Punisher (vol. 8) #1 (Mar. 2009):
“The Punisher Saga”
by Ronald Byrd, various

Punisher (vol. 8) #1

Title: “The Punisher Saga”

Medium: prose text story

Cover date: Mar. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Ronald Byrd
Art by: various

39 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 Punisher (Frank Castle) (lead character)	Catholic (former seminarian)	Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Secret Defenders; United States Marine Corps		1,893
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	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
Moon Knight (Marc Spector)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	CIA; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; United States Marine Corps		423
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers)	Askani (leader)	Cable's Underground (leader); Clan Chosen...  Six Pack; The New Mutants (leader); The Twelve; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		666
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Dagger (Tandy Bowen)	Catholic	Dark X-Men; League of Losers...  Marvel Knights; Secret Avengers; Secret Defenders; The New Warriors; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Norman Osborn	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Bengal (Duc No Tranh)	vengeance	Asian; Shadow Initiative...  U.S. Army		30
Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell)	Titanian Eternals religion	Kree; The Thunderbolts		158
Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor)		black; Psionex...  The New Warriors		197
Namorita (Nita Prentiss)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Secret Defenders...  The Defenders; The New Warriors		305
Nova (Richard Rider)		Nova Corps; Secret Defenders...  The Champions of Xandar; The Defenders; The New Warriors [attended Harry S. Truman High]		427
Darkhawk (Chris Powell)		League of Losers; Loners...  Midtown High School; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The New Warriors		180
Blade (Eric Brooks)		black; Bloodshadows...  Midnight Sons; The Nightstalkers; vampire hunters		228
Skrulls	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Venom (Eddie Brock)	Catholic	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Sinister Six...  Toxin		416
Ghost Rider (Daniel Ketch)	Catholic	Midnight Sons		169
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Midnight Sons		306
The Hand	Ninjutsu	[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #174 (Sep. 1981)]		155
Sleepwalker	Sleepwalker religion	League of Losers; Operation: Lightning Storm...  Secret Defenders		98
Deathlok (Michael Collins)	Quaker (lapsed)	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Secret Defenders; U.S. Army; Wild Pack		110
Nitro (Robert Hunter)		Hood's Army; Lunatic Legion...  The Untouchables		37
Zero-G (Alex Power)	Latter-day Saint	Power Pack; The New Warriors		192
Lightspeed (Julie Power)	Latter-day Saint	Loners; Power Pack		177
Mass Master (Jack Power)	Latter-day Saint	Power Pack		160
Energizer (Katie Power)	Latter-day Saint	A-Next; Power Pack		170
Jigsaw (Billy Russo)	demonolatry	Hood's Army; Maggia		71
Doombots	N.A.	[robotic duplicates of Doctor Doom]		74
Frank Drake		Midnight Sons; The Nightstalkers...  vampire hunters		74
Hannibal King		Midnight Sons; The Nightstalkers		62
Tarantula (Anton Miguel Rodriguez)		[criminal; revolutionary]		5
Ulik	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian); rock troll	Rock Trolls		97
Tequila	manifestly non-religious	[mistress of poison]		5
Garotte	manifestly non-religious	[assassin]		5

"The Punisher Saga," published in Punisher (vol. 8) #1 (Mar. 2009), is a prose piece accompanied by pictures excerpted from many comics.

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