Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights 4 #7 (Sep. 2004):
“The Pine Barrens: Part 3”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Steve McNiven, Mark Morales

16 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
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
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
Kourtney Keaton		[supermodel; Johnny Storm's girlfriend]		8
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
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
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 6)  Reed Richards (speaking of the Thing): "My best friend is an ex-linebacker made of orange rock, nearly invulnerable, strong enough to arm-wrestly Thor and almost beat him..."	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
The Jersey Devil (mentioned)  discussed at length	demon	[urban legend based on actual alien Visitors]		1
Steven Spielberg (mentioned, pg. 19, panel 4)  Ben Grimm/The Thing (watching alien "Visitors") take off in their starship: "Very Steven Spielberg."	Jewish	[film director]		422

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