Religion and Characters in
Thunderbolts #100 (May 2006):
“The Origin of the Thunderbolts!”
by Kurt Busiek, Mark Bagley, Bob McLeod, Tom Grummett, Ron Randall, Gene Colan, Darick Robertson, George Perez, Chris Marrinan, etc.

30 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.
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Meteorite (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Masters of Evil; Femizons  Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers		235
Citizen V (Helmut Zemo)		Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts  Redeemers; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth) [Germany]		142
Atlas (Erik Josten)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Lethal Legion  Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Defenders		197
MACH-IV (Abner Jenkins)		Masters of Evil; Sinister Six  Sinister Syndicate; Thunderbolts; Initiative		152
Songbird (Melissa Joan Gold)	Jewish	Femizons; Masters of Evil  Grapplers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Thunderbolts		229
Techno (Norbert Ebersol)		HYDRA; Masters of Evil  New Enforcers; Redeemers; Thunderbolts; Initiative		136
Speed Demon (James Saunders)		Squadron Sinister; Sinister Syndicate  Thunderbolts; Hood's Army		86
Radioactive Man (Dr. Chen Lu)	Communist Buddhist	Titanic Three; Masters of Evil  Thunderbolts; The People's Defense Force [China]		187
Orka	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Deep Six; Heroes for Hire		62
Hydro-Man (Morrie Bench)		Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve		84
Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez)	Catholic	Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; The Rangers  Hood's Army		52
Wizard (Bentley Wittman)		Frightful Four (leader); Wizard's Warriors (leader)  Hood's Army		202
Angar the Screamer (David Alan Angar)	Hippie	Redeemers [activist; singer]		42
Vector (Simon Utrecht)		U-Foes; Thunderbolts Army  Initiative; Hood's Army		61
Ironclad (Mike Steel)		U-Foes; Thunderbolts Army  Initiative; Hood's Army		33
X-Ray (Jimmy Darnell)		U-Foes; Thunderbolts Army  Initiative; Hood's Army		59
Vapor (Ann Darnell)		U-Foes; Femizons  Thunderbolts Army; Hood's Army		57
Mandrill (Jerome Beechman)		Black Spectre; Mutant Force  Femme Force; Crossfire's Mind Control Gang; Hood's Army		61
Kaine		[murderer; unstable clone of Peter Parker]		90
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (cameo)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (cameo)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Falcon (Sam Wilson) (cameo)	Baptist (lapsed)	Avengers; SHIELD Super-Agents		531
Vision (cameo)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
Onslaught (cameo)		[dark side of Xavier and Magneto]		56
Madcap (cameo)	Protestant (devout)	[student; philosopher...]		19

"The Origin of the Thunderbolts!" story in Thunderbolts #100 (May 2006) is a reprint of Thunderbolts Annual '97.

Numerous artists worked on the individual segments that comprise this Thunderbolts origin story. Pencillers were: Mark Bagley, Bob McLeod, Tom Grummett, Ron Randall, Gene Colan, Darick Robertson, George Perez, and Chris Marrinan. Inkers were: Al Milgrom, Will Blyberg, Scott Koblish, Jim Sanders, Tom Palmer, Bruce Patterson, Karl Kesel, and Andrew Pepoy.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Thunderbolts #100 (May 2006) created 19 December 2009. Last modified 25 April 2013.
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