Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights 4 #11 (Dec. 2004):
“The Stuff of Nightmares: Part 2”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Jim Muniz, Scott Hanna

16 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
Psycho-Man	alien religion	[chief scientist; invoked Microverse deity Suvius]		64
Comptroller Jones (2-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 2, 4)		[tried to embarrass FF, but they turned tables on him]		2
Swamp Thing (Alec Holland) (construct, pg. 17, panel 1-3)  created by Psycho-Man's energies	religious	[ 1st app: Swamp Thing (vol. 1) #1 (Oct.-Nov. 1972) ]		435
Optimus Prime (construct, pg. 17, panel 4-5)  created by Psycho-Man's energies	Transformers religion	Autobots	, etc.	433
Franklin Richards (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Reed Richards: "And we -- now that Franklin and Valeria are safe in a panic-room in this building's basement -- we -- Susan Storm Richards: "--go after Psycho-Man directly?"	Episcopalian	Power Pack; Generation X  Fantastic Force; Daydreamers; Fantastic Five		650
Valeria Richards (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Reed Richards: "And we -- now that Franklin and Valeria are safe in a panic-room in this building's basement -- we -- Susan Storm Richards: "--go after Psycho-Man directly?"	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four		113
Dante Alighieri (mentioned, pg. 18-19, panel 2)  Quote: "And the Invisible Woman... emerges from the city's bowels... like Beatrice out of Dante's Inferno... and arrives into a world transformed."	Catholic	[Italy. wrote classics La Divina Commedia, Inferno]	, etc.	19
Aunt Petunia (Petunia Grimm) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Ben Grimm/The Thing (to Reed Richards): "Oh, for the lov a' my Aunt Petunia, cut the mumbo-jumbo and just tell me what Psycho-Freak can do!"	resurrected	Maggia; Lethal Legion (leader)  HYDRA [The Thing's aunt]		1
Thomas Jefferson (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 3)  Quote: "Twenty-one days ago: A sophomore at Thomas Jefferson High School fell asleep during lab and jolted awake with a sudden, inexplicable hatred for his best friend..."	Episcopalian; Deist	[U.S. President]		242
The Statue of Liberty (mentioned, pg. 16, panel 4)  Quote: "...and the captain of a ferry looks over his shoulder, and sees that he isn't being chased by a creature from his nightmares... and eases off his throttle... seconds before ramming into the Statue of Liberty."	N.A.	[gave powers to Miss America in dream]	, etc.	2
Michael Bloomberg (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 4-6)  Reed Richards: "...'non-appointed, non-governmental individuals'... Isn't that what the Mayor called us? Before the city took our home and headquarters away from us?... unless you and the Mayor would like me to put that project [saving NYC from Psycho-Man] ...I'd advise you to... let me get back to work."	Reform Judaism	[millionaire; businessperson...]		96
Beatrice (mentioned, pg. 18-19, panel 2)  Quote: "And the Invisible Woman... emerges from the city's bowels... like Beatrice out of Dante's Inferno... and arrives into a world transformed."	Catholic	[Italy. Dante's ideal woman; incarnation of beatific love]	Milano Film	10

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