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Secret Warriors (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 2009)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman, Stefano Caselli

Secret Warriors (vol. 1) #1

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 2009

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman
Art by: Stefano Caselli

Number of Pages: 23


23 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.
Nick Fury Nick Fury
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
Quake Quake (Daisy Johnson) hero
  S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Warriors...  Marvel 44
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188
H.A.M.M.E.R. H.A.M.M.E.R. supporting character group
  [government agency] Marvel 207
HYDRA villain group
CBR Scale: S HYDRA
[largest worldwide subversive organization] Marvel 283
The Druid The Druid (Sebastian Druid) hero
CBR Scale: M Druid
Secret Warriors
[son of Doctor Druid]
Marvel 16
Hellfire Hellfire (J.T. Slade) hero
  Secret Warriors
[grandson of the Phantom Rider]
Marvel 15
Barack Obama Barack Obama
(pg. 20-22)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S United Church of Christ (formerly Trinity UCC); eclectic upbringing (incl. Muslim/atheist/Marxist/Catholic/United Church of Christ)
[politician; attorney...] IDW Publishing Marvel, etc. 352
Stonewall Stonewall (Jerry Sledge) hero
  Secret Warriors Marvel 19
Slingshot (Yo-Yo Rodriguez) hero
  Hispanic; Secret Warriors
[daughter of Griffin]
Marvel 48
Phobos Phobos (Alex Aaron)
(8-panel cameo, pg. 13-14)
supporting character hero deity
CBR Scale: M ethnically half Greco-Roman
deity
Secret Warriors
[son of Ares]
Marvel 7
Life Model Decoys Life Model Decoys
(5-panel cameo, pg. 17-18)
supporting character group
CBR Scale: I N.A.
S.H.I.E.L.D.
[android duplicates of people, usually VIPs]
Marvel 24
Sentry Sentry (Bob Reynolds)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S angel
Dark Avengers; The Avengers Marvel 260
A.I.M. A.I.M.
(name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 25, panel 1)
villain group
CBR Scale: S Scientism
[terrorist] Marvel 390
Secret Empire Secret Empire
(name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 25, panel 1)
villain group
  [1st app: Tales to Astonish (vol. 1) #81 (July 1966)] Marvel 120
Skrulls Skrulls
(mentioned)
villain group
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
[alien race] Marvel 344
Richard Nixon Richard Nixon
(mentioned, pg. 22, panel 3) 
hero real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Quaker
X Presidents (ally) NBC Random House 504
Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan
(mentioned, pg. 22, panel 3) 
supporting character hero real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Presbyterian (raised in Disciples of Christ)
Reagan's Raiders; X Presidents DC Marvel, etc. 583
John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy
(mentioned, pg. 22, panel 3) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Catholic
[U.S. President] DC 521
Harry S Truman Harry S Truman
(mentioned, pg. 22, panel 3) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Baptist
U.S. Army DC 174
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson
(mentioned, pg. 22, panel 3) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Disciples of Christ
[U.S. President] DC 211
William Westmoreland
(mentioned, pg. 12, panel 3) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
U.S. Army
[commanded U.S. forces in Vietnam War at its height]
Marvel 23
Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower
(mentioned, pg. 22, panel 3) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jehovah's Witnesses; Presbyterian (convert)
[general; U.S. President] Marvel 262