Religion and Characters in
Contest of Champions II #4 (Nov. 1999):
“Final Cut”
by Chris Claremont, Michael Ryan, Ray Kryssing, John Livesay

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.
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
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
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Defenders; Avengers; X-Factor; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		5,233
Phoenix (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	X-Men; X-Factor  The Twelve (mutants)		1,905
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
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
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
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	Avengers; Fantastic Force		786
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Champions (of Los Angeles); Avengers  Marvel Knights; Ultimates; Lady Liberators; Mighty Avengers [Russia]		1,789
Gambit (Remy LeBeau)	Cajun Catholic	X-Men; X-Ternals  Marauders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Weapon X (Exiles)		954
Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)	Anglican	S.T.R.I.K.E.; X-Men  Excalibur; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Exiles [England]		772
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Avengers; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Heroes for Hire; Renegades; Mighty Avengers [Greece]		1,029
Domino (Neena Thurman)	Armajesuits (born into); Catholic (raised)	Six Pack; X-Force  X-Corporation; Cable's Underground [Domino's mother leads the Armajesuits sect]		314
Deadpool (Wade Wilson)	Catholic (lapsed); One World Church (lapsed)	Weapon X; Six Pack  Frightful Four; Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders; Code Red; Weapon X (Exiles)		349
The Brood	alien	[1st app: Uncanny X-Men #155 (Mar. 1982)]		90
Brood Queen	alien	[1st app: Uncanny X-Men #162 (Oct. 1982)]		10
The Badoon	Badoon religion	[ 1st app: "When Lands the Saucer!" in Silver Surfer (vol. 1) #2 (Oct. 1968) ]		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)	[ruler over Badoon race]		9
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
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
Mirage (Danielle Moonstar) (cameo)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	New Mutants; Mutant Liberation Front  X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (cameo)	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
Warpath (James Proudstar) (cameo)	Native American spirituality (Apache)	Hellions; New Mutants  X-Force; X-Corps; X-Corporation; X-Men		340
Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin) (cameo)		Loners		48
The Imperiatrix (someone disguised as)	alien	[ 1st app: (mentioned/behind the scenes) Uncanny X-Men #155; (full) Uncanny X-Men #155 ]		15
Aegis (Trey Rollins) (behind the scenes)	Greco-Roman classical religion	New Warriors		24

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