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Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #2 (Nov. 2006):
“Taking it to the Streets, Part 2”
by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, Billy Tucci, Tom Palmer, etc.

Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #2

Title: “Taking it to the Streets, Part 2”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 2006

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti
Art by: Billy Tucci, Tom Palmer, Francis Portela


33 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.
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Luke Cage Luke Cage hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Heroes for Hire... 
[formerly owned a bar and theater]
Marvel 951
Paladin hero
  Heroes for Hire; Intruders...  Marvel 136
Shang-Chi Shang-Chi hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Taoist monk
black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 313
Misty Knight Misty Knight hero
  black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 192
Colleen Wing Colleen Wing hero
CBR Scale: S Bushido
Asian; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 137
Black Cat Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) hero
CBR Scale: U Catholic
Heroes for Hire Marvel 374
Humbug Humbug (Buck Mitty) villain hero scientist
CBR Scale: S insect-based beliefs
Heroes for Hire Marvel 25
Tarantula Tarantula (Maria Vasquez) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
Heroes for Hire; Hispanic Marvel 16
Mister Qui
(7-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: D Chinese traditional religion
[last of ten Chosen Ones who obtained Pixiu egg] Marvel 1
Pixiu
(6-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: D Chinese traditional religion dragon demon
[mystic creature] Marvel 1
Detective Benny Simmons
(3-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  NYPD Marvel 1
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Orka Orka
(1-panel cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: R Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Deep Six...  Marvel 62
Goliath Goliath (Bill Foster)
(mentioned in text & seen in picture)
hero
  Project: Pegasus; Secret Avengers...  Marvel 118
Wonder Man Wonder Man (Simon Williams)
(photo/picture/video)
hero
CBR Scale: I religious
Force Works; Galactic Guardians...  Marvel 788
She-Hulk She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)
(photo/picture/video)
hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown) - nominal
Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 952
The Scorpion Venom (Mac Gargan)
(photo/picture/video)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Marvel 315
Bullseye Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter)
(photo/picture/video)
villain
CBR Scale: I Catholic (nominal); nihilist
Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts
[former baseball pitcher]
Marvel 243
Taskmaster Taskmaster
(photo/picture/video)
villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Agency X; HYDRA...  Marvel 128
Lady Deathstrike Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama)
(photo/picture/video)
villain
  Asian; The Reavers...  Marvel 138
Jester Jester (Jody Putt)
(photo/picture/video)
villain
  The Assembly of Evil; The Thunderbolts Marvel 14
Thor Thor (Donald Blake)
(mentioned)
hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
Nick Fury Nick Fury
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
Skrulls Skrulls
(mentioned)
villain group
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
[alien race] Marvel 344
Jewel Jewel (Jessica Jones)
(mentioned)
hero
  New Avengers (ally) Marvel 139
Danielle Cage Danielle Cage
(mentioned)
supporting character
  black
[baby daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones]
Marvel 20
Constance Brennan
(mentioned)
scientist real/historical person
  [scientist] Marvel 1
Third Species
(mentioned)
villain group
CBR Scale: D Third Species
[1st app: New X-Men Annual 2001 (Sep. 2001)] Marvel 11
Daddy Warbucks Daddy Warbucks
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [billionaire] Tribune Company 26
Ragnarok
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: M Norse/Teutonic paganism
Initiative
[android clone of Thor]
Marvel 25
Yu-Huang
(mentioned)
supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Chinese traditional religion
deity
Council of Godheads; Xian
[leader of Xian/Chinese gods]
Marvel 6