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Religion and Characters in
The Incredible Hulk Annual #16 (June 1990):
“The Hulk’s 10 Best Brawls”
by Gary Barnum, Herb Trimpe

The Incredible Hulk Annual #16

Title: “The Hulk's 10 Best Brawls”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: June 1990

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Gary Barnum

Art by: Herb Trimpe


11 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 Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner)
(lead character)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Avengers; Defenders  Marvel 4,551
Thor Thor (Donald Blake) hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Avengers; Thor Corps 
[Norway]
Marvel Image 4,362
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Invaders; All-Winners Squad 
[Atlantis]
Marvel 1,864
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  Marvel 5,017
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes
atheist; has practiced
Buddhism; skeptical seeker
First Flight; Weapon Plus 
[Canada]
Marvel 8,823
Doc Samson Doc Samson (Dr. Leonard Samson) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Initiative Marvel 304
The Abomination The Abomination (Emil Blonsky) villain
CBR Scale: S Communist atheist
KGB; Home Base 
[Yugoslavia; Croatia; Russia. Foe of: Hulk (arch-enemy)]
Marvel 180
Juggernaut Juggernaut (Cain Marko) villain hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 387
Rhino Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) villain
  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Sinister Syndicate
[Russia]
Marvel 305
Absorbing Man Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel) villain
CBR Scale: I temporarily became follower of
Thor
Masters of Evil Marvel 270
Madman (Phillip Sterns) villain scientist
  [brother of The Leader] Marvel 7