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* A downplayed example in the original Creator/ValiantComics runs of ''ComicBook/ArcherAndArmstrong'' and ''ComicBook/EternalWarrior'' is Mademoiselle Phoebe, a French noblewoman worshipped as a living saint by the Order of Saint Phoebe, a sect of the French Knights Templar. They zealously believe her to be a chaste holy woman, when in fact she is a hedonistic saboteur and an agent of the French King, who hopes to use her to drive a wedge between the Catholic Church and King Richard of England. When she becomes pregnant after being seduced by Armstrong, she maintains her control over her followers by claiming that she as raped by a demon. In the 21st century, Armstrong is still hunted by "The Sect", a band of fanatic killers who believe him to be TheAntiChrist who descend from the Order of Saint Phoebe (plus Muslims angry that Armstrong leveled a mosque built by Saladin's father-in-law).
* In Creator/WarrenEllis's comic ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', the main superhero team actually fight "God," which turns out to be a gigantic pyramid-like entity which created the Earth as a "retirement home" (unfortunately, its home environment looks like {{Mordor}} crossed with a [[{{Film/Alien}} Xenomorph hive]]) and is bugged when it returns to find humanity has since evolved (life on Earth was a total accident caused by a random meteor strike billions of years ago) and intends to keep on living there. They end up frying its brains out, assuring the civilization of sentient intestinal parasites living in it that only the higher brain functions will be affected, letting them survive.
* One major story arc in ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'' comics started as a result of Count Dracula appearing before a Satanic cult preparing a sacrifice to give to their dark master. Afterwards, Dracula says that he is in fact the Devil, and that the cult should serve him.
* In ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'', Flynn Ryan pretends to be an angry Lion God (complete with lion suit) to frighten General Kingu into revealing his scheme to mine the Moon. [[spoiler:The [[LandMineGoesClick other]] kind of mine.]]
* In the Franco-Belgian comic ''ComicBook/{{Thorgal}}'', the last survivor of a group of refugees from [[AncientAstronauts Atlantis]] uses PsychicPowers to pose as a god in the eyes of [[{{Mayincatec}} pre-Columbian cultures]].
* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, ComicBook/TheEternals are an immortal race of super-beings (not aliens themselves, but created by aliens) who are worshiped as Gods. The original series was a riff on books like ''Chariots of the Gods'', which started the AncientAstronauts trend of the early 70s. Later comics show the AncientAstronauts, the Celestials, are Gods, who keep the universe running.
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', the alien {{Energy Being|s}} called the Phoenix Force is worshiped as a God by a [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientology-esque cult]]. Speaking of Phoenix, in the canon run of the mutant titles Shi'ar renegade Deathbird once came knocking with her own method of drawing power from a divine entity called "Phalkon". It turned out to be Phoenix. The Phoenix Force had manifested in the Shi'ar galaxy long before it ever got involved with anyone from Earth.
* The backstory of the ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'' says that before their ancestors settled the Microverse, they made a pit stop on ancient Earth, where some of them were mistaken for the Hindu Gods.
* The {{Cloudcuckoolander}} villainess White Rabbit became the goddess of a primitive tribe in the Savage Land.
* In ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', in one of Alan Moore's stories about Abelard Snazz, the sleazy genius is mistaken as a god by the unluckiest planet in the universe. Their luck only gets worse.
* In Creator/WarrenEllis's comic ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', the main superhero team actually fight "God," which turns out to be a gigantic pyramid-like entity which created the Earth as a "retirement home" (unfortunately, its home environment looks like {{Mordor}} crossed with a [[{{Film/Alien}} Xenomorph hive]]) and is bugged when it returns to find humanity has since evolved (life on Earth was a total accident caused by a random meteor strike billions of years ago) and intends to keep on living there. They end up frying its brains out, assuring the civilization of sentient intestinal parasites living in it that only the higher brain functions will be affected, letting them survive.
* One major story arc in ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'' comics started as a result of Count Dracula appearing before a Satanic cult preparing a sacrifice to give to their dark master. Afterwards, Dracula says that he is in fact the Devil, and that the cult should serve him.
* In ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'', Flynn Ryan pretends to be an angry Lion God (complete with lion suit) to frighten General Kingu into revealing his scheme to mine the Moon. [[spoiler:The [[LandMineGoesClick other]] kind of mine.]]
* In the Franco-Belgian comic ''ComicBook/{{Thorgal}}'', the last survivor of a group of refugees from [[AncientAstronauts Atlantis]] uses PsychicPowers to pose as a god in the eyes of [[{{Mayincatec}} pre-Columbian cultures]].
* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, ComicBook/TheEternals are an immortal race of super-beings (not aliens themselves, but created by aliens) who are worshiped as Gods. The original series was a riff on books like ''Chariots of the Gods'', which started the AncientAstronauts trend of the early 70s. Later comics show the AncientAstronauts, the Celestials, are Gods, who keep the universe running.
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', the alien {{Energy Being|s}} called the Phoenix Force is worshiped as a God by a [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientology-esque cult]]. Speaking of Phoenix, in the canon run of the mutant titles Shi'ar renegade Deathbird once came knocking with her own method of drawing power from a divine entity called "Phalkon". It turned out to be Phoenix. The Phoenix Force had manifested in the Shi'ar galaxy long before it ever got involved with anyone from Earth.
* The backstory of the ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'' says that before their ancestors settled the Microverse, they made a pit stop on ancient Earth, where some of them were mistaken for the Hindu Gods.
* The {{Cloudcuckoolander}} villainess White Rabbit became the goddess of a primitive tribe in the Savage Land.
* In ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', in one of Alan Moore's stories about Abelard Snazz, the sleazy genius is mistaken as a god by the unluckiest planet in the universe. Their luck only gets worse.
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* A downplayed example ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'': In one of Alan Moore's stories about Abelard Snazz, the sleazy genius is mistaken as a god by the unluckiest planet in the original Creator/ValiantComics runs of ''ComicBook/ArcherAndArmstrong'' and ''ComicBook/EternalWarrior'' is Mademoiselle Phoebe, a French noblewoman worshipped as a living saint by the Order of Saint Phoebe, a sect of the French Knights Templar. They zealously believe her to be a chaste holy woman, when in fact she is a hedonistic saboteur and an agent of the French King, who hopes to use her to drive a wedge between the Catholic Church and King Richard of England. When she becomes pregnant after being seduced by Armstrong, she maintains her control over her followers by claiming that she as raped by a demon. In the 21st century, Armstrong is still hunted by "The Sect", a band of fanatic killers who believe him to be TheAntiChrist who descend from the Order of Saint Phoebe (plus Muslims angry that Armstrong leveled a mosque built by Saladin's father-in-law).
universe. Their luck only gets worse.
*In Creator/WarrenEllis's comic ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', the ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': The main superhero team actually fight "God," which turns out to be a gigantic pyramid-like entity which created the Earth as a "retirement home" (unfortunately, its home environment looks like {{Mordor}} crossed with a [[{{Film/Alien}} Xenomorph hive]]) and is bugged when it returns to find humanity has since evolved (life on Earth was a total accident caused by a random meteor strike billions of years ago) and intends to keep on living there. They end up frying its brains out, assuring the civilization of sentient intestinal parasites living in it that only the higher brain functions will be affected, letting them survive.
*One major story arc in ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'' comics started ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] has cults across the world who worship her as a result [[TheGrimReaper an incarnation of Count Dracula appearing before a Satanic cult preparing a sacrifice death itself]]. She doesn't actively encourage this behavior, but is entirely willing to give exploit it when it suits her. It certainly does nothing to their dark master. Afterwards, Dracula says dissuade this belief that he she is in fact the Devil, and that the cult should serve him.
* In ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'', Flynn Ryan pretendsjust as likely to be an angry Lion God (complete kill her worshippers, not because she's unhappy with lion suit) to frighten General Kingu into revealing his scheme to mine the Moon. [[spoiler:The [[LandMineGoesClick other]] kind of mine.]]
* In the Franco-Belgian comic ''ComicBook/{{Thorgal}}'', the last survivor of a group of refugees from [[AncientAstronauts Atlantis]] uses PsychicPowers to pose as a god in the eyes of [[{{Mayincatec}} pre-Columbian cultures]].
* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, ComicBook/TheEternals are an immortal race of super-beings (not aliens themselves,them, but created by aliens) who are worshiped as Gods. The original series was a riff on books like ''Chariots of the Gods'', which started the AncientAstronauts trend of the early 70s. Later comics show the AncientAstronauts, the Celestials, are Gods, who keep the universe running.
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', the alien {{Energy Being|s}} called the Phoenix Force is worshiped as a God by a [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientology-esque cult]]. Speaking of Phoenix, in the canon run of the mutant titles Shi'ar renegade Deathbird once came knocking with her own method of drawing power from a divine entity called "Phalkon". It turned out to be Phoenix. The Phoenix Force had manifested in the Shi'ar galaxy long before it ever got involved with anyone from Earth.
* The backstory of the ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'' says that before their ancestors settled the Microverse,[[BlueAndOrangeMorality simply because they made a pit stop on ancient Earth, where some of them were mistaken for the Hindu Gods.
* The {{Cloudcuckoolander}} villainess White Rabbit became the goddess of a primitive tribe in the Savage Land.
* In ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', in one of Alan Moore's stories about Abelard Snazz, the sleazy genius is mistaken as a god by the unluckiest planet in the universe. Their luck only gets worse.there.]]
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* In ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'', Flynn Ryan pretends
* In the Franco-Belgian comic ''ComicBook/{{Thorgal}}'', the last survivor of a group of refugees from [[AncientAstronauts Atlantis]] uses PsychicPowers to pose as a god in the eyes of [[{{Mayincatec}} pre-Columbian cultures]].
* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, ComicBook/TheEternals are an immortal race of super-beings (not aliens themselves,
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', the alien {{Energy Being|s}} called the Phoenix Force is worshiped as a God by a [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientology-esque cult]]. Speaking of Phoenix, in the canon run of the mutant titles Shi'ar renegade Deathbird once came knocking with her own method of drawing power from a divine entity called "Phalkon". It turned out to be Phoenix. The Phoenix Force had manifested in the Shi'ar galaxy long before it ever got involved with anyone from Earth.
* The backstory of the ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'' says that before their ancestors settled the Microverse,
* The {{Cloudcuckoolander}} villainess White Rabbit became the goddess of a primitive tribe in the Savage Land.
* In ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', in one of Alan Moore's stories about Abelard Snazz, the sleazy genius is mistaken as a god by the unluckiest planet in the universe. Their luck only gets worse.
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* In ''ComicBook/DangerGirl: Revolver'', Abbey is mistaken for a sun goddess because she has blonde hair.
* An issue of ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|MarvelComics}}'' reveals an island nation whose inhabitants saw the "All-New, All-Different" X-Men lineup in their first battle, against [[Characters/XMenKrakoans Krakoa]], the Living Island. They are worshiped as Gods: [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], who later became a priest, doesn't seem to mind spending a vacation enjoying this fact. He has to defeat another living island first, though.
* Back when ComicBook/GreenLantern Kyle Rayner had become the God-like Ion, there came a moment when Superman admonished him for already having his own religion.
* An issue of ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|MarvelComics}}'' reveals an island nation whose inhabitants saw the "All-New, All-Different" X-Men lineup in their first battle, against [[Characters/XMenKrakoans Krakoa]], the Living Island. They are worshiped as Gods: [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], who later became a priest, doesn't seem to mind spending a vacation enjoying this fact. He has to defeat another living island first, though.
* Back when ComicBook/GreenLantern Kyle Rayner had become the God-like Ion, there came a moment when Superman admonished him for already having his own religion.
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* ''ComicBook/DangerGirl'': In ''ComicBook/DangerGirl: ''Danger Girl: Revolver'', Abbey is mistaken for a sun goddess because she has blonde hair.
* An issue of ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|MarvelComics}}'' reveals an island nation whose inhabitants saw the "All-New, All-Different" X-Men lineup in their first battle, against [[Characters/XMenKrakoans Krakoa]], the Living Island. They are worshiped as Gods: [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], who later became a priest, doesn't seem to mind spending a vacation enjoying this fact. He has to defeat another living island first, though.
* Back when ComicBook/GreenLantern Kyle Rayner had become the God-like Ion, there came a moment when Superman admonished him for already having his own religion.hair.
* An issue of ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|MarvelComics}}'' reveals an island nation whose inhabitants saw the "All-New, All-Different" X-Men lineup in their first battle, against [[Characters/XMenKrakoans Krakoa]], the Living Island. They are worshiped as Gods: [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], who later became a priest, doesn't seem to mind spending a vacation enjoying this fact. He has to defeat another living island first, though.
* Back when ComicBook/GreenLantern Kyle Rayner had become the God-like Ion, there came a moment when Superman admonished him for already having his own religion.
* ''ComicBook/TheEternals'': The Eternals are an immortal race of super-beings (not aliens themselves, but created by aliens) who are worshiped as Gods. The original series was a riff on books like ''Chariots of the Gods'', which started the AncientAstronauts trend of the early 70s. Later comics show the AncientAstronauts, the Celestials, are Gods, who keep the universe running.
* ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|MarvelComics}}'': One issue reveals an island nation whose inhabitants saw the "All-New, All-Different" X-Men lineup in their first battle, against [[Characters/XMenKrakoans Krakoa]], the Living Island. They are worshiped as Gods: [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], who later became a priest, doesn't seem to mind spending a vacation enjoying this fact. He has to defeat another living island first, though.
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Back when Kyle Rayner had become the God-like Ion, there came a moment when Superman admonished him for already having his own religion.
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': Done with a ShoutOut to ''Film/RealGenius'' in ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk1968'' #384, when an inch-tall Hulk secretly perches on The Abomination's shoulder and pretends to be the voice of God to stop a kidnapping.
* ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'': The comic had this, with Ben Boxer having to prove that he was "The Mighty One" to a tribe of intelligent apes. Ironically, the legends of "The Mighty One" were a FutureImperfect version of Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}!
* ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'': The backstory says that before their ancestors settled the Microverse, they made a pit stop on ancient Earth, where some of them were mistaken for the Hindu Gods.
* ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'': In one issue, [[AiIsACrapshoot Two]] hijacks the body of a droid of the TimePolice and ends up involuntarily in the Old West, where a tribe of Native Americans start worshiping him.
* ''ComicBook/TheRedWing'': Lampshaded and averted in issue #2 --Dominic's father, having time-crashed into a Mesoamerican city, is afraid that he'll be mistaken for a god due to his appearance and his technology. Therefore, at the first signs that this is happening, he draws blood from a native priest and then cuts himself to show that he's just as human as they are.
* ''ComicBook/RulahJungleGoddess'': In her OriginStory Rulah saves a tribe from the local tyrant, a white JunglePrincess much like herself, and is proclaimed its ruler — provided she can prove herself by killing a starving leopard with nothing but a dagger, which she does. The natives hail her as Rulah, Jungle Goddess.
* ''ComicBook/{{Sigil}}'': In the world-jumping plot arc, SpaceMarine Sam Rey arrives in the middle of a Dark Ages-esque battlefield (from ''Brath''), and uses the power of his Sigil to frighten away the invaders and earn worship from the locals. However, he explains to the local leaders as soon as possible that he's no god, just very, ''very'' lost (... and [[ChronicHeroSyndrome pretty good at helping people]]). [[spoiler: They aren't convinced, mostly because he ''does'' help them and even helps take down the opposing army's "god", one of the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien First]].]]
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': The {{Cloudcuckoolander}} villainess White Rabbit became the goddess of a primitive tribe in the Savage Land.
* ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'': Flynn Ryan pretends to be an angry Lion God (complete with lion suit) to frighten General Kingu into revealing his scheme to mine the Moon. [[spoiler:The [[LandMineGoesClick other]] kind of mine.]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|MarvelComics}}'': One issue reveals an island nation whose inhabitants saw the "All-New, All-Different" X-Men lineup in their first battle, against [[Characters/XMenKrakoans Krakoa]], the Living Island. They are worshiped as Gods: [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], who later became a priest, doesn't seem to mind spending a vacation enjoying this fact. He has to defeat another living island first, though.
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Back when Kyle Rayner had become the God-like Ion, there came a moment when Superman admonished him for already having his own religion.
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': Done with a ShoutOut to ''Film/RealGenius'' in ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk1968'' #384, when an inch-tall Hulk secretly perches on The Abomination's shoulder and pretends to be the voice of God to stop a kidnapping.
* ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'': The comic had this, with Ben Boxer having to prove that he was "The Mighty One" to a tribe of intelligent apes. Ironically, the legends of "The Mighty One" were a FutureImperfect version of Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}!
* ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'': The backstory says that before their ancestors settled the Microverse, they made a pit stop on ancient Earth, where some of them were mistaken for the Hindu Gods.
* ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'': In one issue, [[AiIsACrapshoot Two]] hijacks the body of a droid of the TimePolice and ends up involuntarily in the Old West, where a tribe of Native Americans start worshiping him.
* ''ComicBook/TheRedWing'': Lampshaded and averted in issue #2 --Dominic's father, having time-crashed into a Mesoamerican city, is afraid that he'll be mistaken for a god due to his appearance and his technology. Therefore, at the first signs that this is happening, he draws blood from a native priest and then cuts himself to show that he's just as human as they are.
* ''ComicBook/RulahJungleGoddess'': In her OriginStory Rulah saves a tribe from the local tyrant, a white JunglePrincess much like herself, and is proclaimed its ruler — provided she can prove herself by killing a starving leopard with nothing but a dagger, which she does. The natives hail her as Rulah, Jungle Goddess.
* ''ComicBook/{{Sigil}}'': In the world-jumping plot arc, SpaceMarine Sam Rey arrives in the middle of a Dark Ages-esque battlefield (from ''Brath''), and uses the power of his Sigil to frighten away the invaders and earn worship from the locals. However, he explains to the local leaders as soon as possible that he's no god, just very, ''very'' lost (... and [[ChronicHeroSyndrome pretty good at helping people]]). [[spoiler: They aren't convinced, mostly because he ''does'' help them and even helps take down the opposing army's "god", one of the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien First]].]]
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': The {{Cloudcuckoolander}} villainess White Rabbit became the goddess of a primitive tribe in the Savage Land.
* ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'': Flynn Ryan pretends to be an angry Lion God (complete with lion suit) to frighten General Kingu into revealing his scheme to mine the Moon. [[spoiler:The [[LandMineGoesClick other]] kind of mine.]]
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* Done with a ShoutOut to ''Film/RealGenius'' in ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' #384, when an inch-tall Hulk secretly perches on The Abomination's shoulder and pretends to be the voice of God to stop a kidnapping.
* ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'' had this, with Ben Boxer having to prove that he was "The Mighty One" to a tribe of intelligent apes. Ironically, the legends of "The Mighty One" were a FutureImperfect version of Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}!
* [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] has cults across the world who worship her as [[TheGrimReaper an incarnation of death itself]]. She doesn't actively encourage this behavior, but is entirely willing to exploit it when it suits her. It certainly does nothing to dissuade this belief that she is just as likely to kill her worshippers, not because she's unhappy with them, but [[BlueAndOrangeMorality simply because they were there.]]
* In one issue of ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', [[AiIsACrapshoot Two]] hijacks the body of a droid of the TimePolice and ends up involuntarily in the Old West, where a tribe of Native Americans start worshiping him.
* Lampshaded and averted by ''ComicBook/TheRedWing'' in issue #2 --Dominic's father, having time-crashed into a Mesoamerican city, is afraid that he'll be mistaken for a god due to his appearance and his technology. Therefore, at the first signs that this is happening, he draws blood from a native priest and then cuts himself to show that he's just as human as they are.
