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Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #336 (Jan. 1990):
“Dark Congress!”
by Walt Simonson, Ron Lim, Mike DeCarlo

Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #336

Title: “Dark Congress!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1990

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Walt Simonson
Art by: Ron Lim, Mike DeCarlo


18 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.
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  Marvel 5,017
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Marvel 4,393
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Invisible Woman Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 4,069
Doctor Doom Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) villain scientist
CBR Scale: S Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism
Fearsome Four; The Cabal Marvel 1,176
Orka Orka villain hero
CBR Scale: R Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Deep Six...  Marvel 62
Hydro-Man Hydro-Man (Morrie Bench) villain
  Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve Marvel 84
Franklin Richards Franklin Richards hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Daydreamers; Fantastic Five...  Marvel 650
Armadillo Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Hispanic; Hood's Army...  Marvel 52
Whirlwind Whirlwind (David Cannon) villain
  Batroc's Brigade; Initiative... 
[ice skating competitor]
Marvel 113
The Owl The Owl (Leland Owlsley) villain
  Gang of Four
[led his own criminal gang]
Marvel 135
Stilt-Man Stilt-Man (Wilbur Day) villain scientist
  Emissaries of Evil (Electro); Gang of Four Marvel 53
Super-Adaptoid Super-Adaptoid villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
A.I.M.; Heavy Metal Marvel 72
She-Thing Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura) hero
  Team America; The Fantastic Four...  Marvel 115
Water Wizard (Peter van Zante) villain hero
CBR Scale: S Environmentalism
Force of Nature; Initiative... 
[eco-terrorist]
Marvel 37
Man-Ape Man-Ape (M'Baku) villain
CBR Scale: M African primal-indigenous
religion; White Gorilla cult
Lethal Legion; The Masters of Evil Marvel 42
Baron Brimstone (Walter Theodoric) villain
CBR Scale: M sorcerer
Satan Squad Marvel 5
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664

This issue is part of the Marvel-wide "Acts of Vengeance" crossover event. In this issue, Doctor Doom uses a device called the "Aggression Enhancer" to provoke numerous villains to attack the Fantastic Four. Some attacks by seemingly random villains in previous issues were apparently also provoked by the Aggression Enhancer.