The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #142 (Mar. 1975):
“Dead Man’s Bluff!”
by Gerry Conway, Ross Andru, Frank Giacoia, Dave Hunt

The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #142

Title: “Dead Man’s Bluff!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1975

Publisher:
Written by: Gerry Conway
Art by: Ross Andru, Frank Giacoia, Dave Hunt

21 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 (Peter Parker) (lead character)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Mary Jane Watson	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
Aunt May	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
J. Jonah Jameson	hates Spider-Man	[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
Robbie Robertson		black		739
Ned Leeds		[Betty Brant's late husband]		10
Betty Brant	Students of Love (temporary)	[former girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		612
Glory Grant	hates Spider-Man	black [came to hate Spider-Man after her lover died fighting him]		145
Mysterio (Daniel Berkhart)		Sinister Six		35
Mamie Muggins		[Peter Parker's landlady]		38
The Daily Bugle		[major NYC newspaper; Peter Parker's employer]		699
Gwen Stacy-Miles		[Jackal created Gwen Stacy clone to torment Spider-Man]		57
Gwen Stacy (clone of)		[Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend]		560
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (illusion)	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
Morbius, The Living Vampire (Michael Morbius) (illusion)		A.R.M.O.R.; Legion of Monsters...  Midnight Sons		226
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (illusion)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (illusion)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors) (illusion)	Catholic	Sinister Twelve; U.S. Army		318
The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (illusion)	Catholic (lapsed)	HYDRA		619
Jackal (Miles Warren) (illusion)	religious	[professor of biochemistry; cloning expert]		5
Mindworm (William Turner) (illusion)	cult leader	[ 1st app: The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #138 (Nov. 1974) ]		2

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