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Web of Spider-Man Annual (vol. 1) #3 (1987)
by Danny Fingeroth, Roger Stern, Alex Saviuk, Frank Giacoia, etc.

Web of Spider-Man Annual (vol. 1) #3

Medium: comic

Cover date: 1987

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Danny Fingeroth, Roger Stern
Art by: Alex Saviuk, Frank Giacoia, Don Perlin, Steve Geiger, Mike Netzer, Jim Mooney, Greg LaRocque, Peter Poplaski, etc.


73 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 Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(lead character)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson supporting character
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 1,827
Aunt May Aunt May supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 1,368
J. Jonah Jameson J. Jonah Jameson supporting character
CBR Scale: M hates Spider-Man
[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer] Marvel 1,719
Venom Flash Thompson supporting character
CBR Scale: I Alcoholics Anonymous
U.S. Army Marvel 718
Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson supporting character
  black Marvel 739
Man-Killer Man-Killer (Katrina Luisa van Horne) villain
CBR Scale: D Radical Feminist
HYDRA; Spider-Man Revenge League...  Marvel 41
Black Cat Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) hero
CBR Scale: U Catholic
Heroes for Hire Marvel 374
Silver Sable Silver Sable (Silver Sablinova) hero
CBR Scale: U Symkarian Orthodox
Intruders; Outlaws...  Marvel 169
Harry Osborn Harry Osborn supporting character
CBR Scale: I resurrected
[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son] Marvel 607
Arachne Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) hero
  Force Works; Freedom Force...  Marvel 218
The Kingpin The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) villain
CBR Scale: U Catholic (lapsed)
HYDRA Marvel 619
Hobgoblin Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) villain
  [business owner; businessperson...] Marvel 105
Betty Brant Betty Brant supporting character
CBR Scale: I Students of Love (temporary)
[former girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 612
Liz Allan Liz Allan supporting character
  [longtime friend of Peter Parker] Marvel 429
Gwen Stacy Gwen Stacy supporting character
  [Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend] Marvel 560
Captain George Stacy Captain George Stacy supporting character
  NYPD
[NYPD captain; Gwen Stacy's father]
Marvel 49
Uncle Ben Uncle Ben (Ben Parker) supporting character
CBR Scale: I Protestant
[Spider-Man's beloved late uncle] Marvel 51
Man-Wolf Man-Wolf (John Jameson) supporting character
  The Avengers (staff); U.S. Air Force
[J. Jonah Jameson's son]
Marvel 231
Glory Grant Glory Grant supporting character
CBR Scale: S hates Spider-Man
black
[came to hate Spider-Man after her lover died fighting him]
Marvel 145
Jigsaw Jigsaw (Billy Russo) villain
CBR Scale: S demonolatry
Hood's Army; Maggia Marvel 71
Kate Cushing Kate Cushing supporting character
  [city editor] Marvel 78
Rocket Racer Rocket Racer (Robert Farrell) hero
  Outlaws Marvel 39
Jeremiah villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Innocents of God (leader)
[1st app: Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #33 (May 1975)] Marvel 3
Amanda Robertson Amanda Robertson supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[] Marvel 18
Basilisk Basilisk (Basil Elks) villain
  Hood's Army Marvel 33
Grizzly Grizzly (Maxwell Markham) villain
  Hood's Army; Spider-Man Revenge Squad Marvel 32
Sister Sun (Sha Shan) supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Legion of Light cult (co-leader); raised Buddhist (Monks of the Hidden Temple)
[helped defeat Brother Power; married Flash Thompson] Marvel 8
Moondark villain
CBR Scale: M sorcerer; worshipped Dark
Beings
[1st app: Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #12 (Aug. 1973)] Marvel 5
The Dark Rider villain
CBR Scale: D wizard; demonolatry; demon
[1st app: Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #42 (Feb. 1976)] Marvel 5
Arthur Chekov supporting character
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination
unknown)
[once lived at May Parker's home for elderly people] Marvel 21
Cyclone Cyclone (André Gerard) villain
  Hood's Army; Maggia Marvel 2
The Rose The Rose (Richard Fisk) villain
  HYDRA
[led own organization; Kingpin's son]
Marvel 73
The Fly The Fly (Richard Deacon) villain
