Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #15 (Aug. 2005):
“Wild Blue Yonder, Part Three”
by Reginald Hudlin, Billy Tan, Mark Buckingham, Jonathan Sibal

21 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 (Peter Parker) (lead character)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Ethan Edwards	Protestant	[based on Clark Kent/Superman, with Skrull twist]		7
Ant-Man (Hank Pym)	atheist	Avengers; Defenders  West Coast Avengers; Secret Defenders; Commission on Superhuman Activities; Liberators; Mighty Avengers		1,543
Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel)	temporarily became follower of Thor	Masters of Evil		270
Laurie Lynton		Daily Bugle [Peter Parker's former classmate; science reporter]		3
mystery woman	Ninjutsu	The Hand [trained by the Hand]		6
Mr. Edwards	Protestant	[Ethan Edwards' adoptive father; deeply religious]		3
Mrs. Edwards	Protestant	[Ethan Edwards' adoptive mother; deeply religious]		3
The Punisher (Frank Castle) (7-panel cameo, pg. 9-12)	Catholic (former seminarian)	U.S. Marines; Marvel Knights  Secret Defenders; Code Red		1,170
? Edwards (5-panel cameo, pg. 17, 21)	Protestant	[Ethan Edwards' adoptive sister; mentally handicapped]		1
Flash Thompson (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 3)	Alcoholics Anonymous	U.S. Army; Daily Bugle		718
The Owl (Leland Owlsley) (1-panel cameo, pg. 9, panel 1)		Gang of Four [led his own criminal gang]		135
Skrulls (behind the scenes)  Ethan Edwards, the guest character featured in this story, is a Skrull, but this fact is not yet revealed.	Skrull religion			344
God (mentioned, pg. 17-20)  Ethan Edwards (to Peter Parker, recounting his origin): "...God punished her [Ethan's mom] by making her barren... At first they [Ethan's adoptive parents] thought it was the Final Days. But it wasn't... It was a gift from God. They were caught in the Rapture. And after they were judged to be worthy... a child was delivered to them." [more]	God	[ 1st app: (Timely/Marvel) [9354]; (DC: as "The Voice", e.g. "The Presence", DC) [9342] ]	, etc.	313
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 2)  Owl: "You're behind schedule. I expected you to be done by now. mystery woman working for Owl: "We got detoured. We're on our way to Murdock's now."	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Aunt May (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 1)  Peter Parker (to Laurie Lynton): "Oh Laurie, I'm sorry. I was so preoccupied with my aunt and uncle I didn't know..."	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
J. Jonah Jameson (mentioned, pg. 1)  Quote: "And how about the Bugle's new star reporter! Ethan Edwards is his name, and he's the ace in J. Jonah Jameson's deck and the bane of Peter's existence. When Jonah gets the bright idea to pair up Ethan and Peter to cover... Spider-Man..." recap page	hates Spider-Man	Daily Bugle [Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
Robbie Robertson (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 3)  Laurie Lynton (to Peter Parker): "Journalism! I started doing a science column, then I got an offer from Robbie to come here and do a special column in the Pulse about the science on super heroes."		Daily Bugle		739
Ultron (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 3)  Spider-Man: "Okay... This is kind of embarrassing... Hank Pym: "You can't top my career in the embarrassment category. I mean, just for building Ultron alone..."		Lethal Legion; Masters of Evil		220
Uncle Ben (Ben Parker) (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 1)  Peter Parker (to Laurie Lynton): "Oh Laurie, I'm sorry. I was so preoccupied with my aunt and uncle I didn't know..."	Protestant	[Spider-Man's beloved late uncle]		51
Mrs. Schwartz (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 5)  Peter Parker: "Laurie Lynton?!!! Are you kidding me? Is that you? Laurie Lynton: "I sat next to you in Mrs. Schwartz's class..."	indeterminate	[taught Peter Parker's sophomore science class]		1

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