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Religion and Characters in
Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #49 (Jan. 2002):
“Dark Victory”
by Carlos Pacheco, Rafael Marin, Jeph Loeb, Jesus Merino

Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #49

Title: “Dark Victory”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Jan 2002

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Carlos Pacheco, Rafael Marin, Jeph Loeb

Art by: Carlos Pacheco, Jesus Merino


23 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.
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
 U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  Marvel 5,017
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
 Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five Marvel 4,393
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I humanist; believes in God
 Avengers; Illuminati  Marvel 4,661
Invisible Woman Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
 Avengers; Lady Liberators Marvel 4,069
Abraxas Abraxas villain
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
 [abstract embodiment of destruction] Marvel 7
Silver Surfer Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) hero
CBR Scale: S Zenn-La religion
 Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  Marvel 826
Kymaera (Nita Prentiss) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
 Defenders; New Warriors  Marvel 305
Galactus Galactus (Galan) villain
CBR Scale: M cosmic entity
 Heralds of Galactus (leader) Marvel 537
Franklin Richards Franklin Richards hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
 Power Pack; Generation X  Marvel 650
Valeria Richards Valeria von Doom (Valeria Richards) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
 The Fantastic Four Marvel 113
The Watcher The Watcher (Uatu) supporting character
CBR Scale: S monotheist / Watcher religion,
focusing on non-interference
and observation
   Marvel 582
Eternity Eternity deity
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
 Seven Friendless Marvel 84
Nova Nova (Frankie Raye) hero
   Heralds of Galactus Marvel 131
Brute Brute (Reed Richards) villain
   Frightful Four
[Reed Richards of Counter-Earth]		 Marvel 18
Infinity supporting character
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
 [personification of sum total of all that exists] Marvel 31
Roma Roma supporting character deity
CBR Scale: M sorceress/goddess
 Captain Britain Corps (leader)
[Guardian of the Multiverse; Merlin's daughter]		 Marvel 4
Saturnyne (Opal Luna Saturnyne) supporting character
   [Omniversal Majestrix] Marvel 5
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(alternative reality version)		 hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
 Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Marvel 9,358
Thor Thor (Donald Blake)
(alternative reality version)		 hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
 Avengers; Thor Corps 
[Norway]		 Marvel Image 4,362
Vision Vision
(alternative reality version)		 hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (temporary);
synthezoid
 Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Marvel 1,393
Captain Marvel Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)
(alternative reality version)		 hero
CBR Scale: S Kree religion
 [former captain of Kree star fleet] Marvel 142
Swordsman Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)
(alternative reality version)		 villain hero
   Mandarin's Minions; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead) 
[Sin-Cong]		 Marvel 73
Doctor Spectrum Doctor Spectrum (Joe Ledger)
(alternative reality version)		 hero
   Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme Marvel 139

This issue features an alternative issue number. It can also be identified as Fantastic Four #478.

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