Religion and Characters in
The Mighty Avengers #23 (May 2009)
by Dan Slott, Khoi Pham, Allen Martinez, Danny Miki

53 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.
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 Wasp (Hank Pym)	atheist	Avengers; Defenders  West Coast Avengers; Secret Defenders; Commission on Superhuman Activities; Liberators; Mighty Avengers		1,543
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	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
Vision	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
Edwin Jarvis	Anglican	Avengers (staff) [England]		669
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Avengers; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Heroes for Hire; Renegades; Mighty Avengers [Greece]		1,029
Stature (Cassie Lang)		Young Avengers; Mighty Avengers  Avengers (MC2)		137
Loki	Norse/Teutonic deity	Liberators; Mighty Avengers (founder)		696
U.S. Agent (John Walker)	Evangelical Protestant	West Coast Avengers; Force Works  The Jury; S.T.A.R.S.; Invaders; Omega Flight; Mighty Avengers		333
Jocasta	N.A.	Avengers; Initiative: Mavericks  Mighty Avengers		142
Amadeus Cho		Renegades; Mighty Avengers		31
Modred the Mystic (Modred)	sorcerer	Darkhold Redeemers [England. emissary of Chthon]		39
unnamed Lovecraftian monster	N.A.	[giant mass of living tentacles; created by chaos god]		1
Chthon	Elder God	Elder Gods; Gods of Pre-Cataclysmic Era		13
Bova	uplifted animal	New Men		42
Thor (Donald Blake) (9-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Patriot (Eli Bradley) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers		114
Speed (Thomas Shepherd) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers		52
Hulkling (Teddy Altman) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers		123
Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) (2-panel cameo)	Reform Judaism	Young Avengers		106
Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers		131
Heimdall (2-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	[The Royal Court of Asgard; Sentry of Asgard]		330
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (1-panel 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
Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (medieval)	Avengers; Excalibur  Heroes for Hire		430
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (1-panel cameo)	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
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (1-panel cameo)	Anglican (nominal); mystical	Excalibur [England]		365
Captain America (Bucky Barnes) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant (nominal)	Liberty Legion; Kid Commandos  All-Winners Squad; Invaders; Young Allies (Marvel); New Avengers		395
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) (1-panel cameo)	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
Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish	Alpha Flight; Omega Flight [Canada]		327
Guardian (Michael Pointer) (1-panel cameo)		Omega Flight; Dark X-Men		41
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	Defenders; Lady Liberators [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Red Guardian (Anton) (1-panel cameo)		Soviet Super-Soldiers [Russia]		9
Crimson Dynamo (Vadim) (1-panel cameo)		Soviet Super-Soldiers [Russia]		9
Darkstar (Sasha) (1-panel cameo)		Soviet Super-Soldiers [Russia]		8
Volstagg the Enormous (Volstagg) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	Warriors Three		358
Fandral the Dashing (Fandral) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	Warriors Three		391
Hogun the Grim (Hogun) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	Warriors Three		357
Spitfire (Jacqueline Falsworth) (1-panel cameo)		Invaders; Hellfire Club  V-Battalion; MI-13 [England]		127
Thundra (1-panel cameo)	female supremacist (Femizonian)	Roxxon; Femizons  Frightful Four; The Grapplers; Avengers; Lady Liberators; Code Red [United Sisterhood Republic. Empress of Femizonia; member of alt. universe Avengers]		88
Sam (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[neighbor of Asgard in Oklahoma; watched Thor fly home]		1
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (someone disguised as)	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
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (mentioned)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Avengers; Lady Liberators  West Coast Avengers; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers		1,339
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Acolytes; The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy [Foe of: X-Men (arch-enemy)]		916
Skrulls (mentioned)	Skrull religion			344
The Grandmaster (En Dwi Gast) (mentioned)	quasi-cosmic entity w/ personal obsession	Elders of the Universe		71
Demogorge (Atum) (mentioned)	Terran god; Egyptian deity	God Squad [Egyptian sun god]		7
Chris Daughtry (mentioned)	Protestant	[American Idol 4th-place finalist]		26
Magda (mentioned)	Gypsy/Roma	[Magneto's wife; mother of Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch]		19
H.P. Lovecraft (mentioned)	atheist	[writer]		40
Shaper of Worlds (mentioned)	pseudo-cosmic entity	[reality manipulator; was a Skrull Cosmic Cube]		8
Korvac (Michael Korvac) (mentioned)		Prime Mover's minions; Intimidators (leader) [born 2977 A.D.; would-be universal conqueror]		17

An alternative form of this story's title is: “Earth's Mightiest, Part 3: Three Words”. Webpage for The Mighty Avengers #23 (May 2009) created 3 April 2009. Last modified 11 December 2009.
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