The New Avengers (vol. 1) #56 (Oct. 2009)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Stuart Immonen, Wade von Grawbadger

The New Avengers (vol. 1) #56

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Brian Michael Bendis
Art by: Stuart Immonen, Wade von Grawbadger

44 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 (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Ronin (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Captain America (Bucky Barnes)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Sentry (Bob Reynolds)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		353
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers [was Hawkeye's wife]		293
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)		Hood's Army; Lethal Legion...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew (leader)		190
Bulldozer (Henry Camp)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  U.S. Army; Wrecking Crew		125
Piledriver (Brian Calusky)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Wrecking Crew		137
Thunderball (Eliot Franklin)		black; Hood's Army...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew		151
The Hood (Parker Robbins)	demonolatry	Hood's Army; The Cabal		159
Loki	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Mighty Avengers (founder)...  The Cabal; The Liberators		696
Madame Masque (Whitney Frost)		Hood's Army; Maggia (leader)		146
Chemistro (Calvin Carr)		Hood's Army		13
Dr. Jonas Harrow		Hood's Army		20
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (only on cover)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss) (1-panel cameo)		Deep Six; Hood's Army...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; The Offenders		112
Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Hispanic; Hood's Army...  The Rangers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		52
Mentallo (Marvin Flumm) (1-panel cameo)		Hood's Army; HYDRA...  MODOK's 11; S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Resistants		72
Mister Hyde (Calvin Zabo) (1-panel cameo)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil		143
Mandrill (Jerome Beechman) (1-panel cameo)		Black Spectre (leader); Crossfire's Mind Control Gang...  Hood's Army; Mutant Force		61
Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton) (1-panel cameo)		Crime Wave; Hood's Army...  Initiative; Thunderbolts Army		43
Crossfire (William Cross) (1-panel cameo)		CIA; Crossfire's Mind Control Gang (leader)...  Hood's Army		53
Brothers Grimm (Percy and Barton Grimes) (1-panel cameo)		Hood's Army; Night Shift [Powers were briefly amplified by Satannish.]		34
Cutthroat (Danny Leighton) (1-panel cameo)		Hood's Army; Skeleton Crew [Diamondback's brother; was in "Savage Crims" gang]		44
Deathwatch ("Stephen Lords") (1-panel cameo)	demon	Deathspawn (leader); Hood's Army [member of The Translords]		32
Blackout (1-panel cameo)	Lilin; human-demon hybrid	Firm; Hood's Army...  Lilin		9
Blood Brothers (1-panel cameo)	alien	Hood's Army; Roclite		5
Razor Fist (Douglas Scott) (1-panel cameo)		[assassin; bodyguard...]		59
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (photo/picture/video)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm) (photo/picture/video)	Vodoun houngan	black; Heroes for Hire...  The Howling Commandos		110
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom) (photo/picture/video)	Catholic (former priest)	Shadow Hunters; The Defenders...  The Howling Commandos		207
Dormammu (photo/picture/video)	Faltine energy being; extra-dimensional mystic entity/powerful magic user	The Cabal		170
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Hercules (mentioned)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
H.A.M.M.E.R. (mentioned)		[government agency]		207

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