Religion and Characters in
Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual '97 (1997):
“It’s Always Darkest...”
by Kurt Busiek, 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	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Sundown (Dr. David Patrick Lowell) (lead character)		[scientist]		3
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Giant-Man (Hank Pym)	atheist	Avengers; Defenders  West Coast Avengers; Secret Defenders; Commission on Superhuman Activities; Liberators; Mighty Avengers		1,543
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Defenders; Avengers; X-Factor; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		5,233
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	X-Men; X-Factor  The Twelve (mutants)		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; X-Factor; The Twelve (mutants); Secret Defenders		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Defenders  Champions (of Los Angeles); X-Factor; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Academy of Tomorrow; Renegades; X-Force; X-Club		1,741
Aunt May	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
J. Jonah Jameson	hates Spider-Man	Daily Bugle [Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Avengers; Lady Liberators  West Coast Avengers; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers		1,339
Flash Thompson	Alcoholics Anonymous	U.S. Army; Daily Bugle		718
Edwin Jarvis	Anglican	Avengers (staff) [England]		669
Thunderbolt Ross	Catholic; atheist	U.S. Air Force; Hulkbusters (U.S. Military)  Offenders; Code Red; Avengers		350
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		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	[Tibet. house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Happy Hogan		[married Pepper Potts]		201
Betty Brant	Students of Love (temporary)	Daily Bugle [former girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		612
Liz Allan		[longtime friend of Peter Parker]		429
Jason Ionello		[designed Bluebird's costume, weapons]		40
Mary Kelleher		[botanist; assistant]		2
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (cameo)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Betty Ross (cameo)	Catholic (former novitiate)	The Team; Home Base [girlfriend (later wife) of Dr. Bruce Banner (the Hulk)]		463
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) (cameo)		Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts  Redeemers; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth) [Germany]		142
Jane Foster (cameo)		Secret Avengers (support) [nurse/girlfriend of Donald Blake (Thor)]		341

The title logo on the cover of this publication reads: Untold Tales of Spider-Man '97.

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