Fantastic Four: The World’s Greatest Comics Magazine! #8 (Sep. 2001):
“...To Aid the Avengers!”
by Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson, Kurt Busiek, Ron Frenz, etc.

Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine! #8

Title: “...To Aid the Avengers!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 2001

Publisher:
Written by: Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson, Kurt Busiek
Art by: Erik Larsen, Ron Frenz, Jorge Lucas, Bill Wray, Rick Veitch, Bruce Timm, Al Milgrom, Terry Beatty

20 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 (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; The Fantastic Four...  The Yancy Street Gang; The Avengers; Fantastic Five; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	The Fantastic Four; The Avengers...  Fantastic Five; Illuminati		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four; The Avengers...  Lady Liberators		4,069
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	The Avengers; The Invaders...  Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Weapon Plus; The Ultimates		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	The Avengers; Force Works...  Weapon X (Exiles); Illuminati; The Ultimates		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; The Avengers...  Cosmic Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; The Avengers...  X-Men; The Invaders; The Defenders; The All-Winners Squad; Dark X-Men; Illuminati; The Order; human; The Cabal		1,864
Goliath (Hank Pym)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; The Liberators...  The Avengers; The Defenders; Secret Defenders		1,543
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	The Avengers; A-Next...  Secret Defenders; Force Works; Brotherhood of Mutants; Lady Liberators; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	The Avengers; X-Factor...  Brotherhood of Mutants; The Ultimates		944
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	The Fantastic Four; The Avengers...  Fantastic Force; black		786
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon)	Inhuman religion	Inhumans; Inhuman...  Illuminati; Inhuman Royal Family		505
Medusa (Medusalith Boltagon)	Inhuman religion	Inhumans; Inhuman...  The Fantastic Four; Lady Liberators; The Frightful Four; Inhuman Royal Family		416
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff)	Inhuman religion	Inhumans; Inhuman...  The Fantastic Four; The Avengers; Inhuman Royal Family		531
Triton	Inhuman religion	Inhumans; Inhuman...  Inhuman Royal Family		278
Lockjaw	N.A.	Inhumans; Inhuman Royal Family...  Pet Avengers; dog [teleporting dog; escort to Inhumans Royal Family]		257
The Watcher (Uatu)	monotheist / Watcher religion, focusing on non-interference and observation	The Watchers		582
Giganto	Deviant religion	Deviants [big green monster from the cover of FF #1]		4

This issue features the first (and only) appearance of a device called the "Agon-Sequencer." This technology neutralizes the sacred Terrigen mist that Inhumans use to undergo the transformations which imbue them with super powers.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine! #8 (Sep. 2001) created 30 December 2010. Last modified 1 March 2014.

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