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Marvel Knights Spider-Man #20 (Jan. 2006):
“Spider-Man: The Other--Evolve or Die Part Five: Retreat”
by Reginald Hudlin, Pat Lee, Dream Engine

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #20

Title: “Spider-Man: The Other--Evolve or Die Part Five: Retreat”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 2006

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Reginald Hudlin
Art by: Pat Lee, Dream Engine


21 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
Doombots Doombots supporting character villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[robotic duplicates of Doctor Doom] Marvel 74
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(6-panel cameo, pg. 15)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Morlun Morlun
(6-panel cameo, pg. 18-19)
villain
CBR Scale: M The Ancient
The Ancient
[vampiric; absorbs life force from a "totem"]
Marvel 33
Uncle Ben Uncle Ben (Ben Parker)
(3-panel cameo, pg. 9, 11)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I Protestant
[Spider-Man's beloved late uncle] Marvel 51
Mary Parker Mary Parker
(3-panel cameo, pg. 9-10)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Catholic
[Spider-Man's deceased mother] Marvel 10
Richard Parker Richard Parker
(3-panel cameo, pg. 9-10)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Protestant
[Spider-Man's deceased father] Marvel 8
Doctor Strange Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 1) 
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 1) 
hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 5)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Black Panther Black Panther (T'Challa)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 1) 
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M African primal-indigenous
religion; Black Panther Cult
(leader)
black; Fantastic Force...  Marvel 786
Luke Cage Luke Cage
(1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 5)
hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Heroes for Hire... 
[formerly owned a bar and theater]
Marvel 951
Bulldozer Bulldozer (Henry Camp)
(imagination, pg. 17, panels 2, 4)
villain
  Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 125
Piledriver Piledriver (Brian Calusky)
(imagination, pg. 17, panels 2, 4)
villain
  Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 137
Thunderball Thunderball (Eliot Franklin)
(imagination, pg. 17, panel 2)
villain scientist
  black; Hood's Army...  Marvel 151
Doctor Doom Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)
(mentioned) 
villain scientist
CBR Scale: S Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism
Fearsome Four; The Cabal Marvel 1,176
Attuma Attuma
(mentioned, pg. 17, panel 4) 
villain
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Deep Six (leader) Marvel 110
Dr. Castillo
(mentioned, pg. 1) 
supporting character
  [treats super-heroes without asking questions] Marvel 2
Ivana Trump Ivana Trump
(mentioned, pg. 4, panel 4) 
real/historical person
  [Donald Trump's ex-wife] Marvel 53