Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #1 (May 1984):
“The War Begins”
by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, John Beatty

Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #1

Title: “The War Begins”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1984

Publisher:
Written by: Jim Shooter
Art by: Mike Zeck, John Beatty

38 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	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Iron Man (Jim Rhodes)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Force Works...  Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff); Secret Defenders; Stark Industries; The Avengers; The Crew; U.S. Air Force; United States Marine Corps; WorldWatch Inc.		389
Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)		black; Nextwave...  The Avengers		256
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Lockheed	alien dragon	Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)		Hood's Army; Lethal Legion...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew (leader)		190
Bulldozer (Henry Camp)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  U.S. Army; Wrecking Crew		125
Piledriver (Brian Calusky)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Wrecking Crew		137
Thunderball (Eliot Franklin)		black; Hood's Army...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew		151
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors)	Catholic	Sinister Twelve; U.S. Army		318
Kang (Nathaniel Richards)		Council of Kangs [born in 31th century]		274
Galactus (Galan)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Ultron		Lethal Legion; The Masters of Evil		459
Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel)	temporarily became follower of Thor	The Masters of Evil		270
Enchantress (Amora)	Norse/Teutonic deity (Asgardian)	Asgardian; Lady Liberators (founder)...  Mandarin's Minions; The Masters of Evil		264
Molecule Man (Owen Reece)		[nuclear plant worker]		76
The Beyonder	cosmic entity; Inhuman religion	Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		100
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (mentioned, pg. 5, 18)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Easter Bunny (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 1)  Thing: "This crumb's the Human Torch... and I'm the Easter Bunny!"	Christian anthropomorphic animal	rabbit		35
unnamed therapist (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 1)	prob. indeterminate	[Molecule Man's therapist]		4

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