Religion and Characters in
Punisher (vol. 8) #1 (Mar. 2009):
“The Punisher Saga”
by Ronald Byrd, 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)	U.S. Marines; Marvel Knights  Secret Defenders; Code Red		1,170
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Nick Fury	secular	Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Ultimates		1,898
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Moon Knight (Marc Spector)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	U.S. Marines; CIA  West Coast Avengers; Marvel Knights		423
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers)	Askani (leader)	Clan Chosen; Six Pack  New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; The Twelve (mutants); Cable's Underground (leader); X-Saviours; X-Strike		666
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	Heroes for Hire; Defenders  Marvel Knights; New Avengers [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Dagger (Tandy Bowen)	Catholic	Secret Defenders; Marvel Knights  League of Losers; New Warriors; Secret Avengers; Dark X-Men; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Norman Osborn	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Bengal (Duc No Tranh)	vengeance	U.S. Army; Shadow Initiative [Vietnam]		30
Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell)	Titanian Eternals religion	Thunderbolts		158
Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor)		New Warriors; Psionex		197
Namorita (Nita Prentiss)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Defenders; New Warriors  Secret Defenders		305
Nova (Richard Rider)		Nova Corps; Champions of Xandar  Defenders; New Warriors; Secret Defenders [attended Harry S. Truman High]		427
Darkhawk (Chris Powell)		New Warriors; West Coast Avengers  Secret Defenders; League of Losers; Loners		180
Blade (Eric Brooks)		vampire hunters; Bloodshadows  The Nine; Midnight Sons; Nightstalkers		228
Skrulls	Skrull religion			344
Venom (Eddie Brock)	Catholic	Sinister Six; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		416
Ghost Rider (Daniel Ketch)	Catholic	Midnight Sons		169
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Champions (of Los Angeles); Midnight Sons		306
The Hand	Ninjutsu	The Hand		155
Sleepwalker	Sleepwalker religion	Secret Defenders; League of Losers  Operation: Lightning Storm		98
Deathlok (Michael Collins)	Quaker (lapsed)	U.S. Army; Secret Defenders  Wild Pack; S.H.I.E.L.D.		110
Nitro (Robert Hunter)		Lunatic Legion; Untouchables  Hood's Army		37
Zero-G (Alex Power)	Latter-day Saint	Power Pack; New Warriors		192
Lightspeed (Julie Power)	Latter-day Saint	Power Pack; Loners		177
Mass Master (Jack Power)	Latter-day Saint	Power Pack		160
Energizer (Katie Power)	Latter-day Saint	Power Pack; Avengers (MC2)		170
Jigsaw (Billy Russo)	demonolatry	Maggia; Hood's Army		71
Doombots	N.A.	[robotic duplicates of Doctor Doom]		74
Frank Drake		vampire hunters; Nightstalkers  Midnight Sons		74
Hannibal King		Nightstalkers; Midnight Sons		62
Tarantula (Anton Miguel Rodriguez)		[Delvadia]		5
Ulik	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian); rock troll	[warrior]		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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