Moon Knight Saga (Oct. 2009)
by John Rhett Thomas, Dugan Trodglen, Jess Harrold, Laurence Campbell, etc.

Moon Knight Saga

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: John Rhett Thomas, Dugan Trodglen, Jess Harrold
Art by: Laurence Campbell, David Finch, Klaus Janson, Mark Texeira, etc.

91 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.
Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (lead character)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	CIA; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; United States Marine Corps		423
Khonshu	Egyptian deity	[Moon Knight's patron; god of moon and vengeance]		32
Bushman (Raoul Bushman)		[led mercenary/terrorist group; Burunda's ex-president]		3
Black Spectre (Carson Knowles) (cover & 2-panel cameo)	demonolatry (agent of Set)	[politician; criminal]		17
Midnight (Jeff Wilde) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	obsessed with Moon Knight	Secret Empire [Midnight Man's son; tried to be Moon Knight's sidekick]		23
Marlene Alraune (4-panel cameo)		[longtime girlfriend of Moon Knight; taught art history]		98
The Punisher (Frank Castle) (3-panel cameo)	Catholic (former seminarian)	Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Secret Defenders; United States Marine Corps		1,893
Frenchie (Jean-Paul DuChamp) (3-panel cameo)	LGBT	The Committee		100
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (2-panel cameo)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (2-panel cameo)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
S.H.I.E.L.D. (2-panel cameo)		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Professor Peter Alraune Sr. (2-panel cameo)		[father of Moon Knight's girlfriend Marlene]		2
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (1-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Nick Fury (1-panel cameo)	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) (1-panel cameo)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (1-panel cameo)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa) (1-panel cameo)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Falcon (Sam Wilson) (1-panel cameo)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers		430
Warbird (Carol Danvers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Tigra (Greer Grant) (1-panel cameo)	mystically empowered	Cat People; Counter Force...  Lady Liberators; The Avengers		310
Photon (Monica Rambeau) (1-panel cameo)		black; Nextwave...  The Avengers		256
Luke Cage (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (1-panel cameo)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
Hercules (1-panel cameo)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Norman Osborn (1-panel cameo)	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
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (1-panel cameo)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Moonstone (Karla Sofen) (1-panel cameo)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (1-panel cameo)	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		353
Taskmaster (1-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	Agency X; HYDRA...  Initiative; Shadow Initiative; The Cabal; The Frightful Four; The Thunderbolts		128
Songbird (Melissa Joan Gold) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish	Femizons; Grapplers...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		229
Radioactive Man (Dr. Chen Lu) (1-panel cameo)	Communist Buddhist	Asian; People's Defense Force...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts; Titanic Three		187
Swordsman (Andreas von Strucker) (1-panel cameo)	Nazi / white supremacist	Initiative; The Assembly of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; The Upstarts		128
Firestar (Angelica Jones) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Hellions; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; The New Warriors; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Allies		338
Penance (Robbie Baldwin) (1-panel cameo)	Presbyterian	League of Losers; The New Warriors...  The Thunderbolts		359
Justice (Vance Astrovik) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish (half)	Counter Force; Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff)...  The New Warriors		291
