Religion and Characters in
4 #28 (May 2006):
“Private Lives, Public Faces”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Mizuki Sakakibara

17 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.
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; believes in God	Illuminati; Fantastic Five  The Fantastic Four; The Avengers		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Fantastic Four  The Avengers		4,069
Roberta	N.A.	[receptionist]		19
Martin Simms	religious	[depressed man Reed Richards talked out of jumping to death]		2
Bethany Palmer		[intimately abused by husband until Invisible Woman helped]		1
Jeff Palmer		[abused his wife Bethany, a Fantastic Enterprises employee]		1
Christine Palmer (6-panel cameo, pg. 14-16, 20)		[briefly dated Nightcrawler]		20
Jeremy Simms (3-panel cameo, pg. 19-20)	religious	[died in car crash; reunited with father in afterlife]		2
Lucy Simms (3-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 2-4)	indeterminate	[ex-wife of would-be suicide jumper Mr. Fantastic saved]		2
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (2-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 1, 3)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Illuminati; Ultimates  Force Works; Weapon X (Exiles); The Avengers		5,673
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (2-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 1-2)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	All-Winners Squad; Defenders  The Order; Illuminati; X-Men; The Invaders; The Avengers; Dark X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 1)	occult	Defenders; The Order  Illuminati; The Avengers; Secret Defenders; Midnight Sons		1,687
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 1)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Illuminati  Inhumans [Attilan]		505
Matt Murdock (mentioned, pg. 2, 5)  (pg. 2) Invisible Woman (to Bethany Palmer): "I remember. Matt Murdock recommended you. (pg. 5) Invisible Woman (narrating) "The woman I'm talking to attended Columbia Law. Matt Murdock raved about her. Said she was one of the toughest, most ambitious young lawyers he'd ever met. And now she's... she's cowering."	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 2)  Susan Storm Richards: "Honestly, if I left it to Reed or the others, we'd be in a permanent state of bankruptcy."	Jewish	Yancy Street Gang; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation  Fantastic Five; U.S. Air Force; The Fantastic Four; The Avengers		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 2)  Susan Storm Richards: "Honestly, if I left it to Reed or the others, we'd be in a permanent state of bankruptcy."	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; The Fantastic Four  Fantastic Force		4,393
Martha Stewart (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 3)  Roberta: "Ms. Stewart's still waiting for an answer from Mr. Richards regarding the use of unstable molecules in her new clothing line for K-Mart-- Susan Storm Richards: "Tell Martha the answer remains unfortunately a 'no'-- but that we'd still love for her to redecorate the Baxter Building's lobby and living quarters."	Catholic	[TV host; business owner...]		335

This issue continues directly from Marvel Knights 4 #27.

Marvel Knights 4 #27 was the last issue of this series to go by the original series title: Marvel Knights 4.

With this month's comics, "Marvel Knights" imprint was folded into the broader main Marvel line. The new series title is simply Four according to the official indicia, but the title appears simply as 4 in the logo on the cover. Thus, this issue may be known as 4 #28 or Four #28.

It is worth noting that the logo was essentially unchanged by this title change. Throughout the first 27 issues of this series, the logo was a "4." The words "Marvel Knights" actually appeared as part of a corner box in the top left corner of the cover. Only the official indicia made it clear that the title was Marvel Knights 4 and not simply 4.

This issue continues directly from Marvel Knights 4 #27.

Although "Marvel Knights" is no longer part of the series title, this issue may be known as Marvel Knights 4 #28 because it continues the Marvel Knights 4 series.

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