The Avengers (vol. 1) #300 (Feb. 1989):
“Avengers Membership”
by John Byrne, Kieron Dwyer, Joe Rubinstein, etc.

The Avengers (vol. 1) #300

Title: “Avengers Membership”

Medium: prose text story

Cover date: Feb. 1989

Publisher:
Art by: John Byrne, Kieron Dwyer, Joe Rubinstein, etc.

39 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.
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Yellowjacket (Hank Pym)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Wonder Man (Simon Williams)	religious	Force Works; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers		430
Vision	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Tigra (Greer Grant)	mystically empowered	Cat People; Counter Force...  Lady Liberators; The Avengers		310
Iron Man (Jim Rhodes)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Force Works...  Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff); Secret Defenders; Stark Industries; The Avengers; The Crew; U.S. Air Force; United States Marine Corps; WorldWatch Inc.		389
Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)		black; Nextwave...  The Avengers		256
Moon Knight (Marc Spector)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	CIA; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; United States Marine Corps		423
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers [was Hawkeye's wife]		293
Marrina (Marrina Smallwood)	alien	Alpha Flight; Beta Flight...  Plodex		64
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  The Avengers; The Defenders		656
Moondragon (Heather Douglas)	Titanian priestess	Infinity Watch; The Avengers...  The Defenders [raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		335
Doctor Druid (Anthony Ludgate)	Druidism (plus Tibetan Buddhism)	Secret Defenders (leader); Shock Troop (leader)...  The Avengers; The Monster Hunters		151
Jocasta	N.A.	Initiative: Mavericks; The Avengers		142
Mantis (Mandy Celestine)	Priests of Pama (pacifistic Kree sect); Celestial Madonna	Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers		161
Starfox (Eros)	Titanian religion	Eternals of Titan; The Avengers		207
Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)		Batroc's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions; The Avengers		73
Firebird (Bonita Juarez)	Catholic	Hispanic; The Avengers...  The Rangers		84
Gilgamesh	Eternals religion	Eternals; The Avengers		51
Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara)		Femizons; Guardians of the Galaxy...  Hispanic; The Avengers; The Masters of Evil		63

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