  Hood's Army; Savage Six Marvel 7
Nathan Lubensky Nathan Lubensky supporting character
  [engaged to Aunt May before he died] Marvel 67
Marla Madison Marla Madison supporting character scientist
  [J. Jonah Jameson's 2nd wife; designed Spider-Slayer] Marvel 102
Joy Mercado Joy Mercado supporting character
  [reporter] Marvel 53
Mindworm (William Turner) villain
CBR Scale: M cult leader
[] Marvel 2
Mirage Mirage (Desmond Charne) villain
  Hood's Army
[holography technician; leader of own gang]
Marvel 3
Monstroid (7NH54) villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[scout] Marvel 4
Moondog (Wally Bevins) villain deity clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Hedonistic Vodoun cult (head priest)
black
[possessed by evil Loa spirit]
Marvel 2
Green Goblin Green Goblin (Normie Osborn) supporting character villain
  [child; son of Harry Osborn and Liz Allan] Marvel 28
Harriet Palermo supporting character
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
[lived at May Parker's home for elderly people] Marvel 18
Victor Palermo supporting character
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
[lived at May Parker's home for elderly people] Marvel 18
Amy Powell supporting character
  [photographer Lance Bannon's former fiance] Marvel 5
Martha Robertson Martha Robertson supporting character
  [Daily Bugle editor Robbie Robertson's wife] Marvel 43
Randy Robertson Randy Robertson supporting character
  [Daily Bugle editor Robbie Robertson's son] Marvel 52
Stegron, the Dinosaur Man Stegron, the Dinosaur Man (Vincent Stegron) villain scientist
  [scientist] Marvel 37
White Dragon White Dragon villain
  Hood's Army
[leader of own gang]
Marvel 2
Will O' The Wisp (Jackson Arvad) villain scientist
  Outlaws Marvel 5
Wraith (Brian DeWolff) villain
  Hood's Army Marvel 5
Big Wheel (Jackson Weele) villain
  [businessperson] Marvel 11
Drom, the Backwards Man (Drom) villain
  [lived his life backwards, regressing to infancy] Marvel 3
Sophie Lund supporting character
  [former tenant in Aunt May's boarding house] Marvel 9
Martha Lund supporting character
  [former tenant in Aunt May's barding house] Marvel 11
Men-Fish villain group
CBR Scale: U Men-Fish
[creations of Dr. Dorcas; Piranha made more] Marvel 7
Midas, the Golden Man (Malcolm Merriwell) villain
  [led gang of thugs] Marvel 2
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner)
(cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
Thor Thor (Donald Blake)
(cameo)
hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  Marvel 5,017
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(only on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
(only on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Marvel 4,393
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(only on cover)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Invisible Woman Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)
(only on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 4,069
Cloak Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)
(only on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: U Catholic
black; Dark X-Men
[partner of Dagger]
Marvel 216
Dagger Dagger (Tandy Bowen)
(only on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Dark X-Men; League of Losers... 
[partner of Cloak]
Marvel 219
Sandman Sandman (Flint Marko)
(only on cover)
villain hero
  Intruders (leader); Next Wave...  Marvel 388
Doctor Octopus Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
(only on cover)
villain hero scientist
  Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 1,006
Electro Electro (Max Dillon)
(only on cover)
villain
  Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Marvel 274
The Lizard The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors)
(only on cover)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Sinister Twelve; U.S. Army Marvel 318
Mysterio Mysterio (Quentin Beck)
(only on cover)
villain
  Sinister Six Marvel 116
Madame Web Madame Web (Cassandra Webb)
(only on cover)
hero
  Spider-Woman team Marvel 62
The Burglar The Burglar (Carradine)
(only on cover)
villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
[murdered Spider-Man's Uncle Ben] Marvel 9

Web of Spider-Man Annual #3 does not feature a traditional comic book story. Rather, it features dozens of character profiles about Spider-Man's friends and enemies. Most of these are one page in length.