Religion and Characters in
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #3 (July 1984):
“Tempest Without, Crisis Within!”
by Jim Shooter, Michael Zeck, John Beatty

42 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	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; The Avengers  Secret Defenders; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Redeemers  Ultimates; The Invaders; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Defenders; Hulkbusters  Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; X-Saviours; Warbound; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Thor Corps; Ultimates  Cosmic Avengers; The Avengers [Norway]		4,362
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Yancy Street Gang; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation  Fantastic Five; The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; The Fantastic Four		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; The Fantastic Four  Fantastic Force		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; believes in God	Illuminati; Fantastic Five  The Fantastic Four; The Avengers		4,661
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants)  Summers Rebellion; X-Men; X-Factor		2,604
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	The Twelve (mutants); Illuminati  Genoshan Excalibur; The Mutant Underground; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		4,318
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Team X; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force; Weapon X; The Avengers; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders [Canada]		8,823
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	The Twelve (mutants); X-Saviours  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; Morlocks; Lady Liberators		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem  X-Men; Excalibur [Germany]		3,788
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; Weapon X (Exiles)  X-Men; The Acolytes [Russia; USSR]		4,122
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Men  Brotherhood of Mutants		3,526
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Ultimates; Lady Liberators  The Avengers		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts  Ultimates; Chain Gang; The Avengers		1,515
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway; Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.)  Lady Liberators; The Fantastic Four; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); S.H.I.E.L.D.; Heroes for Hire		952
Iron Man (Jim Rhodes)	Christian (denomination unknown)	U.S. Marines; Stark Industries  The Crew; WorldWatch Inc.; Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff); U.S. Air Force; Force Works; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		389
Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)		Nextwave; The Avengers		256
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	The Twelve (mutants); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy  X-Men; The Acolytes; Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur		916
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)		Wrecking Crew (leader); Lethal Legion  Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil		190
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
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)	Lady Liberators; The Masters of Evil		264
Molecule Man (Owen Reece)		[nuclear plant worker]		76
Titania (Skeeter MacPherran)		Femizons; The Masters of Evil  The Frightful Four		100
Volcana (Marsha Rosenberg)	Jewish			36
Bulldozer (Henry Camp) (2-panel cameo, pg. 19, 24)		Wrecking Crew; Hood's Army  U.S. Army; The Masters of Evil		125
Piledriver (Brian Calusky) (2-panel cameo, pg. 19, 24)		Wrecking Crew; Hood's Army  The Masters of Evil		137
Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) (2-panel cameo, pg. 19, 24)		Wrecking Crew; Hood's Army  The Masters of Evil		151
Kang (Nathaniel Richards) (2-panel cameo, pg. 19, 24)		Council of Kangs [born in 31th century]		274
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 4)  Reed Richards: "Everything except what I really WANT to see... My son... my wife..."	Episcopalian	The Avengers; Lady Liberators  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Betty Ross (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 1)  Hulk: "I wish you were home too, Richards... to spare us your maudlin whimpering! You think I don't	Catholic (former novitiate)	The Team; Home Base [girlfriend (later wife) of Dr. Bruce Banner (the Hulk)]		463
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 5)  Hawkeye: "All I can think about is my new bride! I miss her... You know? I-- I don't wanna be here..		Great Lakes Avengers; S.H.I.E.L.D.  The Avengers [Hawkeye's wife]		293
Madelyne Pryor (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 1)  Cyclops: ""The worst thing for me is thinking about my wife back home, not knowing what happened to		Berzerkers; Hellfire Club		173
The Beyonder (mentioned, pg. 24, panel 1)	cosmic entity; Inhuman religion	Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation [Attilan]		100
Franklin Richards (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 4)  Reed Richards: "Everything except what I really WANT to see... My son... my wife..."	Episcopalian	Daydreamers; Fantastic Five  Fantastic Force; Power Pack; Generation X; The Fantastic Four		650
Odin (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 4-5)  Thor: "Odd's Blood! By the All-Father's grace, let the strength of Thor be enow--!"	Norse/Teutonic deity	[Thor's father]		307
unnamed therapist (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 3, 5-6)	prob. indeterminate	[Molecule Man's therapist]		4

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