Religion and Characters in
Strange Tales (vol. 5) #2 (Dec. 2009):
“Anything but RETAIL!”
by R. Kikuo Johnson

7 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.
Alicia Masters (lead character)		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Puppet Master (Phillip Masters)		[Transia]		183
unnamed seeing eye dog	N.A.	[Alicia Masters' seeing eye dog]		1
Bobby (3-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 1-2, 4)	indeterminate	[Fantastic Four fan; cried at Alicia's botched Thing cake]		1
Roy Lichtenstein (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 6)  snooty art museum curator (speaking to Alicia Masters, upon seeing her sculptures of Ben Grimm/The Thing): "Lichtenstein's dead, Honey. If you like comic books, just make comic books."	Jewish	[famed for pop art, esp. comic book-inspired works]		18
Chuck Close (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 7)  snooty art museum curator: "Lichtenstein's dead, Honey. If you like comic books, just make comic books. Alicia Masters: "But -- I'm blind! curator: "Well, that's one up on Chuck Close. You're not Chuck Close, though. Don't quit your day job."		[photorealist painter, photographer; paraylized]		15

This story focuses on Alicia Masters, as she attempts to work at a variety of regular jobs, despite her blindness.

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