Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights 4 #10 (Nov. 2004):
“The Stuff of Nightmares: Part 1”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Jim Muniz, Scott Hanna

29 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
Alicia Masters		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
Franklin Richards	Episcopalian	Power Pack; Generation X  Fantastic Force; Daydreamers; Fantastic Five		650
Valeria Richards	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four		113
Psycho-Man (details)  Seen as a life-size statue sculpted by Alicia Masters, and behind all bad events throughout issue, but not actually seen on-panel in this issue.	alien religion	[chief scientist; invoked Microverse deity Suvius]		64
Matt	indeterminate	[asked Thing to not work so fast on construction site]		2
Emily		[worked in law office where Reed Richards briefly worked]		2
Hughes	indeterminate	[Antarctica. worked with Human Torch in nightmare]		1
Greg		[with Thing, attacked by monster at construction site]		1
vampires (2-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 2-3)	vampire	[ 1st app: (Marvel) Marvel Mystery Comics #35 ]		1,801
Kourtney Keaton (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 1)		[supermodel; Johnny Storm's girlfriend]		8
Count Gore DeVol (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 8, panel 2-3)	vampire	[comical combination of Dracula and Gore Vidal]		1
The Thing (dream, pg. 6, panel 1)  Spoken of extensively, seen in nightmare shared by Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm, visually combined with elements of Grimm (a.k.a. The Thing)	alien	[Foe of: Nikki Nicholson; Pat Hendry]	Winchester Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures	5
The Fly (Andre Delambre) (dream, pg. 6, panel 2)  Reed Richards appears in monstrous title role as "The Fly" (from same-titled 1958 film) in a nightmare both Reed and his wife Susan Storm Richards had.		[France]		6
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (statue, pg. 9, panel 1)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (toy, pg. 7-9)  Pg. 7: stuffed toy in Thing's bed; Pg. 8: print on Franklin Richards' pajamas.; Pg. 9: Statue in Alicia Masters' workshop	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Mole Man (Harvey Elder) (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 5)  Invisible Woman: "Creature? One of the Mole Man's creatures? Mister Fantastic: "I don't think so. Listen--"		[ruler of much of Subterranea]		297
George Washington (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 4)  news anchor: "The George Washington Bridge -- and we don't have a shot of this... because two of our newscopters are missing -- but apparently the George Washington Bridge is under attack by some kind of... creature."	Anglican / Episcopalian	[farmer; general...]		204
Abraham Lincoln (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 2)  news anchor: "Somehow, the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels have been... blocked..."	Baptist (raised)	[U.S. President]		355
George W. Bush (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 1)  news anchor: "--the President has declared a State of Emergency in New York city and the surrounding burroughs, while the Mayor--the Mayor's office--remains unreachable."	Episcopalian (raised); United Methodist Church (convert)	[U.S. President]	, etc.	789
Henry Hudson (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 6)  news anchor: "--the Henry Hudson is on fire apparently--the Williamsburg Bridge's suspension cables have turned into... into snakes, reports are saying -- the Queensboro has collapsed into the East river..."		[England. early 1600s sea explorer]		2
Vincent Price (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 5)  Reed Richards (reading from TV Guide what Franklin fell asleep watching): "A double-feature. 'The Thing,' starring James Arness... and 'The Fly,' starring Vincent Price."	Episcopalian (raised); Catholic (convert)	[actor]		1,075
James Arness (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 4)  Reed Richards (reading from TV Guide what Franklin fell asleep watching): "A double-feature. 'The Thing,' starring James Arness... and 'The Fly,' starring Vincent Price."	Methodist	[starred as Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke" for 20 year]		18
Robert Ripley (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 4)  Matt (speaking to his co-worker, Ben Grimm/The Thing): "They were talking about it on the radio. People seeing things that shouldn't exist... people reporting stuff like outta 'The X-Files' and 'Ripley's Believe It or Not'..."	Christian (denomination unknown)	[cartoonist; entrepreneur...]		34
Michael Bloomberg (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 1)  news anchor: "--the President has declared a State of Emergency in New York city and the surrounding burroughs, while the Mayor--the Mayor's office--remains unreachable."	Reform Judaism	[millionaire; businessperson...]		96
Emily's mother (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 5)  Emily (Reed Richards' co-worker, upon hearing news report that the George Washington Bridge was being attacked by a creature): "My mom takes that bridge every day..."	indeterminate	[mother of Reed Richards' co-worker at law firm]		1

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