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)		Scourges of the Underworld (leader); Penance Council...  V-Battalion; The All-Winners Squad [founder, leader of Scourge Program]		129
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	The All-Winners Squad; The Defenders...  The Invaders; X-Men; The Avengers; Atlantean; human; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men		1,864
Nazis	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Human Torch (Jim Hammond)	N.A.	Penance Council; Heroes for Hire...  The Invaders; West Coast Avengers; V-Battalion; The All-Winners Squad	, etc.	497
The Two-Gun Kid (Matthew Liebowitz)	Jewish	Sunset Riders; Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg_ampersand_Holliway...  E.D.I.T.		286
Professor Abraham Erskine		[creator of the Super-Soldier Serum]		96
Happy Sam (Samuel Sawyer)		Maulers; Deadly Dozen...  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; The Ultimates...  The Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.		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	Weapon X (Exiles); The Avengers...  Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends		10,412
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Redeemers; The Invaders		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	The Defenders; The Avengers...  The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Pantheon; Hulkbusters; X-Saviours; Weapon X (Exiles); Secret Defenders		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	The Avengers; The Ultimates...  Illuminati; Weapon X (Exiles); Force Works		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	The Order; Illuminati...  Midnight Sons; Secret Defenders; The Defenders; The Avengers		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish	The Fantastic Four; U.S. Air Force...  Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five; The Avengers; The Yancy Street Gang		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four; Fantastic Five...  Metro College; Fantastic Force		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (1-panel cameo)	humanist; believes in God	Illuminati; Fantastic Five...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (1-panel cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	The Ultimates; Lady Liberators...  The Avengers		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	The Ultimates; Chain Gang...  The Thunderbolts; The Great Lakes Avengers; The Avengers		1,515
Vision (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers...  A-Next; The Avengers		1,393
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (1-panel cameo)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	The Avengers; Secret Defenders...  Heroes for Hire		672
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (1-panel cameo)	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	S.H.I.E.L.D.; Lady Liberators...  Secret Defenders; Heroes for Hire; The Avengers; HYDRA		353
Nova (Richard Rider) (1-panel cameo)		Nova Corps; The Champions of Xandar...  Secret Defenders; The New Warriors; The Defenders [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.)]	, 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	The Avengers; The Ultimates...  Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers; 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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