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Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 1) #21 (July 1969):
“The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman

Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 1) #21

Title: “The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1969

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman


22 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.
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark) hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Thor Thor (Donald Blake) hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
Giant-Man Giant-Man (Hank Pym) hero scientist
CBR Scale: U atheist
Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 1,543
The Wasp The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) hero
CBR Scale: U Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,339
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
A-Bomb Rick Jones supporting character
  Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  Marvel 572
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(3-panel cameo, pg. 3-4)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(3-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 2-4)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier)
(3-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 3-5)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 2-3)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  Marvel 5,017
Invisible Woman Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 3-4)
hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 4,069
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 3-4)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Phoenix Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 3, 5)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Metro College; The Twelve...  Marvel 1,905
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 3-4)
hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
The Teen Brigade The Teen Brigade
(2-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 6-7)
supporting character group
  [helpful young ham radio operators] Marvel 42
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 3, panel 2)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Marvel 4,393
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)
hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741
Jane Foster Jane Foster
(1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 6)
supporting character
  Secret Avengers (staff)
[nurse/girlfriend of Donald Blake (Thor)]
Marvel 341
Hercules Hercules
(mentioned, pg. 6, panel 5) 
hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman classical religion
Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  DC Marvel 1,029
Ben Hur Ben Hur (Judah Ben-Hur)
(mentioned, pg. 8, panel 5) 
hero
CBR Scale: M Jewish; Christian (convert)
[gladiator; merchant...] Harper & Brothers 10

This comic was reprinted from: The Avengers (vol. 1) #3 (Jan. 1964): "The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!".