The Avengers (vol. 1) #264 (Feb. 1986):
“Stings & Sorrows!”
by Roger Stern, John Buscema, Tom Palmer Sr.

The Avengers (vol. 1) #264

Title: “Stings & Sorrows!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1986

Publisher:
Written by: Roger Stern
Art by: John Buscema, Tom Palmer Sr.

16 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
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers		430
Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)		black; Nextwave...  The Avengers		256
Edwin Jarvis	Anglican	The Avengers (staff)		669
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Franklin Richards	Episcopalian	Daydreamers; Fantastic Five...  Fantastic Force; Generation X; Power Pack; The Fantastic Four		650
Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara)		Femizons; Guardians of the Galaxy...  Hispanic; The Avengers; The Masters of Evil		63
Frank Rambeau		[father of Monica Rambeau (Photon)]		11
Maria Rambeau		[mother of Monica Rambeau (Photon)]		9
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (cameo)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Hank Pym (cameo)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Beyonder (cameo)	cosmic entity; Inhuman religion	Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		100

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