Marvel Knights 4 #15 (Apr. 2005):
“Divine Time, Part 1”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Jim Muniz, Jim Royal

Marvel Knights 4 #15

Title: “Divine Time, Part 1”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 2005

Publisher:
Written by: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Art by: Jim Muniz, Jim Royal

22 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	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Franklin Richards	Episcopalian	Daydreamers; Fantastic Five...  Fantastic Force; Generation X; Power Pack; The Fantastic Four		650
H.E.R.B.I.E.	N.A.	Fantastic Five (ally)		102
Time Variance Authority		[massive bureaucracy that monitors time]		22
Mr. Mobius (Mobius M. Mobius)		Time Variance Authority [loosely based on Mark Gruenwald]		13
The Statue of Liberty (only on cover)	N.A.	[gave powers to Miss America in dream]		2
Ramades (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1)	Egyptian classical religion	[son of Rama-Tut; time traveller]		4
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 4)  Quote: "Today's final score: The Fantastic Falcons 11, the Stark Sharks 10."	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Alicia Masters (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 1)  Ben Grimm/The Thing: "Dinner in the rec room? I'm gonna call Alicia 'n see if she wants ta come over..."		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff) (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 3)  Invisible Woman: "Oh, H.E.R.B.I.E., would you mind trying Crystal again to see if she'll teleport Valeria home? I kept getting a busy signal..."	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		531
The Devil (Satan) (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 3)  Quote: "And he does. Franklin runs to beat the devil until he's -- safe!"	Devil	[generic Satan/Devil reference or appearance]	, etc.	1,024
Valeria Richards (mentioned, pg. 7, 15)  (page 7) Invisible Woman: "I'm going to teleport your baby sister down from the moon and then we're all going to celebrate, all right?" (page 16) Invisible Woman: "Oh, H.E.R.B.I.E., would you mind trying Crystal again to see if she'll teleport Valeria home? I kept getting a busy signal..."	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four		113
C-3PO (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Johnny Storm/Human Torch (speaking about H.E.R.B.I.E.): "Hey, Sis, tell me again why Reed decided to redesign and reactivate that C-3PO wannabe. Because if he thinks he's gonna replace me on the team again, he's nuts."	N.A.	[protocol and interpreter droid]		343
Kourtney Keaton (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 4)  Johnny Storm (talking on phone): "What was that, Kourtney? You're where? ...Jake Gyllenhall's trailer? And--uhm--what exactly are you doing in Jake Gyllenhall's trailer?"		[supermodel; Johnny Storm's girlfriend]		8
H.G. Wells (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 3)  Invisible Woman (referring to the name of the Fantastic Four's "time platform"): "Maybe it's my weakness for Victorian literature, but I liked when we called it a plain old time machine."	idiosyncratically religious	[father of science fiction]		47
Jake Gyllenhall (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2)  Johnny Storm (talking on phone): "What was that, Kourtney? You're where? ...Jake Gyllenhall's trailer? And--uhm--what exactly are you doing in Jake Gyllenhall's trailer?"	Jewish	[actor]		94
HAL (HAL 9000) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 5)  Johnny Storm/Human Torch (referring to H.E.R.B.I.E.): "He just gives me the willies, is all. Kinda like HAL from 2001, you know?"	N.A.	[A.I. in control of spacecraft sent to Jupiter]		5
Mr. Alternity (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 2)  Reed Richards: "...the Time Variance Authority... Mr. Alternity, I presume?" Mr. Mobius: "Good guess, Richards, but no." Reed Richards: "Mr. Tesseract?" Mr. Mobius: "Strike two." Reed Richards: "...My apologies Mr. Mobius, it's just that since you and your colleagues are all clones of each other, it can sometimes be difficult to..."		Time Variance Authority [TVA upper management]		2
Mr. Tesseract (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 3)  Reed Richards: "...the Time Variance Authority... Mr. Alternity, I presume?" Mr. Mobius: "Good guess, Richards, but no." Reed Richards: "Mr. Tesseract?" Mr. Mobius: "Strike two." Reed Richards: "...My apologies Mr. Mobius, it's just that since you and your colleagues are all clones of each other, it can sometimes be difficult to..."		Time Variance Authority [TVA junior management]		2

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