Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights 4 #2 (Apr. 2004):
“Wolf at the Door: Part 2”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Steve McNiven, Mark Morales

28 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; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
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
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Alicia Masters		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
Franklin Richards	Episcopalian	Power Pack; Generation X  Fantastic Force; Daydreamers; Fantastic Five		650
Kourtney Keaton		[supermodel; Johnny Storm's girlfriend]		8
The Pembrooke Academy		[private school where Invisible Woman taught English]		2
Phil (5-panel cameo, pg. 10-11)		[saved from fall by Human Torch]		1
Felden (3-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 1-3)	religious	[rented run-down hotel room to Fantastic Four]		1
Mr. Felden (1-panel cameo, pg. 1, panel 4)		[refused to rent apartment to FF]		1
Valeria Richards (mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 6, 19)	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four		113
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (photo/picture/video, pg. 10, panel 4)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Paul Auster (photo/picture/video, pg. 16, panel 2)  name, face seen on poster on wall in classroom where Susan Storm Richards was substitute teaching	Jewish	[known for blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction]		29
Joseph Conrad (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 3)	Catholic	[Poland; England. regarded as one of greatest English-language novelists]		3
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (mentioned, pg. 12, 15)  [page 12] girl working behind counter at coffee shop: "Heeeey, aren't you... uhm...? Ben Grimm/Thing: "Yeah, I am. I'm on break, can I get that to go? girl behind counter: "S-sure... Mr. Hulk, sir." [more]	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff) (mentioned, pg. 19, panel 3)  Susan Storm Richards: "...where's Valeria? Reed Richards: "Crystal's watching her. Susan: "She's on the moon? Reed: "I sent her through the teleporter."	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans  Avengers [Attilan]		531
Galactus (Galan) (mentioned, pg. 22, panel 1)  Human Torch: "I don't have any friends. I mean, I have the people I fight with and against on a regular basis, and the people I see whenever Galactus tries to eat our universe or whatever... but friends? Regular guys I hang with? None."	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Mole Man (Harvey Elder) (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 4)  Mr. Felden (to Susan Storm Richards/Invisible Woman): "...what happens when the Mole Man drops by for a visit and trashes the place? No security deposit in the world is gonna cover that kind of damage."		[ruler of much of Subterranea]		297
Isaac Newton (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 3)  Reed Richards: "...Newton's law of universal gravita-- --tion..."	Anglican (non-Trinitarian)	[England]		99
Jacques Charles (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 4)  Reed Richards: "Charles' law: Constant P and n: V over T = k..."		[France. inventor of the hydrogen balloon]		1
Keanu Reeves (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 1-2)  Kourtney Keaton: "No, I don't think Keanu would appreciate that. Johnny Storm: "Who? ...Keanu as in Reeves? As in 'I hate The Matrix movies, Johnny, they're sooo confusing."	Buddhist	[actor]		128
The Great Pumpkin (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 5)  Johnny Storm/Human Torch (referring to Ben Grimm/Thing): "No way! No way am I bunking with the Great Pumpkin!"	sentient inanimate holiday avatar	[holiday figure Linus imagined visits on Halloween]		3
William Henry (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 2)  Reed Richards: "Henry's law for calculating solubility: c = kP"		[invented a process for preparing magnesia alba]		1
Robert Boyle (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 3)  Reed Richards: "...Boyle's law: P1V1 = P2V2..."	Anglican	[Ireland; England. formulated gas law P1V1 = P2V2]		1
Amedeo Avogadro (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 5)  Reed Richards: "...Avogadro's law--Constant P and T: V = kn..."	Catholic	[Italy. famous for Avogadro's law]		1
Carl Friedrich Gauss (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Reed Richards: "...Gauss' law: div E = rho..."	Lutheran	[Germany. famous for Gauss's law (Gauss's flux theorem)]		2
Johannes Kepler (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Reed Richards: "Kepler's 1-2-3 law: m o=omega2 a3"	Lutheran	[Germany. famous for his laws of planetary motion]		15

This issue is also known simply as 4 #2.

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