God in DC Comics

Who is god in the DC universe? Is it Perpetua or the Source? Or the presence

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The closest entity to God in the DC Universe would be The Presence, which is different from both.

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If you define God as the creator… There are two. Jerry and Joe. (I’d throw in Bob but whatever floats the PR boat). Otherwise I’ll second the Presence/Voice/Hand (same person).

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I see the writers and editors of DC as god. They create the universe and decide that goes. Sort of like Grant Morrison philosiphy, we are gods

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The Spectre got his powers from The Presence. He’s supposed to be the wrath of God. So…

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You know. This is an excellent question. One I never really pondered in all the years of reading DC Comics

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While the existence of a higher power of some sort can be generally surmised, it works in mysterious ways, and rarely directly reveals itself to mortals.

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Does Vertigo count?

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@50710 yeah it does

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In Vertigo DC comics, we see the presence of “Lucifer” (TV series) on earth 666 (as revealed by a CW cross-over.) So Abrahamic presence exists. From what I’ve been reading, The Presence is what accounts for Christian/Judaeo existence in DC.

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That’s about as close as we get in DC. In terms of Abrahamic God there’s also other characters with biblical origins such as The Phantom Stranger. He’s had a couple origin stories, but one of them is being Judas Iscariot cursed to wander the world forever as a Stranger to anyone he meets. I believe that origin has him seeking redemption for betraying Christ and each sufficient act of attonement allows him to drop one of the 30 silver coins around his neck.

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