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Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1 (June 2004):
“Down Among the Dead Men: Part One”
by Mark Millar, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1

Title: “Down Among the Dead Men: Part One”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 2004

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Mark Millar
Art by: Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson


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.
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(lead character)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson supporting character
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 1,827
Aunt May Aunt May supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 1,368
Norman Osborn Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
The Scorpion Scorpion (Mac Gargan)
(details) 
villain hero
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Marvel 315
Mario supporting character
CBR Scale: U Catholic
[business owner; restaurateur] Marvel 1
unnamed restaurant worker
(pg. 1-4)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[found beaten Spider-Man in trash behind restaurant] Marvel 1
Black Cat Black Cat (Felicia Hardy)
(only on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: U Catholic
Heroes for Hire Marvel 374
Vulture Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
(only on cover)
villain
  Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve Marvel 342
Franklin
(8-panel cameo, pg. 16-17)
supporting character
  black
[student in class Peter Parker taught]
Marvel 1
Humberto
(4-panel cameo, pg. 16-17)
supporting character
  Hispanic; Midtown High School
[student in class Peter Parker taught]
Marvel 2
Kevin Smith Kevin Smith
(4-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[comic book writer; film director] Marvel 154
Mr. Marsh
(2-panel cameo, pg. 17, panels 4-5)
supporting character
  [high school teacher] Marvel 1
Wally
(photo/picture/video, pg. 6, panel 3) 
supporting character comic strip character
  [genius at doing as little work as possible] United Feature Syndicate Andrews McMeel Publishing 66
Doctor Octopus Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
(mentioned & on cover, pg. 13, 16) 
villain hero scientist
  Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 1,006
Electro Electro (Max Dillon)
(mentioned & on cover, pg. 16, panel 5) 
villain
  Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Marvel 274
Spider-Slayers
(toy, pg. 14, panel 5)
villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[series of robots first created to hunt, defeat Spider-Man] Marvel 78
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(mentioned, pg. 12, panels 4-5) 
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Harry Osborn Harry Osborn
(mentioned, pg. 12, panel 3) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I resurrected
[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son] Marvel 607
Uncle Ben Uncle Ben (Ben Parker)
(mentioned, pg. 13-14, 18-19) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I Protestant
[Spider-Man's beloved late uncle] Marvel 51
Anna Watson Anna Watson
(mentioned, pg. 13, panel 2) 
supporting character
  [Mary Jane Watson's aunt] Marvel 206
Ronald Colman Ronald Colman
(mentioned, pg. 12, panel 5) 
real/historical person
  [actor] DC 22
Richard Parker Richard Parker
(mentioned, pg. 18, panel 3) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Protestant
[Spider-Man's deceased father] Marvel 8
Trinity Church members
(mentioned, pg. 6, 11) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: D Episcopalian
[18 members held hostage by Osborn; Spider-Man rescued them] Marvel 1