Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #12 (June 2001):
“The Long, Long Night”
by Chuck Dixon, Eduardo Barreto, Nelson Decastro

25 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)	Marvel Knights; Ultimates  The Champions; The Avengers; Lady Liberators [Russia]		1,789
Moon Knight (Marc Spector)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	U.S. Marines; Marvel Knights  CIA; The Avengers		423
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	Defenders; Marvel Knights  The Fantastic Four; The Avengers; Heroes for Hire [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Dagger (Tandy Bowen)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; League of Losers  Secret Avengers; Dark X-Men; The New Warriors; Secret Defenders; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Shang-Chi	Taoist monk	Marvel Knights; MI-6  Secret Avengers; The Avengers; Heroes for Hire		313
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)	Catholic	Dark X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
Bengal (Duc No Tranh)	vengeance	Shadow Initiative; U.S. Army [Vietnam]		30
Tombstone (Lonnie Lincoln)		Sinister Twelve; Hood's Army		135
Life Model Decoys (details)  Nick Fury LMD	N.A.	S.H.I.E.L.D. [android duplicates of people, usually VIPs]		24
Bullet (Buck Cashman)		[intelligence agent; mercenary]		4
Big Ben (Ben Donovan)		[attorney]		14
Viktor Smerdilovisc	Serbian Orthodox (lapsed)	[Serbia; USA. Foe of: Marvel Knights. war criminal; was in Serbian death squad Black Mariah]		2
Shades (Alvarez)		[criminal; convict]		13
Zingh (5-panel cameo, pg. 18-19)	Sikh	[agent]		4
Zaran (Zhou Man She) (5-panel cameo, pg. 18-19)		[assassin]		8
Mr. Lu (5-panel cameo, pg. 18-19)		[Zingh's partner]		4
Fu Manchu (2-panel cameo, pg. 18-19)	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
Si-Fan (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 3)	Ninjutsu	Order of the Golden Dawn		47
Lin (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 1)	Chinese traditional religion	[Menaced by: Jade Dragon Ma; Jimmy Lo]		3
Dacoits (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 3)	Cult of Kali (Dacoits)	Order of the Golden Dawn; Si-Fan [Burma. worship Durga (an aspect of Kali)]		13
Nick Fury (robot copy of)  LMD	secular	Howling Commandos; Ultimates  S.H.I.E.L.D.		1,898
CELINE (behind the scenes)	N.A.	S.H.I.E.L.D. [sentient computer; went rogue]		4
The Punisher (Frank Castle) (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  Cloak (to Nick Fury): "Her [Black Widow] and Tandy are with Daredevil and them. Not sure if you heard the latest. They have a team, sort of. They're after that Punisher guy."	Catholic (former seminarian)	U.S. Marines; Marvel Knights  Code Red; Secret Defenders		1,170
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned, pg. 2)  Cloak: "...Who're you? Nick Fury: "Nick Fury, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Used to run the place."		[intelligence agent; federal agent...]		1,188

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