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

Marvel Knights 4 #2

Title: “Wolf at the Door: Part 2”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Apr 2004

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Art by: 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 The Thing (Ben Grimm) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  Marvel 5,017
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five Marvel 4,393
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I humanist; believes in God
Avengers; Illuminati  Marvel 4,661
Invisible Woman Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
Avengers; Lady Liberators Marvel 4,069
Alicia Masters Alicia Masters supporting character
  [blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend] Marvel 416
Franklin Richards Franklin Richards hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Power Pack; Generation X  Marvel 650
Kourtney Keaton Kourtney Keaton supporting character
  [supermodel; Johnny Storm's girlfriend] Marvel 8
The Pembrooke Academy The Pembrooke Academy supporting character
  [private school where Invisible Woman taught English] Marvel 2
Phil Phil
(5-panel cameo, pg. 10-11)
supporting character
  [saved from fall by Human Torch] Marvel 1
Felden Felden
(3-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 1-3)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S religious
[rented run-down hotel room to Fantastic Four] Marvel 1
Mr. Felden Mr. Felden
(1-panel cameo, pg. 1, panel 4)
supporting character
  [refused to rent apartment to FF] Marvel 1
Valeria Richards Valeria Richards
(mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 6, 19)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
The Fantastic Four Marvel 113
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 10, panel 4)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Marvel 9,358
Paul Auster Paul Auster
(photo/picture/video, pg. 16, panel 2) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[known for blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction] Marvel 29
Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad
(name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 3)
real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[Poland; England. regarded as one of greatest English-language novelists] Marvel 3
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner)
(mentioned, pg. 12, 15) 
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Avengers; Defenders  Marvel 4,551
Crystal Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff)
(mentioned, pg. 19, panel 3) 
hero
CBR Scale: S Inhuman religion
Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans 
[Attilan]
Marvel 531
Galactus Galactus (Galan)
(mentioned, pg. 22, panel 1) 
villain
CBR Scale: M cosmic entity
Heralds of Galactus (leader) Marvel 537
Mole Man Mole Man (Harvey Elder)
(mentioned, pg. 1, panel 4) 
villain scientist
  [ruler of much of Subterranea] Marvel 297
Isaac Newton Isaac Newton
(mentioned, pg. 6, panel 3) 
scientist real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Anglican (non-Trinitarian)
[England] Marvel 99
Jacques Charles Jacques Charles
(mentioned, pg. 5, panel 4) 
supporting character scientist real/historical person
  [France. inventor of the hydrogen balloon] DC 1
Keanu Reeves Keanu Reeves
(mentioned, pg. 11, panel 1-2) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Buddhist
[actor] Marvel 128
The Great Pumpkin The Great Pumpkin
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 5) 
deity comic strip character
CBR Scale: D sentient inanimate holiday
avatar
[holiday figure Linus imagined visits on Halloween] United Feature Syndicate CBS 3
William Henry William Henry
(mentioned, pg. 5, panel 2) 
scientist real/historical person
  [invented a process for preparing magnesia alba] Marvel 1
Robert Boyle Robert Boyle
(mentioned, pg. 5, panel 3) 
scientist real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Anglican
[Ireland; England. formulated gas law P1V1 = P2V2] Marvel 1
Amedeo Avogadro Amedeo Avogadro
(mentioned, pg. 5, panel 5) 
scientist real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Catholic
[Italy. famous for Avogadro's law] Marvel 1
Carl Friedrich Gauss Carl Friedrich Gauss
(mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2) 
scientist real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Lutheran
[Germany. famous for Gauss's law (Gauss's flux theorem)] Marvel 2
Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler
(mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2) 
scientist real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Lutheran
[Germany. famous for his laws of planetary motion] Marvel 15

This issue is also known simply as 4 #2.