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The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Character
Heather McNeil Hudson
Vindicator
of the Avengers


Heather Hudson is better known as "Vindicator," a superheroine who has been a longstanding member of the Canadian superteam Alpha Flight.

Vindicator is a Catholic, and her religious affiliation has been a plot point in few stories.

http://www.santarosa.edu/~sthoemke/x/texts/history/diehl/alphaflight2.html:
Issue: Alpha Flight II: -1
Date: Jul-97
Synopsis: Note: this is a "Flashback" issue, introduced and concluded by Marvel creator Stan Lee. Logan helps a nervous Mac to his hasty wedding ceremony, to which Heather's parents object because it isn't Catholic.

Issue: Alpha Flight II:16
Date: Nov-98
Heather's Catholicism and Flex's forearm save her from Dargil.

From: Ronald Byrd, "Unofficial Wolverine Chronology, Pt.3" page, last revised 13 November 2001 on "The Danger Room" website (http://danger-room.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=11; viewed 21 June 2006):

Logan is also present when the Hudsons renew their vows in a Catholic ceremony months after their first, less formal marriage

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