Darkhawk (Chris Powell) (1-panel cameo)		League of Losers; Loners...  Midtown High School; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The New Warriors		180
Rage (Elvin Daryl Haliday) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	black; Counter Force...  Initiative: Camp Hammond; Psionex; The Avengers; The New Warriors		157
Machine Man (Aaron Stack) (1-panel cameo)	N.A.	Heavy Metal; Midnight Wreckers...  Nextwave; Operation: Lightning Storm; The Avengers		174
Hellcat (Patsy Walker) (1-panel cameo)		Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  The Avengers; The Defenders		656
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff) (1-panel cameo)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		531
D-Man (Dennis Dunphy) (1-panel cameo)	Salvation Army	Night People; The Avengers...  Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		60
Jocasta (1-panel cameo)	N.A.	Initiative: Mavericks; The Avengers		142
Mantis (Mandy Celestine) (1-panel cameo)	Priests of Pama (pacifistic Kree sect); Celestial Madonna	Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers		161
Starfox (Eros) (1-panel cameo)	Titanian religion	Eternals of Titan; The Avengers		207
Stingray (Walter Newell) (1-panel cameo)		Initiative: Point Men (leader); Initiative...  The Avengers; The Defenders		124
Firebird (Bonita Juarez) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Hispanic; The Avengers...  The Rangers		84
Living Lightning (Miguel Santos) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic; LGBT	Hispanic; Pacific Overlords...  The Avengers; The Rangers		118
Werewolf By Night (Jack Russell) (1-panel cameo)		Night Shift; The Howling Commandos		273
Jack Norriss (1-panel cameo)	Cult of the Nameless One (lapsed)	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Defenders (ally) [husband of Barbara Norriss (Valkyrie)]		41
Toltec (1-panel cameo)	Aztec	[1st app: Moon Knight (vol. 4) #28 (May 2009)]		3
Bertrand Crawley (1-panel cameo)		[underworld informant for Moon Knight]		62
Gena Landers (1-panel cameo)		[mother of Moon Knight helpers Ryan and Ricky]		13
Midnight Man (Anton Mogart) (1-panel cameo)		[Jeff Wilde's father]		3
Morpheus (Robert Markham) (1-panel cameo)	agent of Set	[electrical engineer]		5
Seth (1-panel cameo)	Egyptian deity	[god of evil and death; one of the Gods of Heliopolis]		45
The Cobra (James Lardner) (1-panel cameo)		CIA [brother of Moon Knight's old CIA buddy Amos]		1
Mona Lisa (Lisa Gherardini) (art)	Catholic	[subject of Da Vinci's famed painting]		44
God (mentioned)	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Venom (Mac Gargan) (mentioned)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter) (mentioned)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) (mentioned)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade) (mentioned)	spirit	[U.S. Marshall]		14
Taurus (Cornelius van Lunt) (mentioned)	astrology	Zodiac (Cartel) (founder)		19
The Hatchet-Man (Randall Spector) (mentioned)	Jewish	[1st app: The Hulk! Magazine #17]		24
Cactus (mentioned)	N.A.	Desert Dwellers [cactus]		5
Cyclone (André Gerard) (mentioned)		Hood's Army; Maggia		2
Mad Dog (Joe Fasinera) (mentioned)		[son of Stained-Glass Scarlet, who killed him]		1
Ricky Landers (mentioned)		[Moon Knight helper]		6
Ray Landers (mentioned)		[Moon Knight helper]		6
Lupinar (mentioned)	terrorist	[leads own terrorist organization]		3
Samuels (mentioned)		[butler]		7
Stained Glass Scarlet (Scarlet Fasinera) (mentioned)	Catholic nun (former)	[vigilante]		4
Arkon (mentioned)	alien	[Imperion of Polemachus]		80
unnamed registration case worker (mentioned)		S.H.I.E.L.D. [case worker who evaluated Moon Knight for Registration]		3
Elias Spector (mentioned)	Jewish rabbi	[Moon Knight's father]		2
Saddam Hussein (mentioned)	Sunni Muslim	[politician]		229
Seti II (mentioned)	Egyptian classical religion	[Marc Spector became Moon Knight in Tomb of Sety II]		1
Giorgio Armani (mentioned)	LGBT	[fashion designer]		19
Conquer-Lord (Mr. Quinn) (mentioned)		The Corporation [insane; tried to assassinate NYC mayor]		2
The Committee (mentioned)		[L.A.-based crime syndicate; tried to capture Jack Russell]		12
Amos Lardner (mentioned)		CIA [Moon Knight's old CIA buddy; brother of Cobra]		1
The Company (mentioned)		[shadowy criminal organization]		1
The Profile (mentioned)		The Committee		11

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