Religion and Characters in
Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1 (July 2009):
“Young Masters: Part One”
by Paul Cornell, Mark Brooks

39 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Big Zero (Amity)		Young Masters of Evil		5
Coat of Arms		Young Masters of Evil		5
Egghead		Young Masters of Evil		5
Enchantress (Sylvie Lushton)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	Young Masters of Evil		5
Executioner (Danny DuBois)		Young Masters of Evil		5
Melter (Christopher)		Young Masters of Evil		5
Young Masters of Evil				12
unnamed criminal with dreadlocks (9-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	[robbed liquor store; had beard, moustache, short dreadlocks]		1
unnamed white criminal (6-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	[robbed liquor store; white guy running w/3 black criminals]		1
unnamed old woman (6-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[accidentally killed by new Melter, who tried to help her]		1
Jay (5-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	[robbed liquor store; had short black hair]		1
unnamed bald black criminal (5-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	[robbed liquor store; new Enchantress turned him into a dog]		1
Patriot (Eli Bradley) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers		114
Stature (Cassie Lang) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers; Mighty Avengers  Avengers (MC2)		137
Speed (Thomas Shepherd) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers		52
Hulkling (Teddy Altman) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers		123
Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) (2-panel cameo)	Reform Judaism	Young Avengers		106
Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers		131
Vision (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned in text & seen in picture)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Ape (Mark Walters) (photo/video (2 panels))	manifestly non-religious	[criminal]		1
Your Gal Friday (fictional writer of printed text piece)	indeterminate	[blogger; blogs about superhero gossip]		5
Mr. Marvel (fictional writer of printed text piece)	indeterminate	[posted comment on super-hero blog]		1
L. Rosen (fictional writer of printed text piece)	indeterminate	[posted comment on super-hero blog]		1
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (art)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (art)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (art)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Gene Colan (name seen in illustration (or on screen))		[artist; comic book artist]		6
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (mentioned)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
The Punisher (Frank Castle) (mentioned)	Catholic (former seminarian)	U.S. Marines; Marvel Knights  Secret Defenders; Code Red		1,170
Norman Osborn (mentioned)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
H.A.M.M.E.R. (mentioned)		H.A.M.M.E.R.		207
Skrulls (mentioned)	Skrull religion			344
Odin (mentioned)	Norse/Teutonic deity	[Thor's father]		307
Princess Python (Zelda DuBois) (mentioned)		Circus of Crime; Femizons  Serpent Squad; Serpent Society		93
Robin Hood (Robin of Loxley) (mentioned)	Catholic	[England]	, etc.	491
Barack Obama (mentioned)	United Church of Christ (formerly Trinity UCC); eclectic upbringing (incl. Muslim/atheist/Marxist/Catholic/United Church of Christ)	[USA; Indonesia]	, etc.	352
Austin Powers (mentioned)		[England]	New Line Cinema	14

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