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Religion and Characters in
Dark Wolverine #77 (Oct. 2009):
“The Prince: Part 3”
by Marjorie Liu, Daniel Way, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Onofrio Catacchio

Dark Wolverine #77

Title: “The Prince: Part 3”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Oct 2009

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Marjorie Liu, Daniel Way

Art by: Giuseppe Camuncoli, Onofrio Catacchio


22 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.
Daken Wolverine (Daken Akihiro)
(lead character)
villain
CBR Scale: S Shinto (raised); later
"non-religious"
X-Strike; Dark Avengers 
[son of Wolverine]
Marvel 72
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  Marvel 5,017
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five Marvel 4,393
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I humanist; believes in God
Avengers; Illuminati  Marvel 4,661
Invisible Woman Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
Avengers; Lady Liberators Marvel 4,069
Norman Osborn Norman Osborn villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader) 
[Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]
Marvel 417
Ares Ares villain hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman deity
Warhawks (leader); Mighty Avengers 
[Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]
Marvel DC 440
The Scorpion Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) villain hero
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Marvel 315
Bullseye Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter) villain
CBR Scale: I Catholic (nominal); nihilist
Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers
[former baseball pitcher]
Marvel 243
Moonstone Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)
(5-panel cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U Buddhist
Masters of Evil; Femizons  Marvel 235
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(mentioned)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Marvel 9,358
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes
atheist; has practiced
Buddhism; skeptical seeker
First Flight; Weapon Plus 
[Canada]
Marvel 8,823
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Marvel 1,515
Captain Marvel Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
U.S. Air Force; NASA  Marvel 784
Sentry Sentry (Bob Reynolds)
(mentioned)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S angel
Avengers; New Avengers  Marvel 260
H.A.M.M.E.R. H.A.M.M.E.R.
(mentioned)
supporting character
  H.A.M.M.E.R. Marvel 207
Captain Marvel Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: S Kree religion
[former captain of Kree star fleet] Marvel 142
Franklin Richards Franklin Richards
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Power Pack; Generation X  Marvel 650
Valeria Richards Valeria Richards
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
The Fantastic Four Marvel 113
Phobos Phobos (Alex Aaron)
(mentioned)
supporting character hero deity
CBR Scale: M ethnically half Greco-Roman
deity
Secret Warriors
[son of Ares]
Marvel 7
Itsu Akihiro Itsu Akihiro
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Shinto
[Wolverine's late wife; mother of his son Daken] Marvel 2
Ms. McGill
(mentioned)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [secretary] Marvel 1