Religion and Characters in
Universe X Special: 4 (Oct. 2000)
by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, Brent Anderson, Will Blyberg

31 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.
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
X-51 (Aaron Stack)	N.A.	Avengers; Heavy Metal  Midnight Wreckers; West Coast Avengers; Nextwave; Operation: Lightning Storm		174
Galactus (Franklin Richards)	Episcopalian	Power Pack; Generation X  Fantastic Force; Daydreamers; Fantastic Five		650
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	Avengers; Fantastic Force		786
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
Atlanteans	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion			165
Alicia Masters		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
Orka	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Deep Six; Heroes for Hire		62
Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss)		Deep Six; Masters of Evil  Initiative; Offenders; Hood's Army		112
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)	Kree religion	[former captain of Kree star fleet]		142
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans  Illuminati [Attilan]		505
Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel)	temporarily became follower of Thor	Masters of Evil		270
Captain Universe	cosmic entity	[manifestation of Uni-Power, a portion of the Enigma Force]		77
Adam Warlock		Infinity Watch (founder); Guardians of the Galaxy [savior of worlds]		294
The Watcher (Uatu)	monotheist / Watcher religion, focusing on non-interference and observation			582
Celestials	Celestial			155
Agatha Harkness	witch	[leader of New Salem; tutored Scarlet Witch]		152
Captain Universe (Arcturus Rann)	alien	Micronauts		75
Grim Reaper (Eric Williams)		Maggia; Lethal Legion  HYDRA		98
Diane Arliss-Newell		[Tiger Shark's sister; Stingray's ex-wife]		12
Buzz Grimm		[son of Thing and Alicia Masters]		19
Chuck Grimm		[son of Thing and Alicia Masters]		19
Hydron	magic user; mystically empowered	Salem's Seven		22
Gazelle	magic user; mystically empowered	Salem's Seven		22
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
Galactus (Galan) (cameo)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537

This issue is also known as Universe X: 4

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