It's a little known fact that they're fallen away Catholics. Additionally, Superman's Methodist, Beast is Episcopalian, and the Mormons can claim the Wonder Twins. All this information comes from adherents.com, which has used references from comic books to affiliate dozens of characters with various religious groups. It's worth checking out for those of you who have always been curious of the eternal destinies of fictional souls.
And there is also this little tidbit on the site:
Most people familiar with comics are aware that the Comics Code restricted content such as nudity, drug use, graphic sex, etc. The Comics Code also featured specific restrictions about religious content. For many years, part of the reason that there was effectively a "religion taboo" that severely limited overt recognition of real-world religious affiliation among comic book characters was that the Comics Code that the major publishers adhered to specifically prohibited many types of religiously-oriented content. Such prohibitions may have been inspired by the Hayes film code, which contained very similar restrictions against negative portrayals of clergy and real-world religious denominations. Religious restrictions were still in the Comics Code in 1989.
P.S.:Bibleman, for the record, is Baptist.
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