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The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #599 (Sep. 2009):
“American Son: Conclusion”
by Joe Kelly, Stephen Segovia, Marco Checchetto, Paulo Siqueira, etc.

The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #599

Title: “American Son: Conclusion”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 2009

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Joe Kelly
Art by: Stephen Segovia, Marco Checchetto, Paulo Siqueira, Amilton Santos


26 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.
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Norman Osborn Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
Harry Osborn American Son (Harry Osborn) supporting character
CBR Scale: I resurrected
[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son] Marvel 607
Menace Menace (Lily Hollister) supporting character villain
  black
[Harry Osborn's girlfriend]
Marvel 20
Norah Winters Norah Winters
(9-panel cameo)
supporting character
  [Peter Parker's friend, co-worker] Marvel 6
unnamed doctor
(5-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  black
[treated Harry Osborn; prescribed Oxycontin]
Marvel 1
unnamed guard
(4-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [infatuated with reporter Norah Winters (undercover as page)] Marvel 2
Aunt May Aunt May
(3-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 1,368
J. Jonah Jameson Sr. J. Jonah Jameson Sr.
(2-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I religious
[Aunt May's boyfriend; J. Jonah Jameson's father] Marvel 11
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Ares Ares
(1-panel cameo)
villain hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman deity
Dark Avengers; Olympian... 
[god of war; Gods of Olympus]
Marvel DC 440
Moonstone Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)
(1-panel cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U Buddhist
Dark Avengers; Femizons...  Marvel 235
The Scorpion Spider-Man (Mac Gargan)
(1-panel cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Marvel 315
Bullseye Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter)
(1-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: I Catholic (nominal); nihilist
Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts
[former baseball pitcher]
Marvel 243
Daken Wolverine (Daken Akihiro)
(1-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"
Asian; Dark Avengers... 
[son of Wolverine]
Marvel 72
Captain Marvel Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr)
(1-panel cameo)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Kree religion (former
missionary)
Dark Avengers; Kree
[was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]
Marvel 100
God God
(mentioned)
deity real/historical person
CBR Scale: D God
[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)] various 313
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner)
(mentioned)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(mentioned)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Ben Urich Ben Urich
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[reporter] Marvel 19
Gwen Stacy Gwen Stacy
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend] Marvel 560
Veranke Veranke
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: M Skrull religion
The Avengers Marvel 8
baby Osborn baby Osborn
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [yet unborn child of Norman Osborn, Lily Hollister] Marvel 4
Bill Hollister Bill Hollister
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [father of Lily Hollister (Menace); ran for NYC mayor] Marvel 14
E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial
(mentioned)
non-feature lead character scientist
CBR Scale: S alien religion
[botanist] Universal Studios 9
Moose Stegner
(mentioned)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [Harry Osborn picked a fight with him at kegger party] Marvel 1