Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #17 (Oct. 2005):
“Wild Blue Yonder, Part Five”
by Reginald Hudlin, Billy Tan, Jonathan Sibal

15 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
Mr. Edwards	Protestant	[Ethan Edwards' adoptive father; deeply religious]		3
The Owl (Leland Owlsley) (7-panel cameo, pg. 14, 21)		Gang of Four [led his own criminal gang]		135
J. Jonah Jameson (6-panel cameo, pg. 4-5)	hates Spider-Man	Daily Bugle [Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
mystery woman (6-panel cameo, pg. 14, 21)	Ninjutsu	The Hand [trained by the Hand]		6
unnamed Skrull scientist (imagination, pg. 20, panel 2)  After being zapped by a beam from the spacecraft that brought him to Earth, Ethan Edwards imagines the face of his Skrull biological father, superimposed over that of his adoptive father.	Skrull religion	[empowered Super-Skrull; father of Ethan Edwards]		1
God (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3)  Mr. Edwards (speaking to Reed Richards about his son, Ethan Edwards): "Well, if you want to help him, then don't try to write off his God-given abilities as something from outer space!"	God	[ 1st app: (Timely/Marvel) [9354]; (DC: as "The Voice", e.g. "The Presence", DC) [9342] ]	, etc.	313
Albert Einstein (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 4)  Reed Richards: "Einstein was a man of deep faith, but also a man of science. The two are not at odds with each other--"	Jewish; Humanist; Ethical Culture			252

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