Religion and Characters in
What If? (vol. 2) #112 (Sep. 1998):
“Brave Old World”
by Brian K. Vaughn, Coy Turnbull, Keith Champagne, Ray McCarthy

17 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.
Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) (lead character)		[England; Savage Land]		315
Shanna the She-Devil (Shanna O'Hara Plunder)		[Zaire; Savage Land]		158
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	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
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
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		3,526
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
The Punisher (Frank Castle)	Catholic (former seminarian)	U.S. Marines; Marvel Knights  Secret Defenders; Code Red		1,170
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	Heroes for Hire; Defenders  Marvel Knights; New Avengers [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Iron Fist (Danny Rand)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders  New Avengers		672
Plantman (Samuel Smithers)		Crime Wave; Thunderbolts [England]		86
Agent Orange (Angelica Jones)	Catholic	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Hellions  New Warriors; Avengers; X-Strike; Weapon X (Exiles)		338
Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Sinister Syndicate [Russia]		305
Thanos	occult; nihilist; worships Death	Eternals of Titan; Infinity Watch		306
Plunderer (Parnival Plunder)		[England. leads various crews of modern pirates]		3
Zabu (corpse)	N.A.	Pet Avengers [Savage Land. sabretooth tiger]		163

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. An alternative form of this story's title is: “What If... Starring Ka-Zar: New York... ...The New Savage Land... ...No Escape!”. Webpage for What If? #112 (Sep. 1998) created 29 December 2010. Last modified 25 April 2013.
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