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New Thunderbolts #12 (Nov. 2005):
“Purple Reign, Part Three: Living Lies”
by Fabian Nicieza, Tom Grummett, Gary Erskine

New Thunderbolts #12

Title: “Purple Reign, Part Three: Living Lies”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 2005

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Fabian Nicieza
Art by: Tom Grummett, Gary Erskine


30 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.
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  Marvel 5,017
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Marvel 4,393
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Invisible Woman Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 4,069
Atlas Atlas (Erik Josten) villain hero
  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Initiative...  Marvel 197
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
Namorita Namorita (Nita Prentiss) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 305
Justice Justice (Vance Astrovik) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish (half)
Counter Force; Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff)...  Marvel 291
Jewel Jessica Jones hero
  New Avengers (ally) Marvel 139
Purple Man Purple Man (Zebediah Killgrave) villain
  Hood's Army
[led own criminal gang; Purple Girl's father]
Marvel 18
Overmind (Grom) villain hero
  The Defenders; Thunderbolts Army Marvel 41
Scalpel supporting character
 prob. indeterminate  [physician with blades on fingers; treated Mach-4] Marvel 3
Doctor Spectrum (Martha Gomes) villain
  [1st app: New Thunderbolts #12 (Nov. 2005)] Marvel 3
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
Moonstone Moonstone (Karla Sofen)
(cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U Buddhist
Dark Avengers; Femizons...  Marvel 235
Spider-Woman Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Wundagorian Transhumanism
(raised); HYDRA (former)
Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Marvel 353
Citizen V Helmut Zemo
(cameo)
villain hero
  Redeemers; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 142
Swordsman Swordsman (Andreas von Strucker)
(cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S Nazi / white supremacist
Initiative; The Assembly of Evil...  Marvel 128
Firestar Firestar (Angelica Jones)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Hellions; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  NBC Marvel 338
Nova Nova (Richard Rider)
(cameo)
hero
  Nova Corps; Secret Defenders... 
[attended Harry S. Truman High]
Marvel 427
Wiccan Wiccan (Billy Kaplan)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Reform Judaism
Young Avengers Marvel 106
Vulture Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
(cameo)
villain
  Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve Marvel 342
Wizard Wizard (Bentley Wittman)
(cameo)
villain
  Hood's Army; The Frightful Four (founder)...  Marvel 202