Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #5 (Nov. 2000):
“Family and Friends”
by Chuck Dixon, Eduardo Barreto, Klaus Janson

Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #5

Title: “Family and Friends”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 2000

Publisher:
Written by: Chuck Dixon
Art by: Eduardo Barreto, Klaus Janson

20 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.
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Moon Knight (Marc Spector)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	CIA; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; United States Marine Corps		423
The Punisher (Frank Castle)	Catholic (former seminarian)	Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Secret Defenders; United States Marine Corps		1,893
Dagger (Tandy Bowen)	Catholic	Dark X-Men; League of Losers...  Marvel Knights; Secret Avengers; Secret Defenders; The New Warriors; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Shang-Chi	Taoist monk	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; MI-6; Secret Avengers; The Avengers		313
Mickey Fondozzi (7-panel cameo, pg. 14-15)	Catholic	[business owner; gangster...]		32
Aunt Mui (6-panel cameo, pg. 8-9, 22)	Chinese traditional religion	Asian [Lin's mother]		3
Nick Fury (4-panel cameo, pg. 11-12)	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Daddy Wronglegs (4-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)	alien	[drug dealer]		2
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) (2-panel cameo, pg. 13, panels 5-6)	Catholic	black; Dark X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
Zaran (Zhou Man She) (1-panel cameo, pg. 23)		[assassin]		8
Lin's father (corpse, pg. 22, panel 4)	Chinese traditional religion	Asian [Lin's father]		3
Fu Manchu (dream, pg. 7, panel 2)	Si-Fan (leader); Order of the Golden Dawn (leader); Leopard Cult (leader)	Asian; Si-Fan [father of Shang-Chi]		148
Zaran (Maximillian Zaran) (someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 23)		Batroc's Brigade; Initiative...  MI-6; Thunderbolts Army		61
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned, pg. 3, 11-12)  (pg. 3) Punisher: "The Black Widow... Still with S.H.I.E.L.D. as far as I know. With her resources she might be the most dangerous of the crew." (pg. 11) Nick Fury (to Black Widow): "But you're still on the S.H.I.E.L.D. payroll, honey. That gives me the right to be nosy. You used to honcho the Avengers, for cripe's sake. Now this crowd?" [more]		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
KGB (mentioned, pg. 3)  Punisher: "The Black Widow. Natasha Romanov. Ex-KGB. Still with S.H.I.E.L.D. as far as I know. With her resources she might be the most dangerous of the crew."	Communist	[government agency; intelligence agency]		50
The Triads (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 1)  Punisher (thinking about Shang-Chi): "I don't know his story. From conversations I've taped with this crowd there's always hints about his past. Ties to some kind of Asian organized crime figure. Major Triad action is my guess."	Chinese traditional religion	[Chinese criminal organization]		16
The Avengers (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 5)  Nick Fury (to Black Widow): "But you're still on the S.H.I.E.L.D. payroll, honey. That gives me the right to be nosy. You used to honcho the Avengers, for cripe's sake. Now this crowd?"		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
Lin (mentioned, pg. 9, 22)  (pg. 9) Aunt Mui (to Shang-Chi): "It is good to have a young one here. Especially as our lovely Lin is now gone... Please accept our gift of food and our thanks for your efforts to find our daughter."	Chinese traditional religion	Asian		3

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