Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights 4 #6 (July 2004):
“The Pine Barrens: Part 2”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Steve McNiven, Mark Morales

18 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
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
The Visitors	alien	[killed people for many years in New Jersey forest]		3
Jeff	indeterminate	[film school graduate; met FF in Pine Barrens]		3
Jacob	Jewish	[film school graduate; met FF in Pine Barrens]		3
God (mentioned, pg. 9, 14)  Pg. 14, panel 2: Reed Richards: "It hurts to assume this shape. God willing, though, I'll be able to maintain it long enough to-- Pgs 8-9: "Sue Richards... every so often... prays... and once every blue moon... someone answers."	God	[ 1st app: (Timely/Marvel) [9354]; (DC: as "The Voice", e.g. "The Presence", DC) [9342] ]	, etc.	313
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 2)  Reed Richards: "...I made our costumes out of unstable molecules... Allowing me to stretch, you to turn invisible, Johnny to 'flame on' (as he so youthfully puts it), and Ben to... well, clobber things."	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
The Jersey Devil (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 3)  Jacob (to Jeff): "Dude, this is way cooler than the Jersey Devil, man! This is huge! Like FOX special huge!"	demon	[urban legend based on actual alien Visitors]		1
Roger Corman (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 3)  Reed Richards (referring to wannabe filmmakers Jeff and Jacob): "Susan's not helpless, Ben. If need be, she can take care of herself and the boys. Unlike those two young Roger Cormans..."	Jewish Catholic	[film director; film producer]		130
H.R. Giger (mentioned, pg. 14, panel 3)  Ben Grimm/The Thing: "Reed, buddy... if you seriously think I'm gonna let you board that H.R. Giger knock-off alone..."	occult; Surrealist	[Switzerland. won Oscar for design work on Alien (film)]		27
Jacob's brother (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 2)  Jacob (to Jeff): "And there's tape in the camera? ('cause remember at my brother's Bar Mitzvah you forgot to put a tape in the camera?)"	Jewish	[wannabe filmmaker Jacob recalled brother's Bar Mitzvah]		1

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