Religion and Characters in
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #1 (Nov. 1988):
“Love is the Spell. The Spell is Death!”
by Peter Gillis, Richard Case, Randy Emberlin

41 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.
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (lead character)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Dormammu	Faltine energy being; extra-dimensional mystic entity/powerful magic user	[Foe of: Dr. Strange (arch-enemy)]		170
Clea	occult	Defenders [disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]		222
Nightmare	demon	[haunts dreams of others]		149
Wong	Tibetan Buddhism; occult	[Tibet. house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Sara Wolfe		[Doctor Strange's secretary; Wong's love interest]		63
Kaluu	sorcerer; Tibetan Buddhism (raised)	[Tibet. former ruler of Kamar-Taj]		2
The G'uranthic Guardian	N.A.	[huge statue animated by mystic means]		13
Umar	Faltine; mystical/occult	[ruler of Dark Dimension; Clea's mother; Dormammu's sister]		54
The Chosen One (Arnie Green)	Tibetan Buddhism (lama)	[Tibet. high lama of Kamar-Taj]		2
Imei Chang	mystically empowered	[skeleton of Imei Chang; empowered by Salome]		7
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (cameo)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (cameo)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Nick Fury (cameo)	secular	Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Ultimates		1,898
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (cameo)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (cameo)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
Jean Grey (cameo)	Episcopalian	X-Men; X-Factor  The Twelve (mutants)		1,905
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (cameo)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (cameo)	Communist atheist (former)	X-Men; Acolytes  Excalibur; Weapon X (Exiles) [Russia; USSR]		4,122
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) (cameo)	Jewish	X-Men; Excalibur  S.H.I.E.L.D.; Exiles		3,128
Rogue (Anna Marie) (cameo)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		3,526
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Avengers; Lady Liberators  West Coast Avengers; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (cameo)	Christian (medieval)	Avengers; Excalibur  Heroes for Hire		430
Vision (cameo)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Avengers; Heroes for Hire  Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway; Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) (cameo)	Catholic	Dark X-Men; X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
Dagger (Tandy Bowen) (cameo)	Catholic	Secret Defenders; Marvel Knights  League of Losers; New Warriors; Secret Avengers; Dark X-Men; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Guardian (Heather Hudson) (cameo)	Catholic	Alpha Flight; Alpha Prime [Canada]		249
Firestar (Angelica Jones) (cameo)	Catholic	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Hellions  New Warriors; Avengers; X-Strike; Weapon X (Exiles)		338
Longshot (cameo)	Mojoworld television worship	X-Men; Exiles  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Factor Investigations		204
Topaz (cameo)	occult; Native American spirituality	Witches		82
Mr. Weeks (cameo)	prob. indeterminate	[ocean liner passenger]		1
Victoria Bentley (cameo)	occult; soul	[dated Dr. Strange; had latent sorcerous powers]		37

This publication is also known as Doctor Strange (vol. 3) #1.

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