The Avengers (vol. 1) #17 (June 1965):
“Four Against the Minotaur!”
by Stan Lee, Don Heck, Dick Ayers

The Avengers (vol. 1) #17

Title: “Four Against the Minotaur!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 1965

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Don Heck, Dick Ayers

13 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.
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Rick Jones		Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  The Teen Brigade (leader)		572
Colonel Glenn Talbot		Hulkbusters (U.S. Military); U.S. Air Force		152
The Leader (Samuel Sterns)	manifestly non-religious	Headshop (founder); Home Base (leader)...  Riot Squad (leader)		167
Mole Man (Harvey Elder)		[ruler of much of Subterranea]		297
Minotaur	Deviant religion	Deviants		3
Moloids (Subterraneans)	Moloid religion	[hidden race]		37
Thor (Donald Blake) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Minotaur (Asterius) (character based on)	Greco-Roman classical religion	[mythological beast from Labyrinth in Crete]		2

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