Marvel Knights 4 #8 (Sep. 2004):
“Frozen: Part 1”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Jim Muniz, Mark Morales

Marvel Knights 4 #8

Title: “Frozen: Part 1”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 2004

Publisher:
Written by: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Art by: Jim Muniz, Mark Morales

26 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.
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
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
Chief Billings (pg. 4-6)	indeterminate	[supervisor over Human Torch when he worked as firefighter]		2
The Pembrooke Academy (pg. 7-10)		[private school where Invisible Woman taught English]		2
Christie (pg. 7-10)		[smart student in Invisible Woman's English class]		1
Gavin (pg. 7-10)		[student in Invisible Woman's English class]		1
Heather (pg. 7-10)		[student in Invisible Woman's English class]		1
The Watcher (Uatu) (7-panel cameo, pg. 1-2, 11, 22)  Uatu is show in only 7 panels, but narrates the entire issue.	monotheist / Watcher religion, focusing on non-interference and observation	The Watchers		582
Withers (7-panel cameo, pg. 12-13)		FDNY [Johnny Storm's co-worker in fire station; kind of a jerk]		2
Mrs. Fornes (7-panel cameo, pg. 12-13)		Hispanic [Human Torch, Namor found her son who fell through river ice]		2
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (1-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 3)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Franklin Richards (1-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 3)	Episcopalian	Daydreamers; Fantastic Five...  Fantastic Force; Generation X; Power Pack; The Fantastic Four		650
Valeria Richards (1-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 3)	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four		113
God (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 6, panel 1)  note on 9-11 memorial board in fire station: "Dear God, Take care of Daddy, Jordie" Also, on page 10, Namor quotes a passage from Shakespeare: Susan Storm Richards: "...but what I was about to say--"; Prince Namor: "'Foul devil, for God's sake hence and trouble us not'?"	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Jordie (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 6, panel 1)  note on 9-11 memorial board in fire station: "Dear God, Take care of Daddy, Jordie"	religious	[child of NYC firefighter killed in 9/11 terrorist attack]		1
Timmy (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 6, panel 1)  note accompanying child's stick figure drawing of his family, seen on 9-11 memorial board in fire station: "Luv, Timmy"	indeterminate	[child of NYC firefighter]		1
William Shakespeare (mentioned, pg. 7-10)  Invisible Woman: "A word of advice, class: Never trust a man who quotes Shakespeare. Invariably there are daggers behind the pretty words." Invisible Storm leads school class in reading and discussing Shakespeare's "King Richard III."	Catholic/Anglican	[actor; poet...]		83
The Watchers (mentioned, pg. 1-2)  Uatu the Watcher: "For though I am forbidden to intervene, I remain, always -- a Watcher -- as old as your concept of time, observers of the multiverses, silent sentinels existing on the fringes of cosmic consciousness..."	Watcher religion	[alien race]		38
King Richard III (mentioned, pg. 7-9)  Christie: "Isn't, like, Richard III wooing Lady Anne, Mrs. Storm? Or something?" Namor: "What is remarkable is that even though Richard is misshapen, barely human -- even though he ruthlessly murdered Anne's beloved husband, the fair lady can	Catholic	[king]		38
Lady Anne (Anne Neville) (mentioned, pg. 7-9)  Christie: "Isn't, like, Richard III wooing Lady Anne, Mrs. Storm? Or something?" Namor: "What is remarkable is that even though Richard is misshapen, barely human -- even though he ruthlessly murdered Anne's beloved husband, the fair lady can	Catholic	[King Richard III's queen/consort]		11
Jane Austen (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 3)  Invisible Woman (to Namor): "Oh, be realistic, Prince! Try! When we met, I was a girl with a fondness for Jane Austen novels, and you were -- and still are -- royalty!"	Anglican	[writer]		15
Javier Fornes (mentioned, pg. 12-13)  Mrs. Fornes (to Human Torch): "Mi Javier... he's a good boy. Even though we fight, he calls me. Every night. To tell me he's okay, staying with friends. But three days ago... the calls stop..." [more] Pages 12 and 13 revolve around Mrs. Fornes reporting her son Javier missing and asking for help to find him.		Hispanic [died when fell through ice on Hudson River]		2
Isabel (mentioned, pg. 12-13)  Mrs. Fornes (to Human Torch): "Mi Javier... he calls me. Every night. To tell me he's okay, staying with friends. But three days ago... the calls stop. And two days ago, my cousin Isabel... she hears the woman she works for talking. She saw on the news, this woman, a story about a man -- a small man -- who fell through the ice..."	indeterminate	Hispanic [cousin of woman with missing son]		1
Prince Edward (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 5)  Prince Namor (referring to scene from King Richard III): "What is remarkable is that even though Richard is misshapen, barely human-- even though he ruthlessly murdered Anne's beloved husband... the fair lady cannot help herself. She succumbs, finally, to the monstrous king." Namor refers to "Anne's beloved husband," which is Edward V, Prince of Wales.	Catholic	[in Shakespeare's play, murdered by Richard III]	Andrew Wise	10

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