* ''ComicBook/RulahJungleGoddess'': In her OriginStory Rulah saves a tribe from the local tyrant, a white JunglePrincess much like herself, and is proclaimed its ruler — provided she can prove herself by killing a starving leopard with nothing but a dagger, which she does. The natives hail her as Rulah, Jungle Goddess.
* In the world-jumping plot arc of ''[[Creator/CrossGen Sigil]]'', SpaceMarine Sam Rey arrives in the middle of a Dark Ages-esque battlefield (from ''Brath''), and uses the power of his Sigil to frighten away the invaders and earn worship from the locals. However, he explains to the local leaders as soon as possible that he's no god, just very, ''very'' lost (... and [[ChronicHeroSyndrome pretty good at helping people]]). [[spoiler: They aren't convinced, mostly because he ''does'' help them and even helps take down the opposing army's "god", one of the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien First]].]]
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' was worshiped as a rain goddess by African tribes. The third issue of her 2014 series reveals that the tribespeople knew all along that she wasn't actually a goddess but "just" a crazy girl with a huge ego and weather manipulation powers. They humored her because they needed the rain.
* ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'' had this, with Ben Boxer having to prove that he was "The Mighty One" to a tribe of intelligent apes. Ironically, the legends of "The Mighty One" were a FutureImperfect version of Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}!
* [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] has cults across the world who worship her as [[TheGrimReaper an incarnation of death itself]]. She doesn't actively encourage this behavior, but is entirely willing to exploit it when it suits her. It certainly does nothing to dissuade this belief that she is just as likely to kill her worshippers, not because she's unhappy with them, but [[BlueAndOrangeMorality simply because they were there.]]
* In one issue of ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', [[AiIsACrapshoot Two]] hijacks the body of a droid of the TimePolice and ends up involuntarily in the Old West, where a tribe of Native Americans start worshiping him.
* Lampshaded and averted by ''ComicBook/TheRedWing'' in issue #2 --Dominic's father, having time-crashed into a Mesoamerican city, is afraid that he'll be mistaken for a god due to his appearance and his technology. Therefore, at the first signs that this is happening, he draws blood from a native priest and then cuts himself to show that he's just as human as they are.
* ''ComicBook/RulahJungleGoddess'': In her OriginStory Rulah saves a tribe from the local tyrant, a white JunglePrincess much like herself, and is proclaimed its ruler — provided she can prove herself by killing a starving leopard with nothing but a dagger, which she does. The natives hail her as Rulah, Jungle Goddess.
* In the world-jumping plot arc of ''[[Creator/CrossGen Sigil]]'', SpaceMarine Sam Rey arrives in the middle of a Dark Ages-esque battlefield (from ''Brath''), and uses the power of his Sigil to frighten away the invaders and earn worship from the locals. However, he explains to the local leaders as soon as possible that he's no god, just very, ''very'' lost (... and [[ChronicHeroSyndrome pretty good at helping people]]). [[spoiler: They aren't convinced, mostly because he ''does'' help them and even helps take down the opposing army's "god", one of the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien First]].]]
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' was worshiped as a rain goddess by African tribes. The third issue of her 2014 series reveals that the tribespeople knew all along that she wasn't actually a goddess but "just" a crazy girl with a huge ego and weather manipulation powers. They humored her because they needed the rain.
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* Done with a ShoutOut to ''Film/RealGenius'' in ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' #384, when an inch-tall Hulk secretly perches on The Abomination's shoulder and pretends to be ''ComicBook/{{Thorgal}}'': In the voice of God to stop a kidnapping.
* ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'' had this, with Ben Boxer having to prove that he was "The Mighty One" to a tribe of intelligent apes. Ironically,Franco-Belgian comic, the legends of "The Mighty One" were a FutureImperfect version of Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}!
* [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] has cults across the world who worship her as [[TheGrimReaper an incarnation of death itself]]. She doesn't actively encourage this behavior, but is entirely willing to exploit it when it suits her. It certainly does nothing to dissuade this belief that she is just as likely to kill her worshippers, not because she's unhappy with them, but [[BlueAndOrangeMorality simply because they were there.]]
* In one issue of ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', [[AiIsACrapshoot Two]] hijacks the bodylast survivor of a droid group of the TimePolice and ends up involuntarily refugees from [[AncientAstronauts Atlantis]] uses PsychicPowers to pose as a god in the Old West, where a tribe eyes of Native Americans start worshiping him.
* Lampshaded and averted by ''ComicBook/TheRedWing'' in issue #2 --Dominic's father, having time-crashed into a Mesoamerican city, is afraid that he'll be mistaken for a god due to his appearance and his technology. Therefore, at the first signs that this is happening, he draws blood from a native priest and then cuts himself to show that he's just as human as they are.
