Dark Avengers #1 (Mar. 2009)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Deodato Jr.

Dark Avengers #1

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Brian Michael Bendis
Art by: Mike Deodato Jr.

34 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.
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Iron Patriot (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
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Sentry (Bob Reynolds)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
Venom (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Daken (Daken Akihiro)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers; Kree [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
Skrulls	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Victoria Hand	LGBT; Humanist	Dark Avengers (staff); H.A.M.M.E.R. [2nd in command under Osborn in H.A.M.M.E.R.]		108
Maria Hill		S.H.I.E.L.D. [Deputy commander of S.H.I.E.L.D. (former commander)]		196
Morgan Le Fay	Celtic goddess-worship/Druidism (former priestess); half faerie; Darkholders cult (leader)	[1st app: Black Knight (vol. 1) #1 (May 1955)]		157
Agent 567 (Lucas) (4-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[federal agent]		1
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (1-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
White Queen (Emma Frost) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Generation X (teacher); The Cabal; The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle; X-Men		3,409
The Hood (Parker Robbins) (1-panel cameo)	demonolatry	Hood's Army; The Cabal		159
Loki (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Mighty Avengers (founder)...  The Cabal; The Liberators		696
Barack Obama (1-panel cameo)	United Church of Christ (formerly Trinity UCC); eclectic upbringing (incl. Muslim/atheist/Marxist/Catholic/United Church of Christ)	[politician; attorney...]	, etc.	352
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned in text & seen in picture)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (mentioned in text & seen in picture)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned in text & seen in picture)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (photo/picture/video)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (photo/picture/video)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (photo/picture/video)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (mentioned)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Nick Fury (mentioned)	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)	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
Edwin Jarvis (mentioned)	Anglican	The Avengers (staff)		669
Ghost (Johnny) (mentioned)	anti-corporate activist	A.I.M.; The Thunderbolts		36
Veranke (mentioned)	Skrull religion	The Avengers		8
Itsu Akihiro (mentioned)	Shinto	[Wolverine's late wife; mother of his son Daken]		2

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