Religion and Characters in
Dark Reign: Young Avengers #4 (Nov. 2009):
“Young Masters: Part Four”
by Paul Cornell, Mark Brooks, Walden Wong

35 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.
Vision	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
Patriot (Eli Bradley)		Young Avengers		114
Stature (Cassie Lang)		Young Avengers; Mighty Avengers  Avengers (MC2)		137
Speed (Thomas Shepherd)		Young Avengers		52
Hulkling (Teddy Altman)		Young Avengers		123
Wiccan (Billy Kaplan)	Reform Judaism	Young Avengers		106
Hawkeye (Kate Bishop)		Young Avengers		131
Big Zero (Amity)		Young Masters of Evil		5
Coat of Arms		Young Masters of Evil		5
Egghead		Young Masters of Evil		5
Enchantress (Sylvie Lushton)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	Young Masters of Evil		5
Executioner (Danny DuBois)		Young Masters of Evil		5
Melter (Christopher)		Young Masters of Evil		5
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (only on cover)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (only on cover)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (only on cover)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (only on cover)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Princess Python (Zelda DuBois) (7-panel cameo)		Circus of Crime; Femizons  Serpent Squad; Serpent Society		93
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) (3-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Loki (2-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Liberators; Mighty Avengers (founder)		696
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (1-panel cameo)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Melter's father (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[tragically killed by son's power when it first manifest]		1
Melter's mother (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[tragically killed by son's power when it first manifest]		1
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned & on cover)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Your Gal Friday (fictional writer of printed text piece)	indeterminate	[blogger; blogs about superhero gossip]		5
RUM_drunknight (fictional writer of printed text piece)	indeterminate	[posted message on Your Gal Friday's blog]		1
20ravage99 (fictional writer of printed text piece)	indeterminate	[posted message on Your Gal Friday's blog]		1
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (art)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (art)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (art)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Hamlet (mentioned)	Lutheran	[Denmark]		188
Diana Patton (mentioned)	religious/ethical	[hosted fancy party Princess Python, Executioner went to]		1
Mr. Hepton (mentioned)	indeterminate	[science teacher of new Melter (Chris) as child]		1
Tiboro (mentioned)	Incan; extradimensional sorcerer	[ruler]		8

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