Religion and Characters in
Secret Wars II #3 (Sep. 1985):
“This World is Mine!”
by Jim Shooter, Al Milgrom, Steve Leialoha

70 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.
The Beyonder (lead character)	cosmic entity; Inhuman religion	Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation [Attilan. Foe of: everybody]		100
Edwin Jarvis	Anglican	Avengers (staff) [England]		669
The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)	Catholic (lapsed)	HYDRA [Foe of: Daredevil (arch-enemy)]		619
Molecule Man (Owen Reece)		[nuclear plant worker]		76
Volcana (Marsha Rosenberg)	Jewish			36
Circuit Breaker (Josie Beller)		Neo-Knights	/ Titan Books	43
The Rose (Richard Fisk)		HYDRA [led own organization; Kingpin's son]		73
Vinnie Corbo		[briefly took newly "human" Beyonder under his wing]		1
Toots		[propositioned the Beyonder]		1
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (cameo)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Thor (Donald Blake) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (cameo)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (cameo)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) (cameo)	atheist	Avengers; Defenders  West Coast Avengers; Secret Defenders; Commission on Superhuman Activities; Liberators; Mighty Avengers		1,543
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (cameo)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (cameo)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (cameo)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (cameo)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Defenders; Avengers; X-Factor; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		5,233
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (cameo)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Defenders  Champions (of Los Angeles); X-Factor; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Academy of Tomorrow; Renegades; X-Force; X-Club		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (cameo)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (cameo)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (cameo)	Goddess worship	X-Men; Morlocks  The Twelve (mutants); X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Lady Liberators; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (cameo)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Men; Excalibur  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem [Germany]		3,788
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (cameo)	Communist atheist (former)	X-Men; Acolytes  Excalibur; Weapon X (Exiles) [Russia; USSR]		4,122
Rogue (Anna Marie) (cameo)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		3,526
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  X-Factor; West Coast Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers [Transia]		944
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Avengers; Lady Liberators  West Coast Avengers; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
Vision (cameo)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Avengers; Heroes for Hire  Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway; Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Iron Man (Jim Rhodes) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	U.S. Air Force; U.S. Marines  Stark Industries; West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; The Crew; WorldWatch Inc.; Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff)		389
Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) (cameo)		Avengers; Nextwave		256
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (cameo)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Acolytes; The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy [Foe of: X-Men (arch-enemy)]		916
Luke Cage (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Heroes for Hire; Defenders  Marvel Knights; New Avengers [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (cameo)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders  New Avengers		672
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
Hercules (cameo)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Avengers; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Heroes for Hire; Renegades; Mighty Avengers [Greece]		1,029
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) (cameo)	Catholic	Dark X-Men; X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
Dagger (Tandy Bowen) (cameo)	Catholic	Secret Defenders; Marvel Knights  League of Losers; New Warriors; Secret Avengers; Dark X-Men; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) (cameo)	Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)	Alpha Flight; Secret Defenders  X-Men; Academy of Tomorrow [Canada. skier]		284
Puck (Eugene Judd) (cameo)	religious	Beta Flight; Alpha Flight [Canada]		209
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) (cameo)		Wrecking Crew (leader); Masters of Evil  Lethal Legion; Hood's Army		190
Bulldozer (Henry Camp) (cameo)		U.S. Army; Wrecking Crew  Masters of Evil; Hood's Army		125
Piledriver (Brian Calusky) (cameo)		Wrecking Crew; Masters of Evil  Hood's Army		137
Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) (cameo)		Wrecking Crew; Masters of Evil  Hood's Army		151
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (cameo)		Sinister Six; Masters of Evil  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (cameo)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors) (cameo)	Catholic	U.S. Army; Sinister Twelve		318
Kang (Nathaniel Richards) (cameo)		Council of Kangs [born in 31th century]		274
Galactus (Galan) (cameo)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Ultron (cameo)		Lethal Legion; Masters of Evil		459
Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel) (cameo)	temporarily became follower of Thor	Masters of Evil		270
Enchantress (Amora) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity (Asgardian)	Masters of Evil; Lady Liberators (founder)		264
Klaw (Ulysses Klaw) (cameo)		A.I.M.; Frightful Four  Masters of Evil; Fearsome Four [Netherlands]		151
Starfox (Eros) (cameo)	Titanian religion	Eternals of Titan; Avengers		207
Stan Lee (cameo)	Jewish	[principal Marvel Comics creator]		258
Ronald Reagan (cameo)	Presbyterian (raised in Disciples of Christ)	Reagan's Raiders; X Presidents	, etc.	583
Thundersword (Stewart Caldwell) (cameo)	sought vengeance on agents of mediocrity	[TV writer; empowered to become his own fictional creation]		2
Millie Shuriff (cameo)	prob. indeterminate	[encountered Beyonder]		1
Laverne Lacy (cameo)	prob. indeterminate	[encountered Beyonder]		1
Chulo (cameo)	prob. indeterminate	[encountered Beyonder]		1
Gina (cameo)	prob. indeterminate	[encountered Beyonder]		1
Al Milgrom (cameo)		[artist; comic book artist]		2

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