Captain America (vol. 3) #50 (Feb. 2002):
“Stars & Stripes Forever”
by Evan Dorkin, Kevin Maguire

Captain America (vol. 3) #50

Title: “Stars & Stripes Forever”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 2002

Publisher:
Written by: Evan Dorkin
Art by: Kevin Maguire

57 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)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	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)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	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
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
Hank Pym	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	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)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	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)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Jean Grey	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
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
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	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
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	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)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
J. Jonah Jameson	hates Spider-Man	[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Vision	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Warbird (Carol Danvers)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)	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
Tigra (Greer Grant)	mystically empowered	Cat People; Counter Force...  Lady Liberators; The Avengers		310
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Edwin Jarvis	Anglican	The Avengers (staff)		669
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Doc Samson (Dr. Leonard Samson)	Jewish	E.D.I.T. (leader); Initiative		304
HYDRA	HYDRA	[largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Nomad (Jack Monroe)		Secret Defenders [sidekick of 1950s Captain America]		131
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton)	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199
The Mad Thinker (Dr. Jose Santini)		Triumvirate of Terror (leader)		108
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
G. W. Bridge	Muslim	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Six Pack; Weapon P.R.I.M.E.		123
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Secret Avengers; Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme; The Defenders; The Thunderbolts		361
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  The Avengers; The Defenders		656
U.S. Agent (John Walker)	Evangelical Protestant	Force Works; Omega Flight...  S.T.A.R.S.; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Jury		333
Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel)	temporarily became follower of Thor	The Masters of Evil		270
Arnim Zola	Nazi	Skeleton Crew (ally)		73
Dum Dum Dugan	Catholic	Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		555
Stingray (Walter Newell)		Initiative: Point Men (leader); Initiative...  The Avengers; The Defenders		124
Henry Peter Gyrich		Commission on Superhuman Activities; Operation: Zero Tolerance...  Project: Wideawake		230
Union Jack (Joey Chapman)		Knights of Pendragon; The Invaders		75
Mister Hyde (Calvin Zabo)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil		143
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)		Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army		129
Whirlwind (David Cannon)		Batroc's Brigade; Initiative...  Lethal Legion; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army [ice skating competitor]		113
Awesome Android	N.A.	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heavy Metal		87
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992

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