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

Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1

Title: “Young Masters: Part One”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2009

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Paul Cornell
Art by: 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 Big Zero (Amity) villain
  Young Masters of Evil Marvel 5
Coat of Arms Coat of Arms villain
  Young Masters of Evil Marvel 5
Egghead Egghead villain
  Young Masters of Evil Marvel 5
Enchantress Enchantress (Sylvie Lushton) villain
CBR Scale: S Norse/Teutonic paganism
Young Masters of Evil Marvel 5
Executioner Executioner (Danny DuBois) villain
  Young Masters of Evil Marvel 5
Melter Melter (Christopher) villain
  Young Masters of Evil Marvel 5
Young Masters of Evil Young Masters of Evil villain group
  [1st app: Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1 (July 2009)] Marvel 12
unnamed criminal with dreadlocks
(9-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
black
[robbed liquor store; had beard, moustache, short dreadlocks]
Marvel 1
unnamed white criminal
(6-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[robbed liquor store; white guy running w/3 black criminals] Marvel 1
unnamed old woman
(6-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [accidentally killed by new Melter, who tried to help her] Marvel 1
Jay
(5-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
black
[robbed liquor store; had short black hair]
Marvel 1
unnamed bald black criminal
(5-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
black
[robbed liquor store; new Enchantress turned him into a dog]
Marvel 1
Patriot Patriot (Eli Bradley)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
  black; Young Avengers Marvel 114
Stature Stature (Cassie Lang)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
  A-Next; Mighty Avengers...  Marvel 137
Speed Speed (Thomas Shepherd)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
  Young Avengers Marvel 52
Hulkling Hulkling (Teddy Altman)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
  Young Avengers Marvel 123
Wiccan Wiccan (Billy Kaplan)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Reform Judaism
Young Avengers Marvel 106
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Kate Bishop)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
  Young Avengers Marvel 131
Vision Vision
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: MCBR Scale: I synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)
A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Marvel 1,393
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(mentioned in text & seen in picture)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
The Ape (Mark Walters)
(photo/video (2 panels))
villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[criminal] Marvel 1
Your Gal Friday
(fictional writer of printed text piece)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [blogger; blogs about superhero gossip] Marvel 5
Mr. Marvel
(fictional writer of printed text piece)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [posted comment on super-hero blog] Marvel 1
L. Rosen
(fictional writer of printed text piece)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [posted comment on super-hero blog] Marvel 1
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(art)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
(art)
hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm)
(art)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  Marvel 5,017
Gene Colan Gene Colan
(name seen in illustration (or on screen))
supporting character real/historical person
  [artist; comic book artist] Marvel 6
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
The Punisher The Punisher (Frank Castle)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic (former seminarian)
Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Marvel 1,893
Norman Osborn Norman Osborn
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
H.A.M.M.E.R. H.A.M.M.E.R.
(mentioned)
supporting character group
  [government agency] Marvel 207
Skrulls Skrulls
(mentioned)
villain group
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
[alien race] Marvel 344
Odin
(mentioned)
supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian
[Thor's father]
Marvel 307
Robin Hood Robin Hood (Robin of Loxley)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[1st app: rolls of various English Justices (1226 A.D.)] N.A. 491
Princess Python Princess Python (Zelda DuBois)
(mentioned)
villain
  Circus of Crime; Femizons...  Marvel 93
Barack Obama Barack Obama
(mentioned)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S United Church of Christ (formerly Trinity UCC); eclectic upbringing (incl. Muslim/atheist/Marxist/Catholic/United Church of Christ)
[politician; attorney...] IDW Publishing Marvel, etc. 352
Austin Powers
(mentioned)
hero
  [spy] New Line Cinema 14