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

The Marvels Project #1

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Ed Brubaker
Art by: 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)		Penance Council; Scourges of the Underworld (leader)...  The All-Winners Squad; V-Battalion [founder, leader of Scourge Program]		129
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Nazis	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Human Torch (Jim Hammond)	N.A.	Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  The All-Winners Squad; The Invaders; V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers		497
The Two-Gun Kid (Matthew Liebowitz)	Jewish	E.D.I.T.; Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway...  Sunset Riders		286
Professor Abraham Erskine		[creator of the Super-Soldier Serum]		96
Happy Sam (Samuel Sawyer)		Deadly Dozen; Maulers...  The Howling Commandos; U.S. Army		69
Phineas T. Horton		[created android superhero Human Torch; Nova's father]		13
Nick Fury (9-panel cameo)	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Atlanteans (8-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	[hidden race]		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	[used depth charges to kill, collect Atlanteans before WWII]		1
Tanner (7-panel cameo)	Nazi	[used depth charges to kill, collect Atlanteans before WWII]		1
Colonel Ellis (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[helped recruit Nick Fury to secret mission]		1
Hans (4-panel cameo)	Nazi	[experimented on murdered Atlantean corpses]		2
Pervis (4-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[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	Atlantean [killed by Nazi depth charges just prior to WWII]		1
unnamed code-breaker (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[decoded Nazi communications just prior to WWII]		1
unnamed barmaid (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[tended London bar Nick Fury went to]		1
Stacian (2-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean [killed by Nazi depth charges just prior to WWII]		1
Rodis (2-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean [killed by Nazi depth charges just prior to WWII]		1
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; 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	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (1-panel cameo)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (1-panel cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Vision (1-panel cameo)	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (1-panel cameo)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (1-panel cameo)	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		353
Nova (Richard Rider) (1-panel cameo)		Nova Corps; Secret Defenders...  The Champions of Xandar; The Defenders; The New Warriors [attended Harry S. Truman High]		427
Doctor Nemesis (Dr. James Bradley) (1-panel cameo)	Nazi	Battle-Axis (leader); X-Club		21
Warden Halloway (1-panel cameo)		[father of Angel (Thomas Halloway)]		1
Adolf Hitler (photo/picture/video)	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
God (name seen in illustration (or on screen))	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	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	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		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	[Sub-Mariner's mother; Atlantean Royal Family]		4
Uncle Sam (mentioned)		[from American folklore]		17
Friedrich Nietzsche (mentioned)	Nietzschean/pagan/atheist; raised Lutheran	[philosopher]		11
P. T. Barnum (mentioned)	Universalist (convert); raised Presbyterian	[business owner; businessperson...]		27
Rascher (mentioned)	Nazi	[oversaw Nazi killing, collection of Atlanteans]		1

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