Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights 4 #16 (May 2005):
“Divine Time, Part 2”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Jim Muniz, Derek Fridolfs, Jim Royal

24 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
Franklin Richards	Episcopalian	Power Pack; Generation X  Fantastic Force; Daydreamers; Fantastic Five		650
H.E.R.B.I.E.	N.A.	Fantastic Five (ally)		102
Doombots	N.A.	[robotic duplicates of Doctor Doom]		74
Ramades	Egyptian classical religion	[Egypt. son of Rama-Tut; time traveller]		4
The Oracle of Siwa	alien religion	Time-Keepers [Egypt. banished from other Time-Keepers by He Who Remains]		1
Valeria Richards (4-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 2-3, 5-6)	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four		113
George W. Bush (1-panel cameo, pg. 12, panel 5)  "relieved of duties" (rule usurped) by conqueror Ramades	Episcopalian (raised); United Methodist Church (convert)	[U.S. President]	, etc.	789
Nathaniel Richards (1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 2)		[father of Reed Richards, Huntara]		43
Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (1-panel cameo, pg. 12, panel 3)  "relieved of duties" (rule usurped) by conqueror Ramades	Church of England/Church of Scotland	[England]		363
Paul Martin (1-panel cameo, pg. 12, panel 2)  "relieved of duties" (rule usurped) by conqueror Ramades	Catholic	[Canada. Canada's 21st Prime Minister]		13
Emperor Akihito (1-panel cameo, pg. 12, panel 4)  "relieved of duties" (rule usurped) by conqueror Ramades	Shinto	[Japan]		8
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 8-9)  Posters showing Doctor Doom with words "Obey Doom" are plastered everywhere in New York in alternative timeline Johnny Storm find himself in.	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
Kang (Nathaniel Richards) (mentioned)  extensive references; featured antagonist Ramades is Kang's illegitimate son		Council of Kangs [born in 31th century]		274
Rama-Tut (Nathaniel Richards) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 2)  Ben Grimm/The Thing (narrating): "It's a long story, but Kang's a big friggin' pain. An Attila-the-Hun wannabe from the future who doesn't just conquer countries and people... but whole timelines... Anywho, before Kang was Kang, he went by the name a' Rama-Tut, if you c'n imagine, and lived in ...Egypt" Kang spoken of mostly as "Kang" in this issue, but also as "Rama-Tut"	Egyptian classical religion	[pharaoh; time-traveler]		12
Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) (mentioned, pg. 14, panel 2)  Reed Richards: "...when Alexander was conquering the world, he came here, to the temple of the Oracle of Siwa, to have his rule over Egypt legitimized... When Queen Hatshepsut declared herself Egypt's first female Pharaoh, she did the same thing..."	Greco-Roman classical religion	[Foe of: Seven Soldiers of Victory]		52
Attila the Hun (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 2)  Ben Grimm/The Thing (narrating): "It's a long story, but Kang's a big friggin' pain. An Attila-the-Hun wannabe from the future who doesn't just conquer countries and people... but whole timelines."	Tengriism	[Hungary]		60
Napoleon Bonaparte (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 1)  Oracle of Siwa: "Ramades is his father's son -- a master tactician. With no enemies strong enough to stop him, he'll march across your Earth -- across your galaxy -- as Napoleon marched across Europe."	Catholic (excommunicated)	[France]		553
The Sphinx (mentioned, pg. 14, panel 6)  Oracle of Siwa (referring to Ben Grimm/The Thing): "Another [man] whose body is made from rock, like the Sphinx's..."	Egyptian classical religion; Greco-Roman classical religion	[presented Oedipus with riddle]	British Film Institute	1
Queen Hatshepsut (mentioned, pg. 14, panel 2)  Reed Richards: "...when Alexander was conquering the world, he came here, to the temple of the Oracle of Siwa, to have his rule over Egypt legitimized... When Queen Hatshepsut declared herself Egypt's first female Pharaoh, she did the same thing..."	Egyptian classical religion	[Egypt. Egypt's "1st female Pharaoh"]		4
He Who Remains (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 2)  Oracle of Siwa (to Reed Richards): "I am a Time-Keeper, yes. Born at creation's end, exiled to this wasteland by He Who Remains... And I can see into the timestream -- only flashes, though, like peering through keyholes..."	alien	Time Variance Authority; Time-Keepers (founder)  Time-Twisters (founder) [created Time-Keepers, Time Twisters]		3

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