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Religion and Characters in
Marvel Two-in-One Annual #1 (1976):
“Their Name is Legion!”
by Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, Sam Grainger, John Tartaglione, George Roussos

Marvel Two-in-One Annual #1

Title: “Their Name is Legion!”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: 1976

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Roy Thomas

Art by: Sal Buscema, Sam Grainger, John Tartaglione, George Roussos


27 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.
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  Marvel 5,017
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Weapon Plus; Invaders  Timely Marvel 5,992
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Invaders; All-Winners Squad 
[Atlantis]
Marvel 1,864
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five Marvel 4,393
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I humanist; believes in God
Avengers; Illuminati  Marvel 4,661
Invisible Woman Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards) hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
Avengers; Lady Liberators Marvel 4,069
Winter Soldier Bucky (Bucky Barnes) hero
CBR Scale: U Protestant (nominal)
Liberty Legion; Kid Commandos  Timely Marvel 395
Nazis Nazis villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[Germany. generic WWII Nazis] Timely Marvel, etc. 4,222
Human Torch Human Torch (Jim Hammond) hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Timely Atlas, etc. 497
Baron Zemo Baron Zemo (Dr. Heinrich Zemo) villain scientist
CBR Scale: M Nazi
Masters of Evil (founder); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)
[Germany]
Marvel 121
Whizzer Whizzer (Bob Frank) hero
  Liberty Legion; Invaders  Timely Marvel 108
The Watcher The Watcher (Uatu) supporting character
CBR Scale: S monotheist / Watcher religion,
focusing on non-interference
and observation
  Marvel 582
Toro Toro (Thomas Raymond) hero
  All-Winners Squad; Invaders  Timely Atlas, etc. 311
The Patriot The Patriot (Jeff Mace) hero
  Invaders; Liberty Legion  Marvel 89
Miss America Miss America (Madeline Joyce) hero
  Invaders; Liberty Legion  Marvel 95
Red Raven Red Raven hero
CBR Scale: R Bird-People religion
Liberty Legion
[normal human raised by Avians]
Marvel 54
The Thin Man The Thin Man (Dr. Bruce Dickson) hero
  Liberty Legion; Invaders  Timely Marvel 36
U-Man U-Man (Merrano) villain
CBR Scale: D Atlantean/Greco-Roman
Classical Religion (lapsed) /
Nazi
Axis Mundi; Super-Axis Marvel 38
Master Man Master Man (Wilhelm Lohmer) villain
CBR Scale: M Nazi; Bundist
Super-Axis
[Germany]
Marvel 60
Slicer Slicer villain
CBR Scale: U State Shinto; Bushido
[Japan. Foe of: Liberty Legion. World War II era Samurai] Marvel 2
Skyshark (Captain Schleigal) villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi
Super-Axis; Battle-Axis
[Germany]
Marvel 5
Brain Drain (Werner Schmidt) villain scientist
CBR Scale: M Norse/Teutonic paganism; Nazi
Super-Axis; Omega Flight Marvel 13
Jack Frost Jack Frost hero
CBR Scale: S Norse/Teutonic paganism
Liberty Legion Marvel 14
Blue Diamond Blue Diamond (Elton T. Morrow) hero
  Liberty Legion Timely Marvel 26
Major Hayden supporting character
  U.S. Army Marvel 1
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler
(cameo)
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[Germany] Timely Marvel, etc. 1,593
John Romita Sr. John Romita Sr.
(cameo)
supporting character real/historical person
  [influential Marvel comic book artist] Marvel 16