In the early 70's National Lampoon ran a few episodes of "Son-O-God" comics. It portrayed Jesus of Nazareth as a superhero with a secret identity. It was pretty hilarious. The backstory to the publication was that it was put out by right wing Protestants who were concerned with incursions by the Roman Catholics. Just when it looked like the United States would be a pawn of the Vatican, along came Son-O-God to save the day.