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Marvel Knights Spider-Man #2 (July 2004):
“Down Among the Dead Men: Part Two”
by Mark Millar, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #2

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

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2004

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


45 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
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark) hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) hero
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress
A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 1,624
Quicksilver Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) villain hero
CBR Scale: I Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  Marvel 944
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson supporting character
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 1,827
The Wasp The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) hero
CBR Scale: U Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,339
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Clint Barton) hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Chain Gang; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,515
Ant-Man Ant-Man (Scott Lang) villain hero
CBR Scale: S repentant
A-Next; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 120
Norman Osborn Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188
Electro Electro (Max Dillon) villain
  Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Marvel 274
Vulture Vulture (Adrian Toomes) villain
  Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve Marvel 342
The Owl The Owl (Leland Owlsley) villain
  Gang of Four
[led his own criminal gang]
Marvel 135
Yekaterina
(9-panel cameo, pg. 23-25)
supporting character
  [shape-shifter] Marvel 2
Annie Leibovitz
(8-panel cameo, pg. 12-14)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jewish LGBT
[world-renowned photographer] Marvel 17
Aleksandr
(5-panel cameo, pg. 22-23)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
[owns night club/brothel visited by Electro, Vulture] Marvel 1
Black Cat Black Cat (Felicia Hardy)
(4-panel cameo, pg. 1, 6, panel 1)
hero
CBR Scale: U Catholic
Heroes for Hire Marvel 374
Fedora
(2-panel cameo, pg. 23, panels 1, 3)
supporting character
  [Vulture was a client right after she arrived from Russia] Marvel 2
Edwin Jarvis Edwin Jarvis
(1-panel cameo, pg. 11, panel 3)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Anglican
The Avengers (staff) Marvel 669
Doctor Octopus Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 1, panel 1)
villain hero scientist
  Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 1,006
Officer Jankowitz
(1-panel cameo, pg. 10, panel 2)
supporting character
  [guard watching Norman Osborn in prison] Marvel 1
Aunt May Aunt May
(mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 19, panel 1) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 1,368
Thor Thor (Donald Blake)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 16, panel 1)
hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
Invisible Woman Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)
(someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 24, panel 1) 
hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 4,069
Marrina Marrina (Marrina Smallwood)
(someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 24, panel 3) 
hero
CBR Scale: M alien
Alpha Flight; Beta Flight...  Marvel 64
The Scorpion Scorpion (Mac Gargan)
(behind the scenes) 
villain hero
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Marvel 315
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
(mentioned, pg. 24, panel 3) 
hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
Nick Fury Nick Fury
(mentioned) 
hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(mentioned, pg. 24, panel 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
Magneto Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)
(mentioned, pg. 24, panel 2) 
villain hero scientist
CBR Scale: S Jewish; Gypsy/Roma
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 916
Sandman Sandman (Flint Marko)
(mentioned, pg. 22, panel 2) 
villain hero
  Intruders (leader); Next Wave...  Marvel 388
Venom Venom (Eddie Brock)
(mