Marvel Treasury Edition #2 (Dec. 1974):
“The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott

Marvel Treasury Edition #2

Title: “The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1974

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott

17 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 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
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Alicia Masters		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon)	Inhuman religion	Illuminati; Inhuman Royal Family...  Inhumans; Inhuman		505
Medusa (Medusalith Boltagon)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; Lady Liberators; The Fantastic Four; The Frightful Four		416
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		531
Gorgon	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman		317
Inhumans	Inhuman religion	[hidden race]		467
Galactus (Galan)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Wyatt Wingfoot	Native American spirituality (Comanche/Keewazi)	Metro College; Native American...  The Fantastic Four (ally) [former boyfriend of She-Hulk]		112
The Watcher (Uatu)	monotheist / Watcher religion, focusing on non-interference and observation	The Watchers		582
Ricardo Jones (details)  not yet named		[1st app: Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #50 (May 1966)]		2
The Fantastic Four		[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)]		100
Metro College		[college/university]		3

This comic was reprinted from: Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #50 (May 1966): "The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!".

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