Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual ‘97 (1997):
“It’s Always Darkest...”
by Kurt Busiek, Tom Lyle, Robert Jones

Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual '97

Title: “It’s Always Darkest...”

Medium: comic

Cover date: 1997

Publisher:
Written by: Kurt Busiek
Art by: Tom Lyle, Robert Jones

40 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
Sundown (Dr. David Patrick Lowell) (lead character)		[scientist]		3
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
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
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
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
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Giant-Man (Hank Pym)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
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
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
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
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Flash Thompson	Alcoholics Anonymous	U.S. Army		718
Edwin Jarvis	Anglican	The Avengers (staff)		669
Thunderbolt Ross	Catholic; atheist	Code Red; Control...  Hulkbusters (U.S. Military); The Avengers; The Offenders; U.S. Air Force		350
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)	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
Foggy Nelson	Episcopalian	[law partner of Matt Murdock (Daredevil)]		488
Karen Page		[was Daredevil's longtime girlfriend]		223
Harry Osborn	resurrected	[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son]		607
Pepper Potts		The Order		324
Wong	Tibetan Buddhism; occult	[house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Happy Hogan		[married Pepper Potts]		201
Betty Brant	Students of Love (temporary)	[former girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		612
Liz Allan		[longtime friend of Peter Parker]		429
Jason Ionello		Midtown High School [designed Bluebird's costume, weapons]		40
Mary Kelleher		[assistant; botanist]		2
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (cameo)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Betty Ross (cameo)	Catholic (former novitiate)	Code Red; Home Base...  Team [girlfriend (later wife) of Dr. Bruce Banner (the Hulk)]		463
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) (cameo)		Redeemers; The Masters of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		142
Jane Foster (cameo)		Secret Avengers (staff) [nurse/girlfriend of Donald Blake (Thor)]		341

Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual '97 is also known as: Untold Tales of Spider-Man '97. The title logo on the cover of this publication reads: Untold Tales of Spider-Man '97.

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