Religion and Characters in
Thunderbolts #43 (Oct. 2000):
“Chasing Your Own Tail!”
by Fabian Nicieza, Mark Bagley, Greg Adams

29 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.
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Champions (of Los Angeles); Avengers  Marvel Knights; Ultimates; Lady Liberators; Mighty Avengers [Russia]		1,789
MACH-IV (Abner Jenkins)		Masters of Evil; Sinister Six  Sinister Syndicate; Thunderbolts; Initiative		152
Songbird (Melissa Joan Gold)	Jewish	Femizons; Masters of Evil  Grapplers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Thunderbolts		229
Techno (Norbert Ebersol)		HYDRA; Masters of Evil  New Enforcers; Redeemers; Thunderbolts; Initiative		136
Jolt (Hallie Takahama)		Thunderbolts; Young Allies (Counter Earth)  Redeemers		83
Charcoal (Charlie Burlingame)		Secret Empire; Brute Force  Thunderbolts; Redeemers [belonged to Imperial Force, agents of Secret Empire]		41
Cyclone (Pierre Fresson)		Maggia; Masters of Evil  Thunderbolts; V-Battalion [France]		44
Citizen V (Dallas Riordan)		Commission on Superhuman Activities; V-Battalion  Thunderbolts		66
Scourge (Jack Monroe)		Secret Defenders [sidekick of 1950s Captain America]		131
Triathlon (Delroy Garrett Jr.)	Triune Understanding (Scientology)	Avengers		101
Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer)		Masters of Evil (leader); Hood's Army		36
Andrea Sterman		Commission on Superhuman Activities; V-Battalion [investigated Jack Monroe (Nomad)]		18
Windshear (Colin Ashworth Hume)	religious	Alpha Flight [Canada]		54
Protoids	N.A.	[mutated humans/androids with bodies like putty]		8
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (cameo)	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
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Avengers; Lady Liberators  West Coast Avengers; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers		1,339
Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (cameo)	religious	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Guardians of the Galaxy; Galactic Guardians; Mighty Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
Vision (cameo)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
Warbird (Carol Danvers) (cameo)	Protestant	U.S. Air Force; NASA  Avengers; Starjammers; Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Mighty Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Atlas (Erik Josten) (cameo)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Lethal Legion  Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Defenders		197
Citizen V (John Watkins III) (cameo)		V-Battalion; Redeemers		15
Triathlon (Chuck and Hal Chandler) (cameo)		Avengers (1950s) [test pilot]		19
Count Nefaria (Luchino Nefaria) (cameo)		Maggia (leader); Ani-Men (leader)  Lethal Legion (leader) [Italy]		61
Ogre (Brian Dunlap) (someone disguised as)		Factor Three; Thunderbolts		15
Karl Malus (behind the scenes)		Power Broker Inc.		7
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) (mentioned)		Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts  Redeemers; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth) [Germany]		142

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Thunderbolts #43 (Oct. 2000) created 22 September 2009. Last modified 11 December 2009.
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