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Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #10 (Feb. 1985):
“Death to the Beyonder!”
by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, John Beatty

Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #10

Title: “Death to the Beyonder!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1985

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


41 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 Spider-Man (Peter Parker) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
Thor Thor (Donald Blake) hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
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
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier) hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe) hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
black; Lady Liberators...  Marvel 5,068
Nightcrawler Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)
Excalibur; Neyaphem...  Marvel 4,345
Colossus Colossus (Peter Rasputin) hero
CBR Scale: I Communist atheist (former)
Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Marvel 4,122
Rogue Rogue (Anna Marie) hero
CBR Scale: S Southern Baptist
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men Marvel 3,526
The Wasp The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) hero
CBR Scale: U Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,339
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Clint Barton) hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Chain Gang; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,515
She-Hulk She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown) - nominal
Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 952
War Machine Iron Man (Jim Rhodes) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Force Works...  Marvel 389
Photon Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) hero
  black; Nextwave...  Marvel 256
Magneto Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) villain hero scientist
CBR Scale: S Jewish; Gypsy/Roma
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 916
Doctor Doom Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) villain scientist
CBR Scale: S Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism
Fearsome Four; The Cabal Marvel 1,176
Arachne Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) hero
  Force Works; Freedom Force...  Marvel 218
The Beyonder The Beyonder villain
CBR Scale: I cosmic entity; Inhuman religion
Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation Marvel 100
Klaw Klaw (Ulysses Klaw) villain
  A.I.M.; Fearsome Foursome...  Marvel 151
The Symbiote supporting character villain
CBR Scale: I alien; vengeance
[sentient black costume Spider-Man obtained on Battleworld] Marvel 16
Piledriver Piledriver (Brian Calusky)
(3-panel cameo, pg. 6, 22)
villain
  Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 137
Absorbing Man Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel)
(3-panel cameo, pg. 6, 10, 23)
villain
CBR Scale: I temporarily became follower of
Thor
The Masters of Evil Marvel 270
Wrecker Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 6, 23)
villain
  Hood's Army; Lethal Legion...  Marvel 190
Thunderball Thunderball (Eliot Franklin)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 6, 23)
villain scientist
  black; Hood's Army...  Marvel 151
The Lizard The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 10, 23)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Sinister Twelve; U.S. Army Marvel 318
Cynthia von Doom Cynthia von Doom
(2-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)
supporting character
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; sorceress
[Doctor Doom's beloved mother] Marvel 14
Bulldozer Bulldozer (Henry Camp)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 2)
villain
  Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 125
Doctor Octopus Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 2)
villain hero scientist
  Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 1,006
Galactus Galactus (Galan)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 3)
villain
CBR Scale: M cosmic entity
Heralds of Galactus (leader) Marvel 537
Enchantress Enchantress (Amora)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 2)
villain
CBR Scale: M Norse/Teutonic deity
(Asgardian)
Asgardian; Lady Liberators (founder)...  Marvel 264
Molecule Man Molecule Man (Owen Reece)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 2)
villain
  [nuclear plant worker] Marvel 76
Mephisto Mephisto
(1-panel cameo, pg. 21, panel 1)
villain
CBR Scale: D Devil
Six-Fingered Hand; The Cabal Marvel 381
Zsaji Zsaji
(photo/picture/video, pg. 14, panel 4)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S alien religion
[Colossus fell in love with her on Battleworld] Marvel 9
Nazis Nazis
(mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1) 
villain group real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[generic WWII Nazis] Timely Marvel, etc. 4,222
David David
(mentioned, pg. 9-10) 
hero real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Jewish
[slew Goliath in Old Testament] Marvel 31
Goliath Goliath
(mentioned, pg. 9-10) 
villain
CBR Scale: M Canaanite religion
[historic giant was impersonated by a Space Phantom] Marvel 2