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Religion and Characters in
Contest of Champions II #5 (Nov. 1999):
“Victory!”
by Chris Claremont, Oscar Jimenez, Michael Ryan, Eduardo Alpuente, John Livesay

Contest of Champions II #5

Title: “Victory!”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Nov 1999

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Chris Claremont

Art by: Oscar Jimenez, Michael Ryan, Eduardo Alpuente, John Livesay


32 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
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Marvel 9,358
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Weapon Plus; Invaders  Timely Marvel 5,992
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Avengers; Defenders  Marvel 4,551
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark) hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly
secular; sometimes prays;
Alcoholics Anonymous
Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Marvel 5,673
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  Marvel 5,017
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: S Protestant; mutant supremacist
X-Men; X-Factor  Marvel 2,604
Phoenix Phoenix (Jean Grey) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; X-Factor  Marvel 1,905
Kitty Pryde Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
X-Men; Excalibur  Marvel 3,128
Rogue Rogue (Anna Marie) hero
CBR Scale: S Southern Baptist
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Marvel 3,526
Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) hero
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half
Jewish; sorceress
Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  Marvel 1,624
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Clint Barton) hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Marvel 1,515
Black Widow Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) hero
CBR Scale: I Russian Orthodox Communist
(lapsed)
Champions (of Los Angeles); Avengers 
[Russia]
Marvel 1,789
Captain Marvel Warbird (Carol Danvers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
U.S. Air Force; NASA  Marvel 784
She-Hulk She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown) - nominal
Avengers; Heroes for Hire  Marvel 952
Gambit Gambit (Remy LeBeau) hero
CBR Scale: S Cajun Catholic
X-Men; X-Ternals  Marvel 954
Psylocke Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) hero
CBR Scale: I Anglican
S.T.R.I.K.E.; X-Men 
[England]
Marvel UK Marvel 772
Deadpool Deadpool (Wade Wilson) villain hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed); One World
Church (lapsed)
Weapon X; Six Pack  Marvel 349
The Brood The Brood villain
CBR Scale: I alien
[1st app: Uncanny X-Men #155 (Mar. 1982)] Marvel 90
Brood Queen Brood Queen villain
CBR Scale: I alien
[1st app: Uncanny X-Men #162 (Oct. 1982)] Marvel 10
The Badoon The Badoon supporting character villain
CBR Scale: M Badoon religion
[] Marvel 55
Lockdown (Jomo Kimanye) villain
CBR Scale: I alien
  Marvel 6
Rosetta Stone (Nefer Neith Sinue) villain
CBR Scale: I alien
  Marvel 5
Brother Royal villain
CBR Scale: M Brotherhood of the Badoon
(leader)
[ruler over Badoon race] Marvel 9
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five Marvel 4,393
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy)
(cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 5,233
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes
atheist; has practiced
Buddhism; skeptical seeker
First Flight; Weapon Plus 
[Canada]
Marvel 8,823
Quicksilver Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
(cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: I Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half
Jewish; sometimes mutant
supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers 
[Transia]
Marvel 944
Luke Cage Luke Cage
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
Heroes for Hire; Defenders 
[formerly owned a bar and theater]
Marvel 951
Domino Domino (Neena Thurman)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Armajesuits (born into);
Catholic (raised)
Six Pack; X-Force 
[Domino's mother leads the Armajesuits sect]
Marvel 314
Hardcase (Harry Malone)
(cameo)
supporting character
  U.S. Army; S.H.I.E.L.D. 
[military officer; mercenary]
Marvel 5
The Imperiatrix
(someone disguised as)
villain
CBR Scale: I alien
[] Marvel 15
Aegis Aegis (Trey Rollins)
(behind the scenes)
hero
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
New Warriors Marvel 24