Contest of Champions II #3 (Oct. 1999):
“Culling the Hero”
by Chris Claremont, Oscar Jimenez, Eduardo Alpuente

Contest of Champions II #3

Title: “Culling the Hero”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1999

Publisher:
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Oscar Jimenez, Eduardo Alpuente

49 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.
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
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
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Warbird (Carol Danvers)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers)	Askani (leader)	Cable's Underground (leader); Clan Chosen...  Six Pack; The New Mutants (leader); The Twelve; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		666
Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)	Anglican	Asian; Excalibur...  S.T.R.I.K.E.; The Exiles; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		772
Namorita (Nita Prentiss)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Secret Defenders...  The Defenders; The New Warriors		305
Speedball (Robbie Baldwin)	Presbyterian	League of Losers; The New Warriors...  The Thunderbolts		359
Nova (Richard Rider)		Nova Corps; Secret Defenders...  The Champions of Xandar; The Defenders; The New Warriors [attended Harry S. Truman High]		427
Turbo (Mickey Musashi)		Asian; Loners...  The New Warriors		92
Aegis (Trey Rollins)	Greco-Roman classical religion	black; The New Warriors		24
Bolt (Chris Bradley)		Cable's Underground; Gene Nation...  The New Warriors		21
Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)		Initiative: Heavy Hitters; Slingers		51
Ricochet (Johnny Gallo)		Loners; Slingers		22
Dusk (Cassie St. Commons)		Slingers		20
Hornet (Eddie McDonough)		Slingers		22
Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin)		Loners		48
The Brood	alien	[alien race]		90
Brood Queen	alien	Brood		10
The Badoon	Badoon religion	[alien race]		55
Lockdown (Jomo Kimanye)	alien	[1st app: Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #17 (May 1999)]		6
Rosetta Stone (Nefer Neith Sinue)	alien	[1st app: Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #17 (May 1999)]		5
Brother Royal	Brotherhood of the Badoon (leader)	Badoon [ruler over Badoon race]		9
Announcer		[part of the "Coterie" in Contest of Champions II]		5
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (cameo)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (cameo)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (cameo)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Phoenix (Jean Grey) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (cameo)	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
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (cameo)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (cameo)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa) (cameo)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (cameo)	religious	Force Works; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (cameo)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Luke Cage (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (cameo)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (cameo)	Cajun Catholic	Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Ternals; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954
Hercules (cameo)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Firestar (Angelica Jones) (cameo)	Catholic	Hellions; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; The New Warriors; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Allies		338
Justice (Vance Astrovik) (cameo)	Jewish (half)	Counter Force; Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff)...  The New Warriors		291
Domino (Neena Thurman) (cameo)	Armajesuits (born into); Catholic (raised)	Cable's Underground; Six Pack...  X-Corporation; X-Force [Domino's mother leads the Armajesuits sect]		314
Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed); One World Church (lapsed)	Code Red; Heroes for Hire...  Secret Defenders; Six Pack; The Frightful Four; Weapon X		1,256
The Imperiatrix (someone disguised or dressed as)	alien	Brood		15
3-D Man (Chuck and Hal Chandler) (behind the scenes)		1950s Avengers		19

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