Marvel Team-Up (vol. 3) #1 (Jan. 2005):
“Golden Child: Part One”
by Robert Kirkman, Scott Kolins

Marvel Team-Up (vol. 3) #1

Title: “Golden Child: Part One”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 2005

Publisher:
Written by: Robert Kirkman
Art by: Scott Kolins

33 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 (Peter Parker) (lead character)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (lead character)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
The Golden Child (Paul Patterson)		Midtown High School		7
Roger Harrington		[Peter Parker's boss when he was a teacher]		10
Kyle Jacoby		[P.E. teacher; Peter Parker's co-worker]		6
Jean Bradley		[flirted with fellow teacher Peter Parker]		3
Mr. Patterson (cameo)		[accidentally killed by son, Paul Patterson]		1
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (only on cover)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (only on cover)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (only on cover)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (only on cover)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (only on cover)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (only on cover)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (only on cover)	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) (only on cover)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (only on cover)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (only on cover)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (only on cover)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (only on cover)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (only on cover)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (only on cover)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Black Panther (T'Challa) (only on cover)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (only on cover)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (only on cover)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (only on cover)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	CIA; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; United States Marine Corps		423
The Punisher (Frank Castle) (only on cover)	Catholic (former seminarian)	Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Secret Defenders; United States Marine Corps		1,893
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (only on cover)	repentant	A-Next; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Thunder Guard		120
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (only on cover)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (only on cover)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
X-23 (Laura Kinney) (only on cover)	religiously untrained	League of Losers; New X-Men...  X-Force; X-Men		190
Lockjaw (only on cover)	N.A.	dog; Inhuman Royal Family...  Inhumans; Pet Avengers [teleporting dog; escort to Inhumans Royal Family]		257
Man-Thing (Ted Sallis) (only on cover)		Daydreamers; Legion of Monsters...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; U.S. Army [Guardian of the Nexus of Realities]		176

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