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

Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #12

Title: “The Long, Long Night”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 2001

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Chuck Dixon
Art by: 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 Daredevil (Matt Murdock) hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles) Marvel 1,801
Black Widow Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) hero
CBR Scale: I Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)
Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  Marvel 1,789
Moon Knight Moon Knight (Marc Spector) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)
CIA; Marvel Knights...  Marvel 423
Luke Cage Luke Cage hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Heroes for Hire... 
[formerly owned a bar and theater]
Marvel 951
Dagger Dagger (Tandy Bowen) hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Dark X-Men; League of Losers... 
[partner of Cloak]
Marvel 219
Shang-Chi Shang-Chi hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Taoist monk
black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 313
Cloak Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) hero
CBR Scale: U Catholic
black; Dark X-Men
[partner of Dagger]
Marvel 216
Bengal Bengal (Duc No Tranh) villain hero
CBR Scale: S vengeance
Asian; Shadow Initiative...  Marvel 30
Tombstone Tombstone (Lonnie Lincoln) villain
  Hood's Army; Sinister Twelve Marvel 135
Life Model Decoys Life Model Decoys
(details) 
supporting character group
CBR Scale: I N.A.
S.H.I.E.L.D.
[android duplicates of people, usually VIPs]
Marvel 24
Bullet Bullet (Buck Cashman) villain
  [intelligence agent; mercenary] Marvel 4
Big Ben Big Ben (Ben Donovan) villain
  black Marvel 14
Viktor Smerdilovisc Viktor Smerdilovisc villain
CBR Scale: R Serbian Orthodox (lapsed)
[war criminal; was in Serbian death squad Black Mariah] Marvel 2
Shades Shades (Alvarez) villain
  Hispanic Marvel 13
Zingh Zingh
(5-panel cameo, pg. 18-19)
villain
CBR Scale: I Sikh
[agent] Marvel 4
Zaran Zaran (Zhou Man She)
(5-panel cameo, pg. 18-19)
villain
  [assassin] Marvel 8
Mr. Lu Mr. Lu
(5-panel cameo, pg. 18-19)
villain
  Asian
[Zingh's partner]
Marvel 4
Fu Manchu Fu Manchu
(2-panel cameo, pg. 18-19)
villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Si-Fan (leader); Order of the Golden Dawn (leader); Leopard Cult (leader)
Asian; Si-Fan
[father of Shang-Chi]
Marvel 148
Si-Fan Si-Fan
(1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 3)
villain group
CBR Scale: D Ninjutsu
Asian; Order of the Golden Dawn Marvel 47
Lin Lin
(1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 1)
supporting character
CBR Scale: R Chinese traditional religion
Asian Marvel 3
Dacoits Dacoits
(1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 3)
villain group
CBR Scale: M Cult of Kali (Dacoits)
Order of the Golden Dawn; Si-Fan
[worship Durga (an aspect of Kali)]
Methuen & Co. Ltd. 13
Nick Fury Nick Fury
(robot copy of) 
hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
CELINE
(behind the scenes)
villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
S.H.I.E.L.D.
[sentient computer; went rogue]
Marvel 4
The Punisher The Punisher (Frank Castle)
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3) 
hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic (former seminarian)
Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Marvel 1,893
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D.
(mentioned, pg. 2) 
supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188