Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #13 (July 2001):
“No Rest for the Wicked”
by Chuck Dixon, Eduardo Barreto, Nelson Decastro

24 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  The Avengers; CIA		423
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	Defenders; Marvel Knights  The Avengers; Heroes for Hire; The Fantastic Four [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; Heroes for Hire; The Avengers		313
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)	Catholic	Dark X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
Life Model Decoys (details)  Nick Fury LMD	N.A.	S.H.I.E.L.D. [android duplicates of people, usually VIPs]		24
Zaran (Zhou Man She)		[assassin]		8
Si-Fan	Ninjutsu	Order of the Golden Dawn		47
Dacoits	Cult of Kali (Dacoits)	Order of the Golden Dawn; Si-Fan [Burma. worship Durga (an aspect of Kali)]		13
Fu Manchu (2-panel cameo, pg. 11, panel 2, 4)  Seen via holographic comlink. Numerous spoken references. Fu Manchu ordered the Dacoit assassin attack central to this issue's action.	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
Tombstone (Lonnie Lincoln) (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 2)		Sinister Twelve; Hood's Army		135
Bullet (Buck Cashman) (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 3)		[intelligence agent; mercenary]		4
Nick Fury (robot copy of)  A dangerous Nick Fury LMD is featured throughout this issue. It attacks Black Widow, Cloak and Dagger.	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
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 3)  Luke Cage (speaking about the Dacoits): "Iron Fist and I messes with these Burmese cats before. They take a good thumpin'."	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Secret Defenders; The Avengers  Heroes for Hire		672
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned, pg. 1, 5)  (pg. 1) Dagger (to Black Widow): "Isn't that Colonel Fury? The guy who runs the secret spy thing you belong to? I thought he was your friend, Natasha. (pg. 5) Dagger: "Any suspects? Black Widow: "LMDs are made by S.H.I.E.L.D. Dagger: "But you work for S.H.I.E.L.D. Wow. Black Widow: "...Someone inside S.H.I.E.L.D. wants me dead."		[intelligence agent; federal agent...]		1,188
Bengal (Duc No Tranh) (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 2, 4)  Daredevil: "Tombstone and his new gang had us dead bang. We were at their mercy with only Dagger left standing... Shang-Chi: "All of our enemies vanish. Dagger left alone and unharmed."	vengeance	Shadow Initiative; U.S. Army [Vietnam]		30
Big Ben (Ben Donovan) (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 2, 4)  Daredevil: "Tombstone and his new gang had us dead bang. We were at their mercy with only Dagger left standing... Shang-Chi: "All of our enemies vanish. Dagger left alone and unharmed."		[attorney]		14
Shades (Alvarez) (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 2, 4)  Daredevil: "Tombstone and his new gang had us dead bang. We were at their mercy with only Dagger left standing... Shang-Chi: "All of our enemies vanish. Dagger left alone and unharmed."		[criminal; convict]		13
Klingons (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 1)  Luke Cage: "You guys are talkin' Klingon as far as I'm concerned. All this happened before I joined this tour."	Klingon religion	[ 1st app: Star Trek (TV series): Season 1, Episode 26: "Errand of Mercy" (23 Mar. 1967) ]		268
Hashishin (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 1)  Shang-Chi: "Dacoits, like the Jezails and Hashishini have served my father for centuries."	Muslim (Shiite Ismaili Hashishin/Assassin)	Order of the Golden Dawn		3
Jezails (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 1)  Shang-Chi: "Dacoits, like the Jezails and Hashishini have served my father for centuries."	Muslim	[Afghanistan]		1

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