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Witches #1 (Aug. 2004):
“The Gathering”
by Brian Walsh, Mike Deodato Jr.

Witches #1

Title: “The Gathering”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 2004

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Brian Walsh
Art by: Mike Deodato Jr.


22 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.
Jennifer Kale Jennifer Kale hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M occult; Cult of Zhered-Na (priestess)
Legion of Night; Witches Marvel 68
Topaz supporting character hero
CBR Scale: S occult; Native American spirituality
Witches Marvel 82
Satana Satana (Satana Hellstrom) hero
CBR Scale: M Satanism
The Howling Commandos; Witches Marvel 46
Doctor Strange Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687
Wong Wong supporting character
CBR Scale: S Tibetan Buddhism; occult
[house servant of Doctor Strange] Marvel 333
Andy Kale supporting character
CBR Scale: S Cult of Zhered-Na
[brother of Jennifer Kale] Marvel 16
Satan Satan (Marduk Kurios) villain
CBR Scale: D Devil
[father of Hellstorm, Satana] Marvel 36
Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress
A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 1,624
Nekra Nekra (Nekra Sinclair)
(cameo)
villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S former priestess of Black
Spectre; Kali
worshipper/Thugee; Dry Academy
Black Spectre; black...  Marvel 49
Brother Voodoo Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm)
(cameo)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Vodoun houngan
black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 110
Clea
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S occult
The Defenders
[disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]
Marvel 222
The Devil Satan
(cameo)
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Devil
[generic Satan/Devil reference or appearance] DC Marvel, etc. 1,024
The Black Queen The Black Queen (Selene)
(cameo)
villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Greco-Roman classical religion (nominal); Cult of Fire (high priestess); sorceress
Externals; The Inner Circle...  Marvel 67
Enchantress Enchantress (Amora)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M Norse/Teutonic deity
(Asgardian)
Asgardian; Lady Liberators (founder)...  Marvel 264
Werewolf By Night Werewolf By Night (Jack Russell)
(cameo)
hero
  Night Shift; The Howling Commandos Marvel 273
Gaia Gaia (Gaea)
(cameo)
deity
CBR Scale: D Gaian
Kami Marvel DC, etc. 33
Morgan Le Fay Morgan Le Fay
(cameo)
villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Celtic
goddess-worship/Druidism
(former priestess); half
faerie; Darkholders cult
(leader)
[1st app: Black Knight (vol. 1) #1 (May 1955)] Marvel 157
Agatha Harkness Agatha Harkness
(cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: D witch
[leader of New Salem; tutored Scarlet Witch] Marvel 152
Belasco Belasco
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: D sorcerer; worshipped Elder Gods; degenerated into demon
[kidnapped Illyana Rasputin to Limbo] Marvel 36
Glamour (Glynis Zarkov)
(cameo)
supporting character
  [business owner; stage magician...] Marvel 5
Illusion (Ilya Zarkov)
(cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S occult
[business owner; stage magician...] Marvel 5
Lilith Lilith (Lily Drake)
(cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: M Gypsy; vampire
[Dracula's daughter] Marvel 39