Venom (vol. 2) #23 (Oct. 2012):
“Monsters of Evil: Part 1”
by Cullen Bunn, Thony Silas, Nelson DeCastro

Venom (vol. 2) #23

Title: “Monsters of Evil: Part 1”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2012

Publisher:
Written by: Cullen Bunn
Art by: Thony Silas, Nelson DeCastro

24 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.
Venom (Flash Thompson) (lead character)	Alcoholics Anonymous	U.S. Army		718
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (flashback)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (flashback)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Giant-Man (Hank Pym) (flashback)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (flashback)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (flashback)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (flashback)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (flashback)	Anglican (nominal); mystical	Excalibur		365
Red Hulk (Thunderbolt Ross) (flashback)	Catholic; atheist	Code Red; Control...  Hulkbusters (U.S. Military); The Avengers; The Offenders; U.S. Air Force		350
X-23 (Laura Kinney) (flashback)	religiously untrained	League of Losers; New X-Men...  X-Force; X-Men		190
Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (flashback)	N.A.	Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  The All-Winners Squad; The Invaders; V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers		497
Daimon Hellstrom	Catholic (former priest)	Shadow Hunters; The Defenders...  The Howling Commandos		207
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) (flashback)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Betty Brant (flashback)	Students of Love (temporary)	[former girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		612
demons (details)  an unnamed demon possesses Venom (Flash Thompson)	demon	[generic unnamed demons]		2,000
Crime-Master (Bennett Brant) (flashback)		Crime-Master [Betty Brant's older brother]		28
Harrison Thompson (flashback)		NYPD [Flash Thompson's father; alcoholic]		6
D.O.A.		HYDRA		27
Secret Avengers (flashback)				159
Katy Kiernan		[reporter]		15
The Daily Inquisitor		[newspaper]		1
Jack O'Lantern (flashback)		Savage Six		20
Ghost Rider (Alejandra Blaze) (flashback)	Spirig of Vengeance; demonically empowered	Hispanic		31
unnamed demon	demon	[possessed Venom (Flash Thompson)]		3

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