Religion and Characters in
Super-Villain Team-Up #1 (Aug. 1975):
“Slayers From the Sea!”
by Tony Isabella, George Tuska, Bill Everett, Fred Kida

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 Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
Atlanteans	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion			165
Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss)		Deep Six; Masters of Evil  Initiative; Offenders; Hood's Army		112
Attuma	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Deep Six [Atlantis]		110
Doctor Dorcas (Lemuel Dorcas)		[empowered Tiger Shark]		23
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (cameo)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Thor (Donald Blake) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (cameo)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (cameo)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (cameo)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (cameo)	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
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
Tamara Rahn (cameo)	alien	[1st app: Sub-Mariner (vol. 1) #58]		10
Dr. Hydro (Herman Frayne) (cameo)	fundamentalist Environmentalist	[believed mankind must return to sea to survive]		3

This issue is divided into two chapters, or two parts, both written by Tony Isabella but each with different artistic teams. These two parts have been combined here. The first part is titled "Chapter One: An Alliance Asunder?" The artists for this were George Tuska, Bill Everett, and Fred Kida. The second part is "Part Two: Frenzy On a Floating Fortress." The artists for the second chapter were George Evans and Frank Springer.

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