Fantastic Four: The World’s Greatest Comics Magazine! #4 (May 2001):
“The Merciless Menace of MODOK!”
by Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson, Jeph Loeb, Ron Frenz, etc.

Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine! #4

Title: “The Merciless Menace of MODOK!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 2001

Publisher:
Written by: Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson, Jeph Loeb
Art by: Erik Larsen, Ron Frenz, Keith Giffen, Shannon Denton, Bruce Timm, Joe Sinnott, Al Gordon, Al Milgrom

27 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	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton)	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Havok (Alex Summers)	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
A.I.M.	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
Lorna Dane	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon)	Inhuman religion	Illuminati; Inhuman Royal Family...  Inhumans; Inhuman		505
Medusa (Medusalith Boltagon)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; Lady Liberators; The Fantastic Four; The Frightful Four		416
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		531
Gorgon	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman		317
Karnak	Inhuman religion (priest)	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman		299
Triton	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman		278
Lockjaw	N.A.	dog; Inhuman Royal Family...  Inhumans; Pet Avengers [teleporting dog; escort to Inhumans Royal Family]		257
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Agatha Harkness	witch	[leader of New Salem; tutored Scarlet Witch]		152
Ebony	familiar	[familiar of Agatha Harkness, appears as black cat]		33

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