Marvel Age Annual #1 (Jan. 1985)

Marvel Age Annual #1

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1985

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108 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.
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	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)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	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
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Doctor Pym (Hank Pym)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	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)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	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)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Archangel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	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
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Mirage (Danielle Moonstar)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	Mutant Liberation Front; Native American...  The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)	Presbyterian	Excalibur; The New Mutants...  X-Factor; X-Force		576
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta)	Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; black...  Fallen Angels; Mutant Liberation Front; The Avengers; The Hellfire Club; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Ternals; Young X-Men (teacher)		574
Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh)	Catholic; LGBT	Academy of Tomorrow; Asian...  The 198; The New Mutants; X-Men		260
Magma (Amara Aquilla)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Hellions; New Hellions...  The 198; The New Mutants; X-Corporation		269
Magik (Illyana Rasputin)	occult/magick; demonolatry; raised Communist	The Exiles; The New Mutants		450
Warlock	Technarchy religion (worships The Maker)	Excalibur; Fallen Angels...  Technarch; The New Mutants		241
Cypher (Doug Ramsey)	Latter-day Saint	Academy of Tomorrow; The New Mutants		113
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Wonder Man (Simon Williams)	religious	Force Works; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers		430
Vision	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Tigra (Greer Grant)	mystically empowered	Cat People; Counter Force...  Lady Liberators; The Avengers		310
Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)		black; Nextwave...  The Avengers		256
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Luke Cage	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)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
Edwin Jarvis	Anglican	The Avengers (staff)		669
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Doc Samson (Dr. Leonard Samson)	Jewish	E.D.I.T. (leader); Initiative		304
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)	Catholic	black; Dark X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
Dagger (Tandy Bowen)	Catholic	Dark X-Men; League of Losers...  Marvel Knights; Secret Avengers; Secret Defenders; The New Warriors; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers [was Hawkeye's wife]		293
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier)	Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)	Academy of Tomorrow; Alpha Flight...  Secret Defenders; X-Men [skier]		284
Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier)	Catholic nun	Alpha Flight; Weapon X...  X-Men		211
Puck (Eugene Judd)	religious	Alpha Flight; Beta Flight		209
Snowbird (Narya)	Inuit demi-goddess	Alpha Flight; First Flight		115
Vindicator (Heather Hudson)	Catholic	Alpha Flight; Alpha Prime		249
Beetle (Abner Jenkins)		black; Initiative...  Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		152
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)		Hood's Army; Lethal Legion...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew (leader)		190
Bulldozer (Henry Camp)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  U.S. Army; Wrecking Crew		125
Foggy Nelson	Episcopalian	[law partner of Matt Murdock (Daredevil)]		488
Siryn (Theresa Cassidy)	Catholic	Fallen Angels; X-Corporation...  X-Factor Investigations; X-Force; X-Men		162
Moon-Boy	primal-indigenous	Fallen Angels; Small-Folk		44
Devil Dinosaur		Fallen Angels; H.A.T.E....  Tyrannosaurus Rex		45
Sabretooth (Victor Creed)	manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"	Brotherhood of Mutants; Team X...  The Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Factor; X-Men		610
Silver Sable (Silver Sablinova)	Symkarian Orthodox	Intruders; Outlaws...  Wild Pack (leader)		169
Loki	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Mighty Avengers (founder)...  The Cabal; The Liberators		696
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		531
Beta Ray Bill	Norse/Teutonic paganism / Korbinite religion	Korbinite; Omega Flight...  Star Masters; Thor Corps		128
Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Misfits...  The 198		310
The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)	Catholic (lapsed)	HYDRA		619
Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley)		[business owner; businessperson...]		105
Enchantress (Amora)	Norse/Teutonic deity (Asgardian)	Asgardian; Lady Liberators (founder)...  Mandarin's Minions; The Masters of Evil		264
The Beyonder	cosmic entity; Inhuman religion	Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		100
Franklin Richards	Episcopalian	Daydreamers; Fantastic Five...  Fantastic Force; Generation X; Power Pack; The Fantastic Four		650
Wyatt Wingfoot	Native American spirituality (Comanche/Keewazi)	Metro College; Native American...  The Fantastic Four (ally) [former boyfriend of She-Hulk]		112
Ikaris	Eternals religion	Eternals; New Breed...  Star Masters; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		103
Sersi	Eternals religion; Hedonist	Eternals; The Avengers		229
Blue Shield (Joe Cartelli)		Project: Pegasus		21
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)		Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army		129
Whirlwind (David Cannon)		Batroc's Brigade; Initiative...  Lethal Legion; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army [ice skating competitor]		113
Hela	Norse/Teutonic deity	The Cabal [Goddess of death, ruler of Hel and Niffelheim]		169
Gorilla-Man (Dr. Arthur Nagan)		Headmen; Lethal Legion		25
Zero-G (Alex Power)	Latter-day Saint	Power Pack; The New Warriors		192
Lightspeed (Julie Power)	Latter-day Saint	Loners; Power Pack		177
Mass Master (Jack Power)	Latter-day Saint	Power Pack		160
Energizer (Katie Power)	Latter-day Saint	A-Next; Power Pack		170
Grim Reaper (Eric Williams)		HYDRA; Lethal Legion...  Maggia		98
Kurse (Algrim)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian Dark Elf)	Dark Elf		32
Lorelei	Norse/Teutonic deity (Asgardian)	Asgardian [sister of Enchantress; tried to seduce Thor many times]		54
Thundra	female supremacist (Femizonian)	Code Red; Grapplers...  Lady Liberators; The Avengers; The Frightful Four [Empress of Femizonia; member of alt. universe Avengers]		88
Unicorn (Milos Masaryk)	Communist Party member	[super soldier]		50
Glorianna O'Breen	Catholic	I.R.A. [former girlfriend of Daredevil]		29
Porcupine (Alex Gentry)		Batroc's Brigade; Crime Wave...  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Maggia		36
Moonglow (Arcanna Jones)	occult; former medium	Squadron Supreme		71
Nemesis (Jane St. Ives)	Children of the Night (former leader)	Alpha Flight; Beta Flight...  Gamma Flight (leader)		18
Power Princess (Princess Zarda)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Golden Agency; Imperial Guard...  Squadron Supreme; The Exiles; Utopians		104
Puma (Thomas Fireheart)	Native American shamanism	Outlaws		60
Lady Lark (Linda Lewis)		Squadron Supreme		47
Doctor Spectrum (Joe Ledger)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme		139
Whizzer (Stanley Stewart)		Project: Pegasus; Squadron Supreme		32
Golden Archer (Wyatt McDonald)		Redeemers (Earth-712); Squadron Supreme		29
Tom Thumb (Thomas Thompson)		Squadron Supreme		36
Amphibian (Kingsley Rice)		Squadron Supreme		22
Scourge (Mr. Collier)		Scourges of the Underworld [used many disguises in his criminal-killing crusade]		13
Deadly Ernest (Ernest St. Ives)		[allegedly the father of Nemesis]		3
Phone Ranger (A.G. Bell)	obsessed with telephones	[avenges dead telephones]		3

The process of listing characters who appeared in this source is not yet complete. This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Marvel Age Annual #1 (Jan. 1985) created 30 October 2012. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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