Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #8 (Feb. 2001):
“Dark Matters”
by Chuck Dixon, Eduardo Barreto, Nelson Decastro

13 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
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
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
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
The Punisher (Frank Castle)	Catholic (former seminarian)	U.S. Marines; Marvel Knights  Secret Defenders; Code Red		1,170
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)	Catholic	Dark X-Men; X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
The Statue of Liberty (3-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)	N.A.	[gave powers to Miss America in dream]	, etc.	2
Nightmare (1-panel cameo, pg. 21, panel 3)  Nightmare himself is actually seen in only one panel, but his presence is felt throughout issue, which mostly takes place in his realm.	demon	[haunts dreams of others]		149
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 16, panel 4)  newspaper headline accompanied by photo of Spider-Man: "Spider Menace"	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 16, panel 4)  newspaper headline accompanied by photo of Silver Surfer: "Surfer Resigns"	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (photo/picture/video, pg. 16, panel 4)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017

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