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The Champions (vol. 1) #11 (Feb. 1977):
“The Shadow from the Stars”
by Bill Mantlo, John Byrne, Bob Layton

The Champions (vol. 1) #11

Title: “The Shadow from the Stars”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1977

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Bill Mantlo
Art by: John Byrne, Bob Layton


16 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.
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741
Black Widow Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) hero
CBR Scale: I Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)
Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  Marvel 1,789
Hercules Hercules hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman classical religion
Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  DC Marvel 1,029
Ghost Rider Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) hero
CBR Scale: U Baptist (nominal); eclectic
Midnight Sons Marvel 306
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Clint Barton) hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Chain Gang; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,515
Darkstar Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna) hero
CBR Scale: S Communist Party member; Christian (denomination unknown)
Exiles (Russian); Republican Guard...  Marvel 116
Goliath Black Goliath (Bill Foster) hero
  Project: Pegasus; Secret Avengers...  Marvel 118
The Two-Gun Kid The Two-Gun Kid (Matthew Liebowitz) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish
E.D.I.T.; Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway...  Marvel 286
The Living Shadow (Kaa) villain
CBR Scale: I alien
Shadow People Marvel 6
Shadow People villain group
CBR Scale: M Shadow People religion
[worship Kuma Rhan] Marvel Atlas 4
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner)
(flashback cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
Giant-Man Goliath (Hank Pym)
(flashback cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: U atheist
Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 1,543
Stilt-Man Stilt-Man (Wilbur Day)
(cameo)
villain scientist
  Emissaries of Evil (Electro); Gang of Four Marvel 53
Iron Man Tony Stark
(mentioned) 
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
The Stranger The Stranger
(mentioned) 
villain scientist
CBR Scale: M pseudo-cosmic entity
[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #11 (May 1965)] Marvel 188