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Marvel Knights Spider-Man #14 (July 2005):
“Wild Blue Yonder, Part Two”
by Reginald Hudlin, Billy Tan, Jonathan Sibal

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #14

Title: “Wild Blue Yonder, Part Two”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: July 2005

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Reginald Hudlin

Art by: Billy Tan, Jonathan Sibal


22 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.
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(lead character)		 hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
 Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Marvel 9,358
Ethan Edwards Ethan Edwards hero
CBR Scale: M Protestant
 [based on Clark Kent/Superman, with Skrull twist] Marvel 7
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
 Weapon Plus; Invaders  Timely Marvel 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark) hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly
secular; sometimes prays;
Alcoholics Anonymous
 Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Marvel 5,673
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes
atheist; has practiced
Buddhism; skeptical seeker
 First Flight; Weapon Plus 
[Canada]		 Marvel 8,823
Luke Cage Luke Cage hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
 Heroes for Hire; Defenders 
[formerly owned a bar and theater]		 Marvel 951
Absorbing Man Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel) villain
CBR Scale: I temporarily became follower of
Thor
 Masters of Evil Marvel 270
Veranke Spider-Woman (Veranke) villain
CBR Scale: M Skrull religion
 New Avengers; Mighty Avengers
[Foe of: Earth]		 Marvel 8
mystery woman villain
CBR Scale: S Ninjutsu
 The Hand
[trained by the Hand]		 Marvel 6
Big Tony (Tony)
(7-panel cameo, pg. 12-13)		 villain
CBR Scale: S Catholic
 [criminal] Marvel 1
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson
(3-panel cameo, pg. 9, panel 1-3)		 supporting character
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
 [was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 1,827
Aunt May Aunt May
(1-panel cameo, pg. 9, panel 1)		 supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
 [raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 1,368
J. Jonah Jameson J. Jonah Jameson
(1-panel cameo, pg. 10, panel 2) 		 supporting character
CBR Scale: M hates Spider-Man
 Daily Bugle
[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		 Marvel 1,719
Spider-Woman Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
(someone disguised as)		 hero
CBR Scale: I Wundagorian Transhumanism
(raised); HYDRA (former)
 HYDRA; S.H.I.E.L.D. 
[England]		 Marvel 353
Skrulls Skrulls
(behind the scenes)		 villain
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
   Marvel 344
God God
(mentioned, pg. 10-11) 		 deity real/historical person
CBR Scale: D God
 [] DC Timely, etc. 313
Daredevil Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
(mentioned, pg. 15, panel 2) 		 hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
 Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles) Marvel 1,801
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier)
(mentioned, pg. 8, panel 2) 		 hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
 X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 4,318
The Owl The Owl (Leland Owlsley)
(mentioned, pg. 1, 23) 		 villain
   Gang of Four
[led his own criminal gang]		 Marvel 135
SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants
(mentioned, pg. 16, panel 2) 		 lead character
CBR Scale: I anthropomorphic animal
 [sea sponge] Nickelodeon 182
Tony S.
(mentioned, pg. 12, panel 1) 		 villain
   [killed by Absorbing Man] Marvel 1
Father Angelo
(mentioned, pg. 12, panel 3) 		 supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic priest
 [blessed weapons for Big Tony's gang] Marvel 1

Excerpts

BELOW: Ethan Edwards asks Peter Parker if he has prayed today: New star reporter Ethan Edwards is a direct Superman parody who J. Jonah Jameson has partnered with Peter Parker (a.k.a. Spider-Man). Edwards is a deeply, sincerely religious Protestant Christian. Seeing that Peter Parker looks a little down, he asks his co-worker if he has prayed. Ethan adds, "I don't know if you're religious, or what your faith is, but you'd be surprised what a little faith would do."

Ethan Edwards asks Peter Parker if he has prayed today

Source: Marvel Knights Spider-Man #14 (July 2005): "Wild Blue Yonder, Part Two", pg. 10, panels 4-6. Written by Reginald Hudlin. Art by Billy Tan, Jonathan Sibal. See also: faith; prayer; religious (the word "religious"); Protestant; Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Ethan Edwards

BELOW: Spider-Man prays with Superman: Well, almost. The new star reporter at the Daily Bugle is a direct Superman parody. Deeply religious, he pulls his co-worker Peter Parker (a.k.a. Spider-Man) into a closet in order to pray to the Lord. Ethan is secretly arranging an opportunity to use his healing powers on Peter, but his deep religiosity and his sentiments about prayer are sincere, as seen in the following issues. Ethan tells Peter, "Open your heard to the Lord." Ethan also advises, "Don't underestimate the power of prayer, Peter." A fascinating reveal comes at the end of Marvel Knights Spider-Man #18: Reed Richards researched Ethan Edwards extensively and found that the ability to heal others was NOT among the powers he had been imbued with by his father. The last page of issue #18 reveals that Ethan's power to heal really did come from prayer.

Spider-Man prays with Superman

Source: Marvel Knights Spider-Man #14 (July 2005): "Wild Blue Yonder, Part Two", pg. 11, panels 1-7. Written by Reginald Hudlin. Art by Billy Tan, Jonathan Sibal. See also: God; prayer; Protestant; Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Ethan Edwards

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