Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights 4 #5 (June 2004):
“The Pine Barrens: Part 1”
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.
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
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
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Franklin Richards	Episcopalian	Power Pack; Generation X  Fantastic Force; Daydreamers; Fantastic Five		650
Freddie Battle		[friend of Franklin Richards; went camping with FF]		3
Mark Garrett		[friend of Franklin Richards; went camping with FF]		3
Eduardito		[friend of Franklin Richards; went camping with FF]		3
unnamed black friend		[friend of Franklin Richards; went camping with FF]		3
Mr. Williams		[kept aien Visitors a secret]		3
Chief Billings (9-panel cameo, pg. 17-18)	indeterminate	[supervisor over Human Torch when he worked as firefighter]		2
Jacob (6-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)	Jewish	[film school graduate; met FF in Pine Barrens]		3
Jeff (5-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)	indeterminate	[film school graduate; met FF in Pine Barrens]		3
The Jersey Devil (3-panel cameo, pg. 2-3)	demon	[urban legend based on actual alien Visitors]		1
Betsy Shroud (3-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 1-2, 4)	Christian (denomination unknown)	[her prayer caused her to curse child, birth Jersey Devil]		1
The Visitors (2-panel cameo, pg. 20, 22)	alien	[killed people for many years in New Jersey forest]		3
James Shroud (2-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 4-5)	Christian (denomination unknown)	[wife's prayer/curse caused her to birth Jersey Devil]		1
God (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 2-3, 5)  Betsy Shroud: "I pray God this one's born a devil and puts me out of my misery! Ben Grimm: "Into which, God and the State of New Jersey forgive him, James Shroud threw his baby, turning the river's waters blood-red, the color they still are."	God	[ 1st app: (Timely/Marvel) [9354]; (DC: as "The Voice", e.g. "The Presence", DC) [9342] ]	, etc.	313
vampires (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 3)  Freddie Battle (upon finding dead, blood-drained deer): "Yeah, except -- it's not squashed. And where's all its blood? There's supposed to be blood, everybody knows that. Franklin Richards: "Maybe something drank it all -- like a vampire."	vampire	[ 1st app: (Marvel) Marvel Mystery Comics #35 ]		1,801
Scooby Doo (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 3)  Ben Grimm/The Thing: "Anybody else got the feeling we're in a bad episode of Scooby Doo?"	anthropomorphic animal	Mystery Inc. [mystery-solving dog (Great Dane)]	, etc.	532
Jason Voorhees (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 4)  Ben Grimm: "Well... You know how in the Friday the 13th movies, there's always an old coot who warns the campers to go home because Jason's gonna chop 'em up? Wel... that was him."	resurrected	[mass murderer]		104
The Blair Witch (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3)  Jacob: "We're here making a documentary. (We're filmmakers, you know? We went to film school?) About the Jersey Devil. (Well, the legend of the Jersey Devil. You know, kinda like The Blair Witch Project -- but real.)"	witch		Artisan Entertainment	3
Jack Billings (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 4)  Fire Chief Billings: "Nothing against the Golden Arches or the people who work there--my son Jack included--but people train for years to do what we do. It can't be a... a whim. They volunteer, they take classes in college--"	indeterminate	[son of Human Torch's temporary fire chief supervisor]		1

This issue is also known simply as 4 #5.

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