The Torch #1 (Nov. 2009)
by Mike Carey, Alex Ross, Patrick Berkenkotter

The Torch #1

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Mike Carey, Alex Ross
Art by: Patrick Berkenkotter

33 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.
Toro (Thomas Raymond) (lead character)		Kid Commandos; The All-Winners Squad...  The Invaders; The Young Allies		311
A.I.M.	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
The Mad Thinker (Dr. Jose Santini)		Triumvirate of Terror (leader)		108
The Vision (Aarkus)	alien	Battle-Axis; The Invaders		46
Eugene Toussaint	Scientism	A.I.M. [assigned to assist Mad Thinker in AIM project]		1
unnamed board members	Scientism	A.I.M. [seen only as holograms to assign Mad Thinker's A.I.M. work]		3
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (only on cover)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (9-panel cameo)	N.A.	Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  The All-Winners Squad; The Invaders; V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers		497
Phineas T. Horton (4-panel cameo)		[created android superhero Human Torch; Nova's father]		13
Ann Raymond (2-panel cameo)		[Toro's wife]		14
Ann Raymond's second husband (2-panel cameo)		[married Toro's widow Ann]		1
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Nazis (1-panel cameo)	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) (mentioned in text & seen in picture)	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 (photo/picture/video)	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (photo/picture/video)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (photo/picture/video)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
God (mentioned)	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (mentioned)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (mentioned)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) (mentioned)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
The Cosmic Cube (mentioned)	pseudo-cosmic entity	A.I.M.		10
Awesome Android (mentioned)	N.A.	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heavy Metal		87
Quasimodo (Quasi-Motivational Destruct Organism) (mentioned)	N.A.	[former computer]		9
Fred Raymond (mentioned)		[Toro's father]		2
Cab Calloway (mentioned)	Presbyterian (former); Episcopalian (convert)	[musician; singer...]		109
Prometheus (mentioned)	Greco-Roman deity	Titans of Olympus [allegedly taught man how to make and use fire]		5
Elaine Raymond (mentioned)		[Toro's sister; in modern times retired, moved to Canada]		1
William of Ockham (mentioned)	Catholic friar (Franciscan)	["Occam's razor" is named for him]		2
James D. Watson (mentioned)	atheist	[co-discovered DNA double helix]		11
Francis Crick (mentioned)	agnostic	[co-discovered DNA double helix]		2
Alan Turing (mentioned)	Anglican (raised); LGBT atheist	[father of modern computer science]		3
Otto Bayer (mentioned)		[first to synthesize polyurethane plastics]		1

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