Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #16 (Sep. 2005):
“Wild Blue Yonder, Part Four”
by Reginald Hudlin, Billy Tan, Mark Buckingham, Jonathan Sibal

24 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
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
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Skrulls	Skrull religion			344
Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel)	temporarily became follower of Thor	Masters of Evil		270
The Owl (Leland Owlsley)		Gang of Four [led his own criminal gang]		135
mystery woman	Ninjutsu	The Hand [trained by the Hand]		6
Laurie Lynton (7-panel cameo, pg. 9, 18)		Daily Bugle [Peter Parker's former classmate; science reporter]		3
Galactus (Galan) (2-panel cameo, pg. 19-20)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
unnamed Skrull scientist (2-panel cameo, pg. 19, 21)	Skrull religion	[empowered Super-Skrull; father of Ethan Edwards]		1
unnamed Skrull woman (2-panel cameo, pg. 19, 21)	Skrull religion	[mother of Ethan Edwards]		1
Super-Skrull (K'lrt) (1-panel cameo, pg. 21, panel 1)	Skrull religion	[warrior]		226
Ant-Man (Hank Pym) (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 13, panel 5)  Hank Pym sends Spider-Man a message by having ants line up to form a message: "Object has been found -Hank"	atheist	Avengers; Defenders  West Coast Avengers; Secret Defenders; Commission on Superhuman Activities; Liberators; Mighty Avengers		1,543
God (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 4)  Spider-Man: "Anyway, he's got super-powers, but he doesn't really know how-- Ethan Edwards: "It's a gift from God! Reed Richards: "I catch your meaning, Spider-Man. We'll run some tests."	God	[ 1st app: (Timely/Marvel) [9354]; (DC: as "The Voice", e.g. "The Presence", DC) [9342] ]	, etc.	313
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Spider-Man (to Reed Richards): "You'll screen for mutations? Cosmic rays? Gamma radiation? Super-Soldier serum? Angel feather? Pixie dust?"	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Spider-Man (to Reed Richards): "You'll screen for mutations? Cosmic rays? Gamma radiation? Super-Soldier serum? Angel feather? Pixie dust?"	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Mary Jane Watson (mentioned, pg. 9)  Laurie Lynton: "Mary Jane Watson!? You married Mary Jane Watson. Peter Parker: "I know, I feel like the luckiest-- Laurie: "You're sleeping with the enemy! She was part of the 'in crowd' that used to make fun of people like you and me!" [more]	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
J. Jonah Jameson (mentioned, pg. 1)  Quote: "Meanwhile, the Bugle's new star reporter, Ethan Edwards, has angled in on Peter's turf as J. Jonah's new golden boy." recap page	hates Spider-Man	Daily Bugle [Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
The Punisher (Frank Castle) (mentioned, pg. 1, 5)  Quote: "(pg. 1 recap page) The Punisher has pulled a hit on the Absorbing Man, forcing him to shape-shift into a metal form before being killed."	Catholic (former seminarian)	U.S. Marines; Marvel Knights  Secret Defenders; Code Red		1,170
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 5)  Spider-Woman (to mystery woman working for Owl): "C'mon, you think you're the first crook to figure out who I am? Do you know what S.H.I.E.L.D. does to people like you? A van will show up in 15 minutes and you'll never be heard from again."		S.H.I.E.L.D.		1,188
The Hand (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 1)  Owl (to mystery woman): "This was supposed to be an easy hit: Take out a dozen guys in 48 hours. You're a master assassin trained by the Hand and I paired you up with a bona fide heavyweight super-freak. How'd it all go wrong?"	Ninjutsu	The Hand		155

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