Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights 4 #17 (June 2005):
“Divine Time, Part 3”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Jim Muniz, Derek Fridolfs, Jim Royal

14 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.
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
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
Valeria Richards	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four		113
H.E.R.B.I.E.	N.A.	Fantastic Five (ally)		102
Doombots	N.A.	[robotic duplicates of Doctor Doom]		74
Nathaniel Richards		[father of Reed Richards, Huntara]		43
Evelyn Richards		[Mr. Fantastic's mother]		2
Ramades (1-panel cameo, pg. 21, panel 3)  Despite appearing in only 1 panel, Ramades is the villain behind all events and situations in this story.	Egyptian classical religion	[Egypt. son of Rama-Tut; time traveller]		4
Mother Goose (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 1, 3)  name and picture of Mother Goose appears on cover of book read by young Reed Richards		[imagined author of fairy tales, nursery rhymes]		49
Kang (Nathaniel Richards) (mentioned, pg. 4-5)  (page 4) Nathaniel Richards (Reed Richards' father): "When he started using Kang's technology, Ramades inadvertently set off a series of shockwaves through this reality... (page 5): Invisible Woman: "Ben, Nathaniel Richards may be Kang's father. Which, in case you're not keeping track, would make him Ramades's grandfather."		Council of Kangs [born in 31th century]		274
Humpty Dumpty (mentioned, pg. 1-2)  (page 1, panel 5) Reed Richards (as boy, speaking to his father): "Do you know why they can't put Humpty Dumpty back together again?" (Humpty Dumpty discussed more on next page)	sentient inanimate	[egg from nursery rhyme; sat on a wall, had a great fall...]	Macmillan	40

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