Religion and Characters in
Dark Reign: The List - Avengers #1 (Nov. 2009)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Djurdjevic, Mark Morales

31 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.
Ronin (Clint Barton) (lead character)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)	Protestant	U.S. Air Force; NASA  Avengers; Starjammers; Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Mighty Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Captain America (Bucky Barnes)	Protestant (nominal)	Liberty Legion; Kid Commandos  All-Winners Squad; Invaders; Young Allies (Marvel); New Avengers		395
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)	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
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Mighty Avengers  Dark Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	HYDRA; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Avengers; Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders; New Avengers; Lady Liberators [England]		353
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; New Avengers [Hawkeye's wife]		293
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (9-panel cameo)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) (8-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Spider-Man Revenge League; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers		315
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (6-panel cameo)	Buddhist	Masters of Evil; Femizons  Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers		235
H.A.M.M.E.R. (4-panel cameo)		H.A.M.M.E.R.		207
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter) (3-panel cameo)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Agent Delpy (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	H.A.M.M.E.R. [worked Avengers Tower security when Clint Barton invaded]		1
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (2-panel cameo)	angel	Avengers; New Avengers  Mighty Avengers; Dark Avengers		260
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (mentioned in text & seen in picture)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (mentioned in text & seen in picture)	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
Songbird (Melissa Joan Gold) (photo/video (2 panels))	Jewish	Femizons; Masters of Evil  Grapplers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Thunderbolts		229
Thor (Donald Blake) (photo/picture/video)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (photo/picture/video)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (photo/picture/video)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
The Hood (Parker Robbins) (photo/picture/video)	demonolatry	Hood's Army (leader); The Cabal		159
Loki (photo/picture/video)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Liberators; Mighty Avengers (founder)		696
Nick Fury (mentioned)	secular	Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Ultimates		1,898
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)	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
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (mentioned)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates		1,624
Luke Cage (mentioned)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Heroes for Hire; Defenders  Marvel Knights; New Avengers [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Skrulls (mentioned)	Skrull religion			344
Adolf Hitler (mentioned)	Nazi	[Germany]	, etc.	1,593
Jessica Jones (mentioned)		New Avengers (ally)		139
Danielle Cage (mentioned)		[baby daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones]		20

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