Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #4 (Oct. 2000):
“Zaran”
by Chuck Dixon, Eduardo Barreto, Klaus Janson

Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #4

Title: “Zaran”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2000

Publisher:
Written by: Chuck Dixon
Art by: Eduardo Barreto, Klaus Janson

21 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.
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
The Punisher (Frank Castle)	Catholic (former seminarian)	Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Secret Defenders; United States Marine Corps		1,893
Dagger (Tandy Bowen)	Catholic	Dark X-Men; League of Losers...  Marvel Knights; Secret Avengers; Secret Defenders; The New Warriors; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Shang-Chi	Taoist monk	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; MI-6; Secret Avengers; The Avengers		313
Zaran (Zhou Man She)		[assassin]		8
A.I.M.	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) (4-panel cameo, pg. 14, panels 1-4)	Catholic	black; Dark X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
Fu Manchu (3-panel cameo, pg. 21-22)	Si-Fan (leader); Order of the Golden Dawn (leader); Leopard Cult (leader)	Asian; Si-Fan [father of Shang-Chi]		148
Lin's father (3-panel cameo, pg. 12, panels 1-3)	Chinese traditional religion	Asian [Lin's father]		3
Aunt Mui (3-panel cameo, pg. 12, panels 1-3)	Chinese traditional religion	Asian [Lin's mother]		3
Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (2-panel cameo, pg. 20, panels 1-2)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	CIA; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; United States Marine Corps		423
Lin (2-panel cameo, pg. 21-22)  On page 12, Lin's parents talk to Shang-Chi, referring twice to their daughter as "Lin."	Chinese traditional religion	Asian		3
Nick Fury (1-panel cameo, pg. 15, panel 5)	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (photo/picture/video, pg. 5, panel 3)  Cap's face seen on child's backpack outside diner.	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Zaran (Maximillian Zaran) (someone disguised or dressed as)		Batroc's Brigade; Initiative...  MI-6; Thunderbolts Army		61
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 1)  Black Widow: "This is the full S.H.I.E.L.D. file on [Frank] Castle. It makes for some pretty ugly reading."		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Frank David Castle (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 3)  Black Widow: "Frank Castle... His family was murdered right in front of him in Central Park. Since then he's killed more mobsters and terrorists than a Turkish earthquake."	Catholic	[son of Punisher]		4
Maria Elizabeth Castle (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 3)  Black Widow: "Frank Castle... His family was murdered right in front of him in Central Park. Since then he's killed more mobsters and terrorists than a Turkish earthquake."	Catholic	[wife of Punisher]		4
Lisa Barbara Castle (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 3)  Black Widow: "Frank Castle... His family was murdered right in front of him in Central Park. Since then he's killed more mobsters and terrorists than a Turkish earthquake."	Catholic	[Punisher's daughter; killed by mobsters]		4
Rock Trolls (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3)  Black Widow: "Plus he led us by the nose against those monsters who were burrowing under the street."	Norse/Teutonic paganism	[hidden race]		46

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