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New Thunderbolts #7 (June 2005):
“Modern Marvels”
by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, Bill Sienkiewicz, Tom Grummett, etc.

New Thunderbolts #7

Title: “Modern Marvels”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 2005

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza
Art by: Bill Sienkiewicz, Tom Grummett, Gary Erskine


31 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.
Atlas Atlas (Erik Josten) villain hero
  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Initiative...  Marvel 197
MACH-IV MACH-IV (Abner Jenkins) villain hero
  black; Initiative...  Marvel 152
Songbird Songbird (Melissa Joan Gold) villain hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Femizons; Grapplers...  Marvel 229
Blizzard Blizzard (Donny Gill) villain hero
  Initiative; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 99
Photon Photon (Genis-Vell) hero
CBR Scale: I Titanian Eternals religion
Kree; The Thunderbolts Marvel 158
Joystick Joystick (Janice Olivia Yanizeski) villain hero
  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts Marvel 45
Speed Demon Speed Demon (James Saunders) villain
  Hood's Army; Sinister Syndicate...  Marvel 86
Radioactive Man Radioactive Man (Dr. Chen Lu) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Communist Buddhist
Asian; People's Defense Force...  Marvel 187
Swordsman Swordsman (Andreas von Strucker) villain hero
CBR Scale: S Nazi / white supremacist
Initiative; The Assembly of Evil...  Marvel 128
Purple Man Purple Man (Zebediah Killgrave) villain
  Hood's Army
[led own criminal gang; Purple Girl's father]
Marvel 18
Shocker Shocker (Herman Schultz) villain
  Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate...  Marvel 157
Sidewinder Sidewinder (Seth Voelker) villain
  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad Marvel 36
Brie Larmer supporting character
  [reporter] Marvel 3
Dr. Dennis Schoolcraft supporting character
  [wrote book "Shadows: the Dark Side of the Marvels"] Marvel 3
Al Roker Al Roker supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[TV weatherman] Marvel 464
Condoleezza Rice supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Presbyterian
[politician; diplomat...] Marvel 155
Raymond Kelly supporting character
 prob. indeterminate  NYPD Marvel 1
Scalpel supporting character
 prob. indeterminate  [physician with blades on fingers; treated Mach-4] Marvel 3
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Thor Thor (Donald Blake)
(cameo)
hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
Captain Marvel Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Kree religion
Kree
[former captain of Kree star fleet]
Marvel 142
Nighthawk Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)
(cameo)
hero
  Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Marvel 361
Justin Hammer Justin Hammer
(cameo)
villain
  The 1400 Club (leader)
[led own super-criminal army]
Marvel 80
Hyperion Hyperion (Mark Milton)
(cameo)
hero
  Squadron Supreme; Star Masters...  Marvel 175
The Grandmaster The Grandmaster (En Dwi Gast)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: D quasi-cosmic entity w/ personal obsession
Elders of the Universe Marvel 71
Doctor Spectrum Doctor Spectrum (Joe Ledger)
(cameo)
hero
  Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme Marvel 139
The Blur Whizzer (Stanley Stewart)
(cameo)
hero
  Project: Pegasus; Squadron Supreme Marvel 32
Toro Rojo
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M Deviant religion
Delta Force; Deviants
[bonded to Tupac Amaru by a mystic totem]
Marvel 5
Overmind (Grom)
(behind the scenes)
villain hero
  The Defenders; Thunderbolts Army Marvel 41
Sinpei Ling
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [Radioactive Man's lover] Marvel 1