Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights 4 #9 (Oct. 2004):
“Frozen: Part 2”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Jim Muniz, Cam Smith, Scott Hanna

17 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 Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
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
Mrs. Fornes		[Human Torch, Namor found her son who fell through river ice]		2
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (only on cover)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Psycho-Man (7-panel cameo, pg. 20-22)	alien religion	[chief scientist; invoked Microverse deity Suvius]		64
Withers (6-panel cameo, pg. 9, 16)		NYFD [Johnny Storm's co-worker in fire station; kind of a jerk]		2
The Watcher (Uatu) (3-panel cameo, pg. 1, 19)  Uatu is shown on-panel. Also, this issue's minimal narration is provided by Uatu.	monotheist / Watcher religion, focusing on non-interference and observation			582
Javier Fornes (corpse, pg. 16-18)		[died when fell through ice on Hudson River]		2
Kal-El (Clark Kent) (character based on, pg. 1, panel 3)  Uatu speaks of an alien civilization. A blue-skinned version of Lara and Jor-El putting infant Kal-El into escape pod is shown.	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Justice League; Super Friends  Daily Planet		12,271
Jor-El (character based on, pg. 1, panel 3)  Uatu speaks of an alien civilization. A blue-skinned version of Lara and Jor-El putting infant Kal-El into escape pod is shown.	Kryptonian religion	[father of Kal-El (Superman)]		251
Lara (character based on, pg. 1, panel 3)  Uatu speaks of an alien civilization. A blue-skinned version of Lara and Jor-El putting infant Kal-El into escape pod is shown.	Kryptonian religion	[biological mother of Kal-El (Superman)]		166
Aquaman (Arthur Curry) (mentioned, pg. 14, panel 4)  Narration (describing Namor the Sub-Mariner, subtly comparing him to Aquaman): "He cannot talk to fish, the sea king, and even if he could, most of the river's denizens are hibernating..."	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Justice League; Super Friends [Atlantis]		2,384
Franklin Richards (mentioned, pg. 4, 10)  (page 4:) Namor (to Reed Richards): "For all your vaunted intellect -- your brilliant, analytical mind -- your inventive genius -- you make your wife and children live in squalor. (page 10:) Mrs. Fornes: "Senora Richards... You have children, si? Susan Storm Richards: "I do, yes."	Episcopalian	Power Pack; Generation X  Fantastic Force; Daydreamers; Fantastic Five		650
Valeria Richards (mentioned, pg. 4, 10)  (page 4:) Namor (to Reed Richards): "For all your vaunted intellect -- your brilliant, analytical mind -- your inventive genius -- you make your wife and children live in squalor. (page 10:) Mrs. Fornes: "Senora Richards... You have children, si? Susan Storm Richards: "I do, yes."	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four		113
Neptune (Poseidon) (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Namor (to Mister Fantastic): "I can't break you -- but by Poseidon I'll make you suffer!"	Greco-Roman deity	League of Avengers [Greece. God of the sea; patron god of Atlantis]	, etc.	106

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