Religion and Characters in
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #1 (Oct. 2006):
“Taking it to the Streets, Part 1”
by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, Billy Tucci, Tom Palmer

39 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.
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Shang-Chi	Taoist monk	Heroes for Hire; Marvel Knights  MI-6; Secret Avengers; Avengers		313
Misty Knight		NYPD; Nightwing Restorations  Heroes for Hire		192
Colleen Wing	Bushido	Nightwing Restorations; Heroes for Hire		137
Black Cat (Felicia Hardy)	Catholic	Heroes for Hire		374
Humbug (Buck Mitty)	insect-based beliefs	Heroes for Hire		25
Tarantula (Maria Vasquez)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Heroes for Hire		16
Shockwave (Lancaster Sneed)	Golden Dagger Sect	MI-6; Oriental Expediters  S.H.I.E.L.D.; Masters of Evil; Initiative; Hood's Army [England. Was one of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Deltites.]		35
Warfist		Avatars of the Mandarin		4
unnamed battle robots	N.A.			1
Grindhouse				1
Bloodshed (Wyndell Dickinson)		Mafia; Hood's Army		4
Ghost Maker (Grigori Sovchenko)	resurrected	KGB; The Hand  Snakeroot [USSR. part Mongol from the Russian steppes]		4
Goldbug (Matthew Gilden)	obsessed with gold	[executive; thief]		11
Kogar (Li-Peng Kai)		[leader of own smuggling ring]		6
Vienna		[mercenary; freelance spy]		4
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (7-panel cameo)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Ancestor (6-panel cameo)	Chinese traditional religion; ancestor veneration	Avatars of the Mandarin		7
Foundry (6-panel cameo)		Avatars of the Mandarin		4
Equinox (Terry Sorenson) (6-panel cameo)		Initiative: Vil-Anon; Freedom Force		22
Orka (5-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Deep Six; Heroes for Hire		62
Q'Wake (5-panel cameo)		Avatars of the Mandarin		4
Sickle (5-panel cameo)		Avatars of the Mandarin		2
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (4-panel cameo)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Paladin (4-panel cameo)		Heroes for Hire; Wild Pack  Intruders; Outlaws; Thunderbolts		136
Lich (4-panel cameo)		Avatars of the Mandarin		6
Shadow-Slasher (Xi-shan Hao) (4-panel cameo)		[martial artist]		3
Otis Danger Johnson (3-panel cameo)		A.I.M.; Nightwing Restorations (staff)  Heroes for Hire (staff)		7
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned & on cover)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Luke Cage (mentioned)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Heroes for Hire; Defenders  Marvel Knights; New Avengers [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (mentioned)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders  New Avengers		672
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (mentioned)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Venom (Mac Gargan) (mentioned)	manifestly non-religious	Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Spider-Man Revenge League; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers		315
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (mentioned)		Sinister Six; Masters of Evil  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
The Mandarin (mentioned)		The Hand [China. Foe of: Iron Man (arch-enemy)]		190
Fu Manchu (mentioned)	Si-Fan (leader); Order of the Golden Dawn (leader); Leopard Cult (leader)	Si-Fan [China. Foe of: Shang-Chi (arch-enemy). father of Shang-Chi]		148
Wyatt Earp (mentioned)		U.S. Marshals		408
Susan B. Anthony (mentioned)	Quaker	[famed suffragist]	, etc.	13
Kenji Ozawa (mentioned)	Bushido	[Japan. Samurai; Colleen Wing's grandfather; raised her]		2

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