Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #5 (Nov. 2000):
“Family and Friends”
by Chuck Dixon, 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)	Champions (of Los Angeles); Avengers  Marvel Knights; Ultimates; Lady Liberators; Mighty Avengers [Russia]		1,789
Moon Knight (Marc Spector)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	U.S. Marines; CIA  West Coast Avengers; Marvel Knights		423
The Punisher (Frank Castle)	Catholic (former seminarian)	U.S. Marines; Marvel Knights  Secret Defenders; Code Red		1,170
Dagger (Tandy Bowen)	Catholic	Secret Defenders; Marvel Knights  League of Losers; New Warriors; Secret Avengers; Dark X-Men; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Shang-Chi	Taoist monk	Heroes for Hire; Marvel Knights  MI-6; Secret Avengers; Avengers		313
Mickey Fondozzi (7-panel cameo, pg. 14-15)	Catholic	[gangster; informant...]		32
Aunt Mui (6-panel cameo, pg. 8-9, 22)	Chinese traditional religion	[China; USA. Lin's mother]		3
Nick Fury (4-panel cameo, pg. 11-12)	secular	Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Ultimates		1,898
Daddy Wronglegs (4-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)	alien	[drug dealer]		2
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) (2-panel cameo, pg. 13, panel 5-6)	Catholic	Dark X-Men; 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	[China; USA. Lin's father]		3
Fu Manchu (dream, pg. 7, panel 2)	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
Zaran (Maximillian Zaran) (someone disguised as, pg. 23)		MI-6; Batroc's Brigade  Thunderbolts Army; Initiative [England]		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]		S.H.I.E.L.D.		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	[Russia]		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	Triad [China; Australia; USA. 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?"		Avengers [generic reference to "The Avengers"]		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	[Menaced by: Jade Dragon Ma; Jimmy Lo]		3

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