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

23 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.
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (lead character)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
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
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Hammerhead		Maggia; Sinister Twelve		96
Valeria Richards	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four		113
John Richards	religious	U.S. Army [Mr. Fantastic's grandfather; WWII paratrooper]		1
Martin Simms	religious	[depressed man Reed Richards talked out of jumping to death]		2
Comptroller Jones (7-panel cameo, pg. 6-7, 21)		[tried to embarrass FF, but they turned tables on him]		2
Tony Stark (4-panel cameo, pg. 9, panel 2-5)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Emily (3-panel cameo, pg. 12-13)		[worked in law office where Reed Richards briefly worked]		2
Brenda (1-panel cameo, pg. 12, panel 1)	indeterminate	[random pedestrian identifiable by nametag]		1
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  unnamed officer worker (seeing Reed Richards scale building while wearing a business suit): "Hey, don't Spider-Man wear a costume?"	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 3)  Reed Richards: "...I work on my own projects. For instance, this journal Stephen Strange recommended I keep after my dreams about falling began. I type it at work -- like I'm doing right now -- to help me make sense of things."	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (mentioned, pg. 19, panel 2)  Martin: "But what if I call and you're fighting Dr. Doom... or the Frightful Four... what happens then? Reed Richards: "Doesn't matter, I'll be there, by your side."	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
Franklin Richards (mentioned)  multiple references	Episcopalian	Power Pack; Generation X  Fantastic Force; Daydreamers; Fantastic Five		650
Nathaniel Richards (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 1)  Reed Richards: "After retiring, my grandfather lived with my parents and me in California. Growing up, I learned most of my life-lessons from him."		[father of Reed Richards, Huntara]		43
Kourtney Keaton (mentioned, pg. 5, 22)		[supermodel; Johnny Storm's girlfriend]		8
Terry Giocometti (mentioned, pg. 8-11)  Terry Giocometti stole from Hammerhead as well as from the Fantastic Four. Hammerhead and Reed Richards discussed him at length.		[money manager; embezzled fortune from Fantastic Four]		3
Evelyn Richards (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 1)  Reed Richards: "After retiring, my grandfather lived with my parents and me in California. Growing up, I learned most of my life-lessons from him."		[Mr. Fantastic's mother]		2
Jeremy Simms (mentioned, pg. 17-18)	religious	[died in car crash; reunited with father in afterlife]		2
Lucy Simms (mentioned, pg. 17-18)	indeterminate	[ex-wife of would-be suicide jumper Mr. Fantastic saved]		2
Rudy Giuliani (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 4)  Ben Grimm/The Thing: "Say what you want, but this never woulda happened if Rudy was still in charge."	Catholic	[attorney; businessperson...]		137

This issue is also known simply as 4 #4.

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