Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights 4 #22 (Nov. 2005):
“The Yancy Street Golem”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Valentine DeLandro, Matt Banning

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) (lead character)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Ben Urich	Jewish	Daily Bugle		19
Jessica Jones		New Avengers (ally)		139
Mrs. Loew	Jewish	[her great-grandfather brought Golem of Yancy St. to U.S.]		1
The Yancy Street Golem (Joseph)	Jewish			1
The Yancy Street Gang (3-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)  many references; significant part of background of this story		Yancy Street Gang		19
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (1-panel cameo, pg. 17, panel 3)  (also, mentioned on page 16:) Ben Grimm/The Thing (narrating): "I know what this bruiser is. I may not be a PhD like Reed, but I'm not dummy."	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Mr. Loew (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 15, panel 1, 3)	Jewish	[brought Golem of Yancy Street to USA from old country]		1
Minnie (business/store name, pg. 2, panel 1)  Ben Urich (narrating): "There are, at least, vestiges from the old days. Hanging on the way a drowning man hangs on to a life preserver. Katz's Delicatessen at East Houston and Ludlow. Ratner's, the kosher dairy place on Delancey, near Suffolk. And the hole-in-the-wall coffee shop where I am now -- Minnie's." The front of Minnie's Coffee Shop is shown. An extended scene takes place there.	Jewish	[business owner]		1
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 1)  Ben Grimm/The Thing (narrating): "Boy, am I glad Johnny's not around to hear what I'm about to suggest... Ben Grimm (speaking to golem): "Before we beat our pathetic selves to dirt -- can we just talk maybe? Monster to Monster?"	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 2)  Jessica Jones: "What, Ben? Something about my 'condition'? Ben Grimm/The Thing: "I'm just saying. I've seen Sue Richards through two pregnancies... You gotta be due, like, yesterday."	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Alicia Masters (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 4)  Ben Grimm/The Thing (narrating, referring to Jessica Jones): "Jones, on the other hand, I like. Jones, I can relate to. Tough. Not to chatty. 'Still waters,' Alicia would say. Running deep..."		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
Hydro-Man (Morrie Bench) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 5)  Ben Grimm/The Thing: "And since you two are sniffin' around, it must mean you think a... what, a super-creep's involved? Like maybe... Hydro-Man? Some other water-freak?"		Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve		84
Geronimo (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 3)  Ben Grimm/The Thing (attacking a golem): "Geronimooooo!"	Native American religion (Apache/Bedonkohe); Dutch Reformed Church (convert)	[medicine man]		36
Katz (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Ben Urich (narrating): "There are, at least, vestiges from the old days. Hanging on the way a drowning man hangs on to a life preserver. Katz's Delicatessen at East Houston and Ludlow. Ratner's, the kosher dairy place on Delancey, near Suffolk. And the hole-in-the-wall coffee shop where I am now -- Minnie's."	Jewish	[business owner]		1
Ratner (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Ben Urich (narrating): "There are, at least, vestiges from the old days. Hanging on the way a drowning man hangs on to a life preserver. Katz's Delicatessen at East Houston and Ludlow. Ratner's, the kosher dairy place on Delancey, near Suffolk. And the hole-in-the-wall coffee shop where I am now -- Minnie's."	Jewish	[business owner]		1

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