Religion and Characters in
The Marvels Project #1 (Oct. 2009)
by Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting

56 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.
The Angel (Thomas Halloway) (lead character)		All-Winners Squad; V-Battalion  Penance Council; Scourges of the Underworld (leader) [founder, leader of Scourge Program]		129
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Nazis	Nazi	[Germany. generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Human Torch (Jim Hammond)	N.A.	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers; Heroes for Hire; Penance Council	, etc.	497
The Two-Gun Kid (Matthew Liebowitz)	Jewish	Sunset Riders; Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway  E.D.I.T.		286
Professor Abraham Erskine		[creator of the Super-Soldier Serum]		96
Happy Sam (Samuel Sawyer)		U.S. Army; Howling Commandos  Maulers; Deadly Dozen		69
Phineas T. Horton		[created android superhero Human Torch; Nova's father]		13
Nick Fury (9-panel cameo)	secular	Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Ultimates		1,898
Atlanteans (8-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion			165
Red Hargrove (8-panel cameo)	Protestant	[stunt flyer fiend of Nick Fury before WWII]		5
Franklin D. Roosevelt (7-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	[U.S. President]		422
Vincent Astor (7-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	[hosted FDR on his yacht; ran intelligence group "The Room"]		1
Hans (7-panel cameo)	Nazi	[Germany. used depth charges to kill, collect Atlanteans before WWII]		1
Tanner (7-panel cameo)	Nazi	[Germany. used depth charges to kill, collect Atlanteans before WWII]		1
Colonel Ellis (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[England. helped recruit Nick Fury to secret mission]		1
Hans (4-panel cameo)	Nazi	[Germany. experimented on murdered Atlantean corpses]		2
Pervis (4-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[England. decoded Nazi communications just prior to WWII]		1
Kermit Roosevelt (3-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	[son of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt; advisor to his cousin FDR]		4
Mirella (3-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	[killed by Nazi depth charges just prior to WWII]		1
unnamed code-breaker (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[England. decoded Nazi communications just prior to WWII]		1
unnamed barmaid (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[England. tended London bar Nick Fury went to]		1
Stacian (2-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	[killed by Nazi depth charges just prior to WWII]		1
Rodis (2-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	[killed by Nazi depth charges just prior to WWII]		1
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo)	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
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (1-panel cameo)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (1-panel cameo)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (1-panel cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Avengers; Lady Liberators  West Coast Avengers; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
Vision (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (1-panel cameo)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders  New Avengers		672
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (1-panel cameo)	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	HYDRA; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Avengers; Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders; New Avengers; Lady Liberators [England]		353
Nova (Richard Rider) (1-panel cameo)		Nova Corps; Champions of Xandar  Defenders; New Warriors; Secret Defenders [attended Harry S. Truman High]		427
Doctor Nemesis (Dr. James Bradley) (1-panel cameo)	Nazi	Battle-Axis (leader); X-Club [England]	Ace Magazines	21
Warden Halloway (1-panel cameo)		[father of Angel (Thomas Halloway)]		1
Adolf Hitler (photo/picture/video)	Nazi	[Germany]	, etc.	1,593
God (name seen in illustration (or on screen))	God	[ 1st app: (Timely/Marvel) [9354]; (DC: as "The Voice", e.g. "The Presence", DC) [9342] ]	, etc.	313
Jack Benny (name seen in illustration (or on screen))	Jewish	[actor; comedian]		473
Dorothy Lamour (name seen in illustration (or on screen))	Catholic	[actress]		72
Edward Arnold (name seen in illustration (or on screen))		[staunch Conservative, Republican]		15
Binnie Barnes (name seen in illustration (or on screen))	Jewish Catholic	[actress]		17
Rita Hayworth (name seen in illustration (or on screen))	Catholic	[actress]		71
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Heinrich Himmler (mentioned)	Nazi; Satanist	Lethal Legion		160
Leonard McKenzie (mentioned)		[Sub-Mariner's father]		5
Princess Fen (mentioned)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	[Atlantis. Sub-Mariner's mother; Atlantean Royal Family]		4
Uncle Sam (mentioned)		[from American folklore]		17
Friedrich Nietzsche (mentioned)	Nietzschean/pagan/atheist; raised Lutheran	[Germany]		11
P. T. Barnum (mentioned)	Universalist (convert); raised Presbyterian	[business owner; businessperson...]		27
Rascher (mentioned)	Nazi	[Germany. oversaw Nazi killing, collection of Atlanteans]		1

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