Avengers (vol. 1) #503 (Dec. 2004):
“Chaos: Part Four of Four”
by Brian Michael Bendis, Stan Lee, David Finch, Danny Miki, etc.

Avengers (vol. 1) #503

Title: “Chaos: Part Four of Four”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 2004

Publisher:
Written by: Brian Michael Bendis, Stan Lee
Art by: David Finch, Danny Miki, Olivier Coipel, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers

Number of Pages: 34

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.
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
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
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
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
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (details)  Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch star in the 3-page excerpt placed at the end of this issue, an excerpt from an early issue of "The Avengers." Quicksilver is not in the main story, however.	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
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
Wonder Man (Simon Williams)	religious	Force Works; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
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
Warbird (Carol Danvers)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Tigra (Greer Grant)	mystically empowered	Cat People; Counter Force...  Lady Liberators; The Avengers		310
Photon (Monica Rambeau)		black; Nextwave...  The Avengers		256
Moon Knight (Marc Spector)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	CIA; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; United States Marine Corps		423
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (details)  Some sources identify Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman in this issue as an artificial construct created by the Scarlet Witch, because Drew was retired from being Spider-Woman at the time.	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		353
Firestar (Angelica Jones)	Catholic	Hellions; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; The New Warriors; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Allies		338
Justice (Vance Astrovik)	Jewish (half)	Counter Force; Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff)...  The New Warriors		291
Darkhawk (Chris Powell)		League of Losers; Loners...  Midtown High School; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The New Warriors		180
Rage (Elvin Daryl Haliday)	Protestant	black; Counter Force...  Initiative: Camp Hammond; Psionex; The Avengers; The New Warriors		157
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  The Avengers; The Defenders		656
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		531
Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)	atheist	Protectors of the Universe; S.H.I.E.L.D....  SHIELD Super-Agents; Star Masters; The Avengers		317
Jocasta	N.A.	Initiative: Mavericks; The Avengers		142
Stingray (Walter Newell)		Initiative: Point Men (leader); Initiative...  The Avengers; The Defenders		124
Living Lightning (Miguel Santos)	Catholic; LGBT	Hispanic; Pacific Overlords...  The Avengers; The Rangers		118
Agatha Harkness (details)  flashback, long-dead corpse, and construct created by Scarlet Witch	witch	[leader of New Salem; tutored Scarlet Witch]		152
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (6-panel cameo, pg. 29-30)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Rick Jones (5-panel cameo, pg. 33-34)  seen in 3-page reprint section at the end of this issue, reprint pages from early issue of "The Avengers."		Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  The Teen Brigade (leader)		572
Giant-Man (Hank Pym) (3-panel cameo, pg. 33-34)  seen in 3-page reprint section at the end of this issue, reprint pages from early issue of "The Avengers."	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
S.H.I.E.L.D. (1-panel cameo, pg. 28, panel 1)		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (construct, pg. 21-22)  construct created by Scarlet Witch	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (construct, pg. 21)  construct created by Scarlet Witch	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
Rogue (Anna Marie) (construct, pg. 20-22)  construct created by Scarlet Witch	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
Vision (construct, pg. 16-17)  construct created by Scarlet Witch	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Nazis (construct, pg. 18, panel 1)  construct created by Scarlet Witch	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (construct, pg. 18, 21)  construct created by Scarlet Witch	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Dormammu (construct, pg. 25, panel 1)  construct created by Scarlet Witch	Faltine energy being; extra-dimensional mystic entity/powerful magic user	The Cabal		170
Ultron (construct, pg. 21)  construct created by Scarlet Witch		Lethal Legion; The Masters of Evil		459
Thomas Maximoff (construct)  construct created by Scarlet Witch		[son of Scarlet Witch and Vision; may be Speed]		27
William Maximoff (construct)  construct created by Scarlet Witch		[son of Scarlet Witch and Vision; may be Wiccan]		27
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned & on cover, pg. 10, panel 1)  Falcon: "Then where is she, Carol? She's the only one not here." Nick Fury: "Thor isn't." Firestar: "Yeah, and didn't you guys fight that Loki guy once? Could it be that Loki guy?" Doctor Strange: "God of mischief." Thor's hammer is on cover.	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (mentioned, pg. 30, panel 2)  Magneto (speaking to unconscious body of Scarlet Witch): "Xavier was right. It was you. I failed you."	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 1)  Ms. Marvel (to Scarlet Witch): "Do you know what you've done?! You killed the Vision, Wanda! ...You killed Scott Lang! You killed Hawkeye! Janet's in a coma!"	repentant	A-Next; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Thunder Guard		120
Loki (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 1)  Falcon: "Then where is she, Carol? She's the only one not here." Nick Fury: "Thor isn't." Firestar: "Yeah, and didn't you guys fight that Loki guy once? Could it be that Loki guy?" Doctor Strange: "God of mischief."	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Mighty Avengers (founder)...  The Cabal; The Liberators		696
Kree (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 5)  Falcon: "What are you even doing here?" Spider-Man: "I was helping with the aliens a second ago--"	Kree religion	[alien race]		238
Baron Zemo (Dr. Heinrich Zemo) (mentioned, pg. 34, panel 1)  Iron Man (to Giant-Man): "Easy, you big clown! Knock it off! I want to hear all about Cap's battle with Zemo!"	Nazi	The Masters of Evil (founder); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		121
Agamotto (mentioned, pg. 25-26)  Doctor Strange: "Maximoff! Deston ghutrante alad ghura! Rfgho Agamotto! The Eye of Agamotto will show you the truth!"	mystic deity	Vishanti		15

Most of the art in this issue was by David Finch (penciler) and Danny Miki (inker). Pages 1-3 and 6 were illustrated by Olivier Coipel. Pages 32 through 34 (which are reproduced from an early issue of Avengers) were written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.

The artists of the montage images (depicting the Scarlet Witch, gathered from numerous previous comics) are: George Perez, John Byrne, Scott Kolins, Kieron Dwyer, Alan Davis, Olivier Coipel, Michael Golden, Brent Anderson, J.G. Jones and Jack Kirby.

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