Religion and Characters in
New Thunderbolts #3 (Feb. 2005):
“Heavy Burdens”
by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, Tom Grummett, Gary Erskine

28 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	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
HYDRA	HYDRA	HYDRA [largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Atlanteans	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion			165
Atlas (Erik Josten)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Lethal Legion  Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Defenders		197
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
Blizzard (Donny Gill)		Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts  Initiative		99
Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell)	Titanian Eternals religion	Thunderbolts		158
Joystick (Janice Olivia Yanizeski)		Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts		45
Speed Demon (James Saunders)		Squadron Sinister; Sinister Syndicate  Thunderbolts; Hood's Army		86
Radioactive Man (Dr. Chen Lu)	Communist Buddhist	Titanic Three; Masters of Evil  Thunderbolts; The People's Defense Force [China]		187
Swordsman (Andreas von Strucker)	Nazi / white supremacist	Upstarts; Assembly of Evil  Thunderbolts; Initiative		128
Baron Strucker (Wolfgang von Strucker)	Nazi; HYDRA (founder)	Blitzkrieg Squad (founder); HYDRA (leader) [Germany]		130
Tamara Rahn	alien	[1st app: Sub-Mariner (vol. 1) #58]		10
Bloodtide	At'La'Tique	Fathom Five		7
Llyron (Llyron Mackenzie)	At'La'Tique	Fathom Five		21
Nagala	Lemurian sorceress; At'La'Tique	Deep Six		7
Dragonrider	At'La'Tique	Fathom Five		9
Manowar	At'La'Tique	Fathom Five		6
Sea Leopard	At'La'Tique	Fathom Five; The Ancients		6
Marcus Stone		Code: Blue (leader)		54
Commander Herzog	HYDRA	HYDRA		1
Numara D'athahr	At'La'Tique	[possibly the founder of At'la'tique]		1
Hilary	prob. indeterminate	[Baron Strucker's secretary at Merovech]		1
Overmind (Grom) (behind the scenes)		Defenders; Thunderbolts Army		41
Shakkoth (behind the scenes)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion; At'La'Tique	[High Priest of the Temple of Neptune]		9

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