Dark Knight Returns,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Returns
- “DC Rebirth,” Wikipedia (renumbering of Detective Comics at #934 in 2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Rebirth
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