Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #5 (Late Oct. 1988):
“Elements of Terror, Part 5: God and Country”
by Steve Gerber, Tom Sutton

Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #5

Title: “Elements of Terror, Part 5: God and Country”

Feature: Man-Thing (Ted Sallis)

Medium: comic

Cover date: Late Oct. 1988

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Gerber
Art by: Tom Sutton

14 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.
Man-Thing (Ted Sallis) (lead character)		Daydreamers; Legion of Monsters...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; U.S. Army [Guardian of the Nexus of Realities]		176
Demon (Marea)	Satanism: Demon's Cult (leader/high priestess)	Project: Glamor [thought Man-Thing was the demon she worshipped]		10
Corndog (Lloyd Zahner) (details)  Mickey Ditillo has just escaped from Zahner and Monteiro.		Project: Glamor		11
Taco Bell (Monteiro) (details)  Mickey Ditillo has just escaped from Zahner and Monteiro.		Project: Glamor [drug addict; partner of Zahner]		6
Mickey Ditillo		[newspaper reporter, exposed Project: Glamor]		10
Steel (Jody Choate)	Catholic (raised); Evangelical Protestant (convert)	Project: Glamor; U.S. Army [based (at least loosely) on Oliver North]		9
Brew (Dr. Railsback)		Freedom Science Studies Institute; Project: Glamor [long researched super-soldier formula; turned into monster]		10
Lime (Dr. McDonald)		Freedom Science Studies Institute; Project: Glamor		6
Nurse Kuyper		Freedom Science Studies Institute [assistant to Dr. McDonald]		3
Project: Glamor		[ 1st app: Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #1 (Early Sep. 1988) ]		8
United States Congress		[House of Representatives and Senate]	N.A.	1
Senator Wilbur Wycombe (corpse)  In California, the super soldier experiment has failed again, killing Senator Wycombe.		[U.S. Senator]		4
Freedom Science Studies Institute (mentioned)  Colonel Choate confesses to funneling funds to Freedom Science Studies Institute, in order to promote national security. Later in this issue's installment, the Institute is featured prominently.		Project: Glamor		7
Bressack (mentioned)  Going against the advice of his lawyer (), Colonel Choate decides to implicate nobody himself in the arms scandal and put himself at the mercy of the American people.		Project: Glamor		1

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