The Avengers and the Thunderbolts (1998)
by Pierce Askegren, Mark Bagley, Jeff Albrecht

53 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.
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
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
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
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Wonder Man (Simon Williams)	religious	Force Works; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
Vision	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Edwin Jarvis	Anglican	The Avengers (staff)		669
Moonstone (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
HYDRA	HYDRA	[largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)		Redeemers; The Masters of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		142
Atlas (Erik Josten)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Initiative...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions; The Defenders; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		197
MACH-IV (Abner Jenkins)		black; Initiative...  Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		152
Songbird (Melissa Joan Gold)	Jewish	Femizons; Grapplers...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		229
Techno (Norbert Ebersol)		HYDRA; Initiative...  New Enforcers; Redeemers; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		136
Jolt (Hallie Takahama)		Asian; Redeemers...  The Thunderbolts; Young Allies (Counter Earth)		83
Firestar (Angelica Jones)	Catholic	Hellions; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; The New Warriors; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Allies		338
Justice (Vance Astrovik)	Jewish (half)	Counter Force; Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff)...  The New Warriors		291
Baron Strucker (Wolfgang von Strucker)	Nazi; HYDRA (founder)	Blitzkrieg Squad (founder); HYDRA (leader)		130
Baron Zemo (imposter) (Franz Gruber)	Nazi	[pilot]		5
Eins	Nazi	Blitzkrieg Squad		1
Svei	Nazi	Blitzkrieg Squad		1
S.A.F.E. (Strategic Action For Emergencies)		[government agency]	Berkley Books	11
Colonel Sean Morgan		S.A.F.E. (leader)	Berkley Books	4
Agent Joshua Ballard		S.A.F.E.	Berkley Books	4
Agent Doug Deeley		S.A.F.E.; U.S. Air Force	Berkley Books	4
David Erskine		[security guard; business owner]	Berkley Books	2
Drei	Nazi	Blitzkrieg Squad		1
Jasper Sitwell (cameo)	Latter-day Saint	[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #144 (May 1966)]		114
Corben (cameo)	HYDRA	HYDRA [named after cartoonist Richard Corben]	Berkley Books	1
Veitch (cameo)	HYDRA	HYDRA [named after cartoonist Rick Veitch]	Berkley Books	1
Hopkins (cameo)	HYDRA	HYDRA	Berkley Books	1
The Fabulous Duff Beer Babes (cameo)	prob. indeterminate	[model]	Berkley Books	11
Mr. Oglodytes (cameo)		[chef]	Berkley Books	1
Archibald Nathan (cameo)		[named after author Nathan Archer]	Berkley Books	1
Fred McDowell (cameo)		[1st app: The Avengers and the Thunderbolts (1998)]	Berkley Books	1
Burton Hildebrandt (cameo)		[ 1st app: Spider-Man & the Incredible Hulk: Rampage (1996) ]	Berkley Books	2
R.B. Hayes (cameo)		FBI; S.A.F.E.	Berkley Books	3
Dreadnought (someone disguised or dressed as)	N.A.	A.I.M.; HYDRA...  Maggia [robotic combat instrument]		20
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned, pg. 161)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Nick Fury (mentioned, pg. 89, 93)  Baron Strucker: "American sergeant and his doltish underlings" "lifelong foe"	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (mentioned, pg. 85)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned, pg. 33)  Quote: "heir to one of the world's most infamous bloodlines"	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Hercules (mentioned, pg. 198)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Norman Osborn (mentioned, pg. 109)  Quote: "Osborn Chemical"	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
A.I.M. (mentioned)	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
Secret Empire (mentioned)		[1st app: Tales to Astonish (vol. 1) #81 (July 1966)]		120
Chthon (mentioned, pg. 33)  Quote: "ancient Earth deity"	Elder God	Elder Gods; Gods of Pre-Cataclysmic Era		13
URSA (mentioned)	Communist	[neo-Leninist organization; wants to restore Soviet Union]	Berkley Books	3
Robby the Robot (mentioned, pg. 32)	N.A.	[1st app: Forbidden Planet (1956)]		46
Frederick I Barbarossa (mentioned, pg. 201)	Catholic	[king]		3

The publication date for this novel was December 1998. The official release date was January 1999.

This is a prose novel, but it features chapter heading illustrations by Mark Bagley and Jeff Albrecht. So there is some artwork in this novel, but it is definitely not a comic book.

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