* ''ComicBook/RulahJungleGoddess'': In her OriginStory Rulah saves a tribe from the local tyrant, a white JunglePrincess much like herself, and is proclaimed its ruler — provided she can prove herself by killing a starving leopard with nothing but a dagger, which she does. The natives hail her as Rulah, Jungle Goddess.
* In the world-jumping plot arc of ''[[Creator/CrossGen Sigil]]'', SpaceMarine Sam Rey arrives in the middle of a Dark Ages-esque battlefield (from ''Brath''), and uses the power of his Sigil to frighten away the invaders and earn worship from the locals. However, he explains to the local leaders as soon as possible that he's no god, just very, ''very'' lost (... and [[ChronicHeroSyndrome pretty good at helping people]]). [[spoiler: They aren't convinced, mostly because he ''does'' help them and even helps take down the opposing army's "god", one of the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien First]].]]
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' was worshiped as a rain goddess by African tribes. The third issue of her 2014 series reveals that the tribespeople knew all along that she wasn't actually a goddess but "just" a crazy girl with a huge ego and weather manipulation powers. They humored her because they needed the rain.[[{{Mayincatec}} pre-Columbian cultures]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'' had this, with Ben Boxer having to prove that he was "The Mighty One" to a tribe of intelligent apes. Ironically,
* [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] has cults across the world who worship her as [[TheGrimReaper an incarnation of death itself]]. She doesn't actively encourage this behavior, but is entirely willing to exploit it when it suits her. It certainly does nothing to dissuade this belief that she is just as likely to kill her worshippers, not because she's unhappy with them, but [[BlueAndOrangeMorality simply because they were there.]]
* In one issue of ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', [[AiIsACrapshoot Two]] hijacks the body
* Lampshaded and averted by ''ComicBook/TheRedWing'' in issue #2 --Dominic's father, having time-crashed into a Mesoamerican city, is afraid that he'll be mistaken for a god due to his appearance and his technology. Therefore, at the first signs that this is happening, he draws blood from a native priest and then cuts himself to show that he's just as human as they are.
* ''ComicBook/RulahJungleGoddess'': In her OriginStory Rulah saves a tribe from the local tyrant, a white JunglePrincess much like herself, and is proclaimed its ruler — provided she can prove herself by killing a starving leopard with nothing but a dagger, which she does. The natives hail her as Rulah, Jungle Goddess.
* In the world-jumping plot arc of ''[[Creator/CrossGen Sigil]]'', SpaceMarine Sam Rey arrives in the middle of a Dark Ages-esque battlefield (from ''Brath''), and uses the power of his Sigil to frighten away the invaders and earn worship from the locals. However, he explains to the local leaders as soon as possible that he's no god, just very, ''very'' lost (... and [[ChronicHeroSyndrome pretty good at helping people]]). [[spoiler: They aren't convinced, mostly because he ''does'' help them and even helps take down the opposing army's "god", one of the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien First]].]]
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' was worshiped as a rain goddess by African tribes. The third issue of her 2014 series reveals that the tribespeople knew all along that she wasn't actually a goddess but "just" a crazy girl with a huge ego and weather manipulation powers. They humored her because they needed the rain.
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* Following the Yargonians' first visit in ''ComicBook/TraggAndTheSkyGods'', Tragg's tribe regard them as gods and for their return.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', some of the Viet Cong prisoners who surrender to Dr. Manhattan appear to consider him a god. Given his god-like powers and interest in creating life, this could be a subversion.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', some of the Viet Cong prisoners who surrender to Dr. Manhattan appear to consider him a god. Given his god-like powers and interest in creating life, this could be a subversion.
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* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'': One major story arc started as a result of Count Dracula appearing before a Satanic cult preparing a sacrifice to give to their dark master. Afterwards, Dracula says that he is in fact the Devil, and that the cult should serve him.
* ''ComicBook/TraggAndTheSkyGods'': Following the Yargonians' firstvisit in ''ComicBook/TraggAndTheSkyGods'', visit, Tragg's tribe regard them as gods and for their return.
* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': The alien {{Energy Being|s}} called the Phoenix Force is worshiped as a God by a [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientology-esque cult]]. Speaking of Phoenix, in the canon run of the mutant titles Shi'ar renegade Deathbird once came knocking with her own method of drawing power from a divine entity called "Phalkon". It turned out to be Phoenix. The Phoenix Force had manifested in the Shi'ar galaxy long before it ever got involved with anyone from Earth.
* ''Creator/ValiantComics'': A downplayed example in the original Creator/ValiantComics runs of ''ComicBook/ArcherAndArmstrong'' and ''ComicBook/EternalWarrior'' is Mademoiselle Phoebe, a French noblewoman worshipped as a living saint by the Order of Saint Phoebe, a sect of the French Knights Templar. They zealously believe her to be a chaste holy woman, when in fact she is a hedonistic saboteur and an agent of the French King, who hopes to use her to drive a wedge between the Catholic Church and King Richard of England. When she becomes pregnant after being seduced by Armstrong, she maintains her control over her followers by claiming that she as raped by a demon. In''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', some the 21st century, Armstrong is still hunted by "The Sect", a band of fanatic killers who believe him to be TheAntiChrist who descend from the Order of Saint Phoebe (plus Muslims angry that Armstrong leveled a mosque built by Saladin's father-in-law).
