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The Torch #3 (Jan. 2010)
by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, Mike Carey, Patrick Berkenkotter

The Torch #3

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 2010

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, Mike Carey
Art by: Patrick Berkenkotter


14 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.
Human Torch Human Torch (Jim Hammond)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  Marvel Timely 497
The Mad Thinker The Mad Thinker (Dr. Jose Santini)
(lead character)
villain scientist
  Triumvirate of Terror (leader) Marvel 108
A.I.M. A.I.M. villain group
CBR Scale: S Scientism
[terrorist] Marvel 390
Toro Toro (Thomas Raymond) hero
  Kid Commandos; The All-Winners Squad...  Marvel Timely 311
Eugene Toussaint villain scientist
CBR Scale: R Scientism
A.I.M.
[assigned to assist Mad Thinker in AIM project]
Marvel 1
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
(9-panel cameo, pg. 22-23)
hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
Atlanteans Atlanteans
(6-panel cameo, pg. 22-23)
supporting character group
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
[hidden race] Marvel DC 165
Porphyr
(6-panel cameo, pg. 22-23)
supporting character
CBR Scale: R Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean Marvel 1
unnamed board members
(2-panel cameo, pg. 2, panels 1-2)
villain group
CBR Scale: R Scientism
A.I.M.
[seen only as holograms to assign Mad Thinker's A.I.M. work]
Marvel 3
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(mentioned, pg. 19, panel 1)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(mentioned, pg. 19, panel 1)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
The Cosmic Cube The Cosmic Cube
(mentioned, pg. 1)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S pseudo-cosmic entity
A.I.M. Marvel 10
Phineas T. Horton Phineas T. Horton
(mentioned, pg. 7, 19)
supporting character
  [created android superhero Human Torch; Nova's father] Marvel Timely 13
J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer
(mentioned, pg. 1) 
scientist real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[physicist] Marvel DC 58