Religion and Characters in
The Order (vol. 1) #5 (Aug. 2002):
“Blinded by Science”
by Jo Duffy, Kurt Busiek, Ivan Reis, Jose Pimentel

60 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	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
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
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates		1,624
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Avengers; Heroes for Hire  Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway; Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
S.H.I.E.L.D.		S.H.I.E.L.D.		1,188
Namorita (Nita Prentiss)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Defenders; New Warriors  Secret Defenders		305
Clea	occult	Defenders [disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]		222
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme  Defenders; Thunderbolts; Redeemers; Secret Avengers; Redeemers (Earth-712)		361
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Defenders; Avengers  Legion of Unliving; Lady Liberators		639
Gaia (Gaea)	Gaian	Kami	, etc.	33
Valkyrie (Samantha Parrington)	Norse/Teutonic paganism; former radical Feminist	Defenders		26
Locust (August Hopper)		[scientist; college professor...]		4
Ardina	tabula rasa	[created by Galactus from Shalla Bal's genetic material]	/ Fireside Books, etc.	5
Yandroth	Nihilist	[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #164]		5
Papa Hagg	Vodoun mystic	[Nighthawk enlisted him to remove his demonic powers]		11
Reginald Parrington		[father of Samantha (Valkyrie)]		7
Malicia Parrington		[mother of Samantha (Valkyrie)]		7
Bunnyhopper	N.A.	[Defenders HQ computer program]		5
Supreme Scientist (Dr. Christopher Ganyrog)		[parody of Adam Strange; successor to Yandroth]		2
Romantic Objective Pamela (Pamela)		[parody of Alanna Strange]		2
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (cameo)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (cameo)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) (cameo)	atheist	Avengers; Defenders  West Coast Avengers; Secret Defenders; Commission on Superhuman Activities; Liberators; Mighty Avengers		1,543
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (cameo)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (cameo)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (cameo)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Defenders; Avengers; X-Factor; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		5,233
Jean Grey (cameo)	Episcopalian	X-Men; X-Factor  The Twelve (mutants)		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (cameo)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; X-Factor; The Twelve (mutants); Secret Defenders		1,752
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (cameo)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (cameo)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Men; Excalibur  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem [Germany]		3,788
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  X-Factor; West Coast Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers [Transia]		944
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Avengers; Lady Liberators  West Coast Avengers; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers		1,339
Black Panther (T'Challa) (cameo)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	Avengers; Fantastic Force		786
Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (cameo)	religious	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Guardians of the Galaxy; Galactic Guardians; Mighty Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (cameo)	Christian (medieval)	Avengers; Excalibur  Heroes for Hire		430
Vision (cameo)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
Warbird (Carol Danvers) (cameo)	Protestant	U.S. Air Force; NASA  Avengers; Starjammers; Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Mighty Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Photon (Monica Rambeau) (cameo)		Avengers; Nextwave		256
The Flash (Jay Garrick) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Justice Society of America		687
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (cameo)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders  New Avengers		672
White Queen (Emma Frost) (cameo)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Council of the Chosen; Hellfire Club Inner Circle  Generation X (teacher); X-Men; Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men (leader)		3,409
Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell) (cameo)	Titanian Eternals religion	Thunderbolts		158
Justice (Vance Astrovik) (cameo)	Jewish (half)	New Warriors; Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff)  Counter Force		291
Chamber (Jonothon Starsmore) (cameo)	Anglican	Generation X; X-Men  Weapon X; New Warriors [England]		196
Quasar (Wendell Vaughn) (cameo)	atheist	S.H.I.E.L.D.; SHIELD Super-Agents  Avengers; Protectors of the Universe; Star Masters		317
Stingray (Walter Newell) (cameo)		Avengers; Defenders  Initiative; Initiative: Point Men (leader)		124
Firebird (Bonita Juarez) (cameo)	Catholic	Rangers; West Coast Avengers		84
Living Lightning (Miguel Santos) (cameo)	Catholic; LGBT	West Coast Avengers; Pacific Overlords  Rangers		118
Jack of Hearts (Jonathan Hart) (cameo)		Defenders; Avengers		144
Triathlon (Delroy Garrett Jr.) (cameo)	Triune Understanding (Scientology)	Avengers		101
Silverclaw (Maria de Guadalupe Santiago) (cameo)	Catholic / Incan/Kamekeri polytheism	Avengers; Initiative		44
Masters of the Mental Arts (mentioned)		[protectors of the planet Yann (parody of Rann)]		2

The cover of The Order #5 features two issue numbers. It also has a "17" because this is essentially The Defenders (vol. 2) #17.

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