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Some of the Viet Cong prisoners who surrender to Dr. Manhattan appear to consider him a god. Given his god-like powers and interest in creating life, this could be a subversion.
* ''ComicBook/TraggAndTheSkyGods'': Following the Yargonians' first
* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': The alien {{Energy Being|s}} called the Phoenix Force is worshiped as a God by a [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientology-esque cult]]. Speaking of Phoenix, in the canon run of the mutant titles Shi'ar renegade Deathbird once came knocking with her own method of drawing power from a divine entity called "Phalkon". It turned out to be Phoenix. The Phoenix Force had manifested in the Shi'ar galaxy long before it ever got involved with anyone from Earth.
* ''Creator/ValiantComics'': A downplayed example in the original Creator/ValiantComics runs of ''ComicBook/ArcherAndArmstrong'' and ''ComicBook/EternalWarrior'' is Mademoiselle Phoebe, a French noblewoman worshipped as a living saint by the Order of Saint Phoebe, a sect of the French Knights Templar. They zealously believe her to be a chaste holy woman, when in fact she is a hedonistic saboteur and an agent of the French King, who hopes to use her to drive a wedge between the Catholic Church and King Richard of England. When she becomes pregnant after being seduced by Armstrong, she maintains her control over her followers by claiming that she as raped by a demon. In
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Some of the Viet Cong prisoners who surrender to Dr. Manhattan appear to consider him a god. Given his god-like powers and interest in creating life, this could be a subversion.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] was worshiped as a rain goddess by African tribes. The third issue of her 2014 series reveals that the tribespeople knew all along that she wasn't actually a goddess but "just" a crazy girl with a huge ego and weather manipulation powers. They humored her because they needed the rain.
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* In ''Videogame/GenshinImpact'', a major revelation in the Fontaine storyline is that [[spoiler:Furina is not the true Hydro Archon, instead being the actual Hydro Archon Focalor's human aspect granted immortality (and no other powers beside that) to play the role of Archon as part of a centuries-long scheme to save Fontaine from "[[TheGreatFlood The Prophecy]]"]]. For all of her bombastic nature, having to sell the idea that she's an actual God for five centuries with no guarantee of any real payoff has done quite the number on her emotional well-being.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', Yugo tapping into the power of the Eliatrope Dofuses in the OVA screws up time, allowing some humans in the ''Dofus'' era to see him. These people understandably believe the incredibly powerful being manipulating space and time before their eyes is some previously unknown god-king and begin to worship him. Due to the way souls and races work in the setting, this retroactively introduces a new race to the World of Twelve, the Eliotropes. This new race wields powers similar to the Eliatropes and worship Yugo as their god. Yugo meanwhile is blissfully unaware that he has worshipers. Interestingly enough, Yugo ''is'' technically a demigod by being one of the first-born children of [[TheMaker the Great Goddess Eliatrope and the Great Dragon]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', Yugo tapping into the power of the Eliatrope Dofuses in the OVA screws up time, allowing some humans in the ''Dofus'' era to see him. These people understandably believe the incredibly powerful being manipulating space and time before their eyes is some previously unknown god-king and begin to worship him. Due to the way souls and races work in the setting, this retroactively introduces a new race to the World of Twelve, the Eliotropes. This new race wields powers similar to the Eliatropes and worship Yugo as their god. Yugo meanwhile is blissfully unaware that he has worshipers.worshipers [[spoiler:until Season 3 where [[LastOfHisKind the last surviving Eliotrope]] Oropo reveals he has a bone to pick with his unknowing deity]]. Interestingly enough, Yugo ''is'' technically a demigod by being one of the first-born children of [[TheMaker the Great Goddess Eliatrope and the Great Dragon]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', Yugo tapping into the power of the Eliatrope Dofuses in the OVA screws up time, allowing some humans in the ''Dofus'' era to see him. These people understandably believe the incredibly powerful being manipulating space and time before their eyes is some previously unknown god-king and begin to worship him. Due to the way souls and races work in the setting, this retroactively introduces a new race to the World of Twelve, the Eliotropes. This new race wields powers similar to the Eliatropes and worship Yugo as their god. Yugo meanwhile is blissfully unaware that he has worshipers.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', Yugo tapping into the power of the Eliatrope Dofuses in the OVA screws up time, allowing some humans in the ''Dofus'' era to see him. These people understandably believe the incredibly powerful being manipulating space and time before their eyes is some previously unknown god-king and begin to worship him. Due to the way souls and races work in the setting, this retroactively introduces a new race to the World of Twelve, the Eliotropes. This new race wields powers similar to the Eliatropes and worship Yugo as their god. Yugo meanwhile is blissfully unaware that he has worshipers. Interestingly enough, Yugo ''is'' technically a demigod by being one of the first-born children of [[TheMaker the Great Goddess Eliatrope and the Great Dragon]].
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* In ''Fanfic/TheAmazingSpiderLuzInAcrossTheOwlVerse'': [[spoiler:The voice that communes with both Belos and the Titan Trappers claims to be the Boiling Isles Titan himself, but there's enough evidence in the story to indicate that it's lying. Besides the fact that it needs both groups to find the Birthing tower of the last Titan child instead of just telling them where it is, there's also the battles with Ingrimaxus -- Belos explicitly notes that the magic gifted to him by the Titan was outright useless against the dragon last time it showed up, and it's why he doesn't even bother fighting against it himself when it returns in the present day. When Luz uses her own Titan Glyph magic against it, however, the magic proves to be ''extremely'' effective in halting the dragon in its tracks, and a Fire Glyph drawn on Ingrimaxus' head is what ultimately kills the beast for good. While the entity's identity is currently unknown, it's all but certain that it is ''not'' the Boiling Isles Titan.]]
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* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'': Hiccup flies to Normandy to order the civilians to evacuate, but he doesn't speak Norman French, and so speaks in Latin (through a Thunderdrum, which acts as a natural loudspeaker). It's not surprising that some people think a figure standing in a flying chariot pulled by dragons, holding a flaming sword, and yelling "BE NOT AFRAID" in Latin is an angel.
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* ''Manga/AfterGod'': Not helped by the public believing [=IPOs=] being actual gods and them talking the title, Ahu'az and Orokapi have gathered a few human minions, giving them powers in exchange for worship.
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Also see ScamReligion, AncientAstronauts, CargoCult, EngineeredHeroics. HumansAreCthulhu is when primitive civilizations assume technologically-advanced humans as this. A suptrope of ShamSupernatural; see also its sister trope FakeWizardry.
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Also see ScamReligion, AncientAstronauts, CargoCult, EngineeredHeroics. HumansAreCthulhu is when primitive civilizations assume technologically-advanced humans as this. A suptrope sub-trope of ShamSupernatural; see also its sister trope FakeWizardry.
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* ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'' has [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Death Robe/Death Rube/Deese Louve]], the guru of the Silver Wolf Cult presented as the reincarnation of the wolf god Ginrou. And who's actually Michiru's friend Nazuna, who became a [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]] and is using her shapeshifting powers to dupe her followers [[spoiler: while being set up by the cult's leader and his corporate backers in order to provoke a mass Nirvasil outbreak when she's outed as a former human]].
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* ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'' has [[SpellMyNameWithAnS [[InconsistentSpelling Death Robe/Death Rube/Deese Louve]], the guru of the Silver Wolf Cult presented as the reincarnation of the wolf god Ginrou. And who's actually Michiru's friend Nazuna, who became a [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]] and is using her shapeshifting powers to dupe her followers [[spoiler: while being set up by the cult's leader and his corporate backers in order to provoke a mass Nirvasil outbreak when she's outed as a former human]].
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* In ''VideoGame/LandsOfLore III'', one of the last dimensions protagonist Copper visits is the Shattered Desert, half of which you spend in an underground base controlled by a recently-awakened AI. After some brief communications, the AI determines that the technology in its home is far beyond Copper's comprehension, and when Copper asks if it's a god after it refers to its base as a "temple", it responds "as you understand the definition, yes, I ''am'' a God".
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** Also mocked in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': when [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] gets all AGodAmI, [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Hulk]] is quick to [[CurbStompBattle point out]] that if he ''is'' a god, he's a ''puny'' one.
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** Also mocked in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': when [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] gets all AGodAmI, [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Hulk]] is quick to [[CurbStompBattle point out]] that if he ''is'' a god, he's a ''puny'' one.
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** There was a conquistador who did actually pretend to be a god to the natives, Hernando de Soto, a former lieutenant to UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro who led an expedition across North America. In a subversion, however, De Soto was known to be more than a bit crazy even before suffering the perils of the conquest, so there are suspicions that he [[AGodIAm actually started believing himself he was a god]] before dying during the travel.
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** There was a conquistador who did actually pretend to be a god to the natives, Hernando de Soto, a former lieutenant to UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro who led an expedition across North America. In a subversion, however, De Soto was known to be more than a bit crazy even before suffering the perils of the conquest, so there are suspicions that he [[AGodIAm [[AGodAmI actually started believing himself he was a god]] before dying during the travel.
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* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'', when you resurrect God, he immediately begins an evil tyrannical regime that confuses and subjugates the newly reunited world. Seems like GodIsEvil, right? Well, turns out this "God" is actually [[spoiler:the thought-to-be-defeated Demon Lord in disguise]]. You eventually ''do'' fight God, but it's as a BonusBoss outside of anything resembling the plot.
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* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'', when you resurrect God, he immediately begins an evil tyrannical regime that confuses and subjugates the newly reunited world. Seems like GodIsEvil, right? Well, turns out this "God" is actually [[spoiler:the thought-to-be-defeated Demon Lord in disguise]]. You eventually ''do'' fight God, but it's as a BonusBoss {{Superboss}} outside of anything resembling the plot.
