Dark Wolverine #78 (Nov. 2009):
“My Hero: Part One”
by Daniel Way, Marjorie Liu, Stephen Segovia

Dark Wolverine #78

Title: “My Hero: Part One”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Daniel Way, Marjorie Liu
Art by: Stephen Segovia

21 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.
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (lead character)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Norman Osborn	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
H.A.M.M.E.R.		[government agency]		207
Aryan	Nazi; leader of the Skulls (Red Skull worshippers)	[1st app: Wolverine (vol. 2) #164 (July 2001)]		4
Cutthroat (Danny Leighton)		Hood's Army; Skeleton Crew [Diamondback's brother; was in "Savage Crims" gang]		44
The Inquisitor		[torturer]		12
Bunny Brennan		[1st app: Dark Wolverine #78 (Nov. 2009)]		1
Emmy Doolin		[Wolverine and Sabretooth knew her father in RCMP]		4
Moses Magnum		black		19
Judge Jones (8-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[dog lover tortured by the Inquisitor to change a decision]		1
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (5-panel cameo)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
unnamed store manager (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[sexually harrassed his employee Emmy Doolin]		1
Ares (1-panel cameo)	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (1-panel cameo)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) (1-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) (1-panel cameo)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers; Kree [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (photo/picture/video)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Itsu Akihiro (mentioned)	Shinto	[Wolverine's late wife; mother of his son Daken]		2
Robert Devon (mentioned)	indeterminate	[Daken tricked his girlfriend into helping upload video]		1

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