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Black Goliath #1 (Feb. 1976):
“Black Goliath”
by Tony Isabella, George Tuska, Vince Colletta

Black Goliath #1

Title: “Black Goliath”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1976

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Tony Isabella
Art by: George Tuska, Vince Colletta


12 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.
Goliath Black Goliath (Bill Foster)
(lead character)
hero
  Project: Pegasus; Secret Avengers...  Marvel 118
Giant-Man Hank Pym hero scientist
CBR Scale: U atheist
Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 1,543
Janet van Dyne hero
CBR Scale: U Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,339
Atom-Smasher (Ronald English) villain
  [leader of own gang] Marvel 2
Herbert Bell supporting character scientist
  Whiz Kids
[Bill Foster's former assistant]
Marvel 6
Talia Kruma Talia Kruma supporting character scientist
  black; Whiz Kids Marvel 10
Dale West supporting character scientist
  Whiz Kids
[theoretical mathematician; Bill Foster's former assistant]
Marvel 6
Stark Industries Stark Industries supporting character group
  [company] Marvel
Whiz Kids Whiz Kids supporting character group
    Marvel 6
Iron Man Tony Stark
(flashback cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Luke Cage Luke Cage
(flashback cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Heroes for Hire... 
[formerly owned a bar and theater]
Marvel 951
Claire Temple
(flashback cameo)
supporting character
  black
[was long-time girlfriend of Luke Cage]
Marvel 50