Religion and Characters in
Secret Wars II #5 (Nov. 1985):
“Despair!”
by Jim Shooter, Al Milgrom, Steve Leialoha, Joe Rubinstein

36 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
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	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
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Men; Excalibur  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem [Germany]		3,788
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	X-Men; Acolytes  Excalibur; Weapon X (Exiles) [Russia; USSR]		4,122
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	X-Men; Excalibur  S.H.I.E.L.D.; Exiles		3,128
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		3,526
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	New Mutants; X-Force  X-Men; X-Corporation; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Strike; Avengers		831
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)	Presbyterian	New Mutants; X-Factor  Excalibur; X-Factor Investigations; X-Force [Scotland]		576
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta)	Catholic	New Mutants; Fallen Angels  X-Force; Mutant Liberation Front; X-Corporation; Hellfire Club; X-Ternals; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Strike; Young X-Men (teacher); Avengers [Brazil]		574
Warlock	Technarchy religion (worships The Maker)	New Mutants; Fallen Angels  Excalibur		241
Time Bomb (Tabitha Smith)		Fallen Angels; New Mutants  X-Terminators; X-Force; Cable's Underground; Nextwave; X-Men		314
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Avengers; Lady Liberators  West Coast Avengers; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
Wonder Man (Simon Williams)	religious	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Guardians of the Galaxy; Galactic Guardians; Mighty Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)	Christian (medieval)	Avengers; Excalibur  Heroes for Hire		430
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)	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
Tigra (Greer Grant)	mystically empowered	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Lady Liberators; Counter Force		310
Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)		Avengers; Nextwave		256
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Avengers; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Heroes for Hire; Renegades; Mighty Avengers [Greece]		1,029
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; New Avengers [Hawkeye's wife]		293
Dazzler (Alison Blaire)	singing	X-Men; Excalibur  Academy of Tomorrow		447
Phoenix (Rachel Grey)	Episcopalian (born); future self: founder of Askani religion	X-Men; Excalibur  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Starjammers		358
Starfox (Eros)	Titanian religion	Eternals of Titan; Avengers		207
Kurse (Algrim)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian Dark Elf)	[ 1st app: (as Algrim) Thor (vol. 1) #347; (as Kurse) Secret Wars II #4 ]		32
Eson the Searcher	Celestial	Celestials [seeker, quester]		10
Gammenon the Gatherer	Celestial	Celestials [data collector; gatherer of specimens]		9
Nezarr the Calculator	Celestial	Celestials		13
Marty Louis Smith (cameo)	Triune Understanding (Scientology)	[father of Tabitha Smith, a.k.a. Meltdown]		6
Mandy Smith (cameo)		[mother of Meltdown (Tabitha Smith)]		2

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Secret Wars II #5 (Nov. 1985) created 2 December 2009. Last modified 25 April 2013.
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