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Fantastic Four Annual #23 (1990):
“When Franklin Comes Marchin’ Home”
by Walt Simonson, Bob Harras, Jackson Guice, Geof Isherwood

Fantastic Four Annual #23

Title: “When Franklin Comes Marchin’ Home”

Medium: comic

Cover date: 1990

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Walt Simonson, Bob Harras
Art by: Jackson Guice, Geof Isherwood


62 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
Franklin Richards Franklin Richards hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Daydreamers; Fantastic Five...  Marvel 650
Ahab Ahab (Dr. Rory Campbell) villain scientist
  Horsemen of Apocalypse; W.H.O. Marvel 39
She-Thing Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura) hero
  Team America; The Fantastic Four...  Marvel 115
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe) hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
black; Lady Liberators...  Marvel 5,068
Nightcrawler Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)
Excalibur; Neyaphem...  Marvel 4,345
Banshee Banshee (Sean Cassidy) hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  Marvel 1,340
Kitty Pryde Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 3,128
Captain Britain Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) hero
CBR Scale: I Anglican (nominal); mystical
Excalibur Marvel UK Marvel 365
Lockheed Lockheed hero
CBR Scale: I alien dragon
Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  Marvel 248
Moonstone Moonstone (Karla Sofen) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Buddhist
Dark Avengers; Femizons...  Marvel 235
Captain Marvel Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Kree religion (former
missionary)
Dark Avengers; Kree
[was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]
Marvel 100
Sentinels Sentinels villain group
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robots
[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)] Marvel 245
Forge Forge (Jonathon Silvercloud) hero
CBR Scale: M Native American shamanism
(Cheyenne)
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Native American...  Marvel 394
Doctor Octopus Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) villain hero scientist
  Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 1,006
Thanos Thanos villain
CBR Scale: M occult; nihilist; worships Death
Eternals of Titan; Infinity Watch Marvel 306
Molecule Man Molecule Man (Owen Reece) villain
  [nuclear plant worker] Marvel 76
Marvel Girl Phoenix (Rachel Grey) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian (born); future
self: founder of Askani
religion
Excalibur; Starjammers...  Marvel 358
Meggan Meggan hero
CBR Scale: S Gypsy/Roma
Excalibur Marvel UK 225
Widget Widget (Kate Rasputin) hero
  Excalibur Marvel 56
Dark Phoenix villain hero
CBR Scale: M cosmic entity
The Hellfire Club; X-Men Marvel 129
Mephisto Mephisto villain
CBR Scale: D Devil
Six-Fingered Hand; The Cabal Marvel 381
High Evolutionary High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham) villain
CBR Scale: M Transhumanist
Animutants (founder); Knights of Wundagore (founder)...  Marvel 108
Overmind (Grom) villain hero
  The Defenders; Thunderbolts Army Marvel 41
Eternity Eternity deity
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
Seven Friendless Marvel 84
Death Death supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
[embodies death/mortality] Marvel 587
Zero-G Zero-G (Alex Power) hero
CBR Scale: A Latter-day Saint
Power Pack; The New Warriors Marvel 192
Lightspeed Lightspeed (Julie Power) hero
CBR Scale: A Latter-day Saint
Loners; Power Pack Marvel 177
Mass Master Mass Master (Jack Power) hero
CBR Scale: A Latter-day Saint
Power Pack Marvel 160
Energizer Energizer (Katie Power) hero
CBR Scale: A Latter-day Saint
A-Next; Power Pack Marvel 170
The Stranger The Stranger villain scientist
CBR Scale: M pseudo-cosmic entity
[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #11 (May 1965)] Marvel 188
Oshtur Oshtur deity
CBR Scale: D mystic deity
Vishanti Marvel 9
Hoggoth Hoggoth deity
CBR Scale: D mystic deity
Vishanti Marvel 5
Agamotto Agamotto deity
CBR Scale: D mystic deity
Vishanti Marvel 15
Arishem the Judge Arishem the Judge supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Celestial
Celestial Marvel 8
Chthon Chthon villain deity
CBR Scale: D Elder God
Elder Gods; Gods of Pre-Cataclysmic Era Marvel 13
Dweller in Darkness villain
  Si-Fan
[worked with a large trained gorilla]
Marvel 1
Eon supporting character
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
[embodiment of time; appoints protector of the universe] Marvel 9
Eson the Searcher Eson the Searcher supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Celestial
Celestial
[seeker, quester]
Marvel 10
Gammenon the Gatherer Gammenon the Gatherer supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Celestial
Celestial
[data collector; gatherer of specimens]
Marvel 9
Hargen the Measurer Hargen the Measurer supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Celestial
Celestial Marvel 4
The In-Betweener The In-Betweener supporting character
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
[1st app: Warlock (vol. 1) #9 (Oct. 1975)] Marvel 4
Jemiah the Analyzer supporting character deity scientist
CBR Scale: D Celestial
Celestial
[theoretician]
Marvel 8
Living Tribunal Living Tribunal supporting character
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #157] Marvel 8
Lord Chaos Lord Chaos supporting character
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
[embodiment of chaos; "metaphysical and abstract" being] Marvel 10
Mangog villain
  [seeker of vengeance] Marvel 5
Master Order Master Order supporting character
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
[force of nature] Marvel 5
Nezarr the Calculator Nezarr the Calculator supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Celestial
Celestial Marvel 13
One Above All One Above All supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Celestial (leader)
Celestial (leader)
[Commander of Fourth Celestial Host]
Marvel 14
Oneg the Prober supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Celestial
Celestial
[experimenter, implementer]
Marvel 9
Dr. James Power supporting character scientist
CBR Scale: A Latter-day Saint
[father of Power Pack kids] Marvel 126
Satannish Satannish villain
CBR Scale: D Devil
Maggia; The Cabal
[embodiment of evil]
Marvel 5
Shaper of Worlds Shaper of Worlds villain
CBR Scale: M pseudo-cosmic entity
[reality manipulator; was a Skrull Cosmic Cube] Marvel 8
Tefral the Surveyor Tefral the Surveyor supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Celestial
Celestial Marvel 7
Uni-Mind hero
CBR Scale: D Eternals religion
Eternal Marvel 4
Ziran the Tester Ziran the Tester supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Celestial
Celestial
[experimenter, implementer]
Marvel 17
The Watchers The Watchers supporting character group
CBR Scale: M Watcher religion
[alien race] Marvel 38
Shuma-Gorath Shuma-Gorath villain deity
CBR Scale: D demon
Old Ones
[Chthonic Lord of Chaos]
Marvel 33

Note: A number of characters indexed for this story may have actually appeared in a DIFFERENT story within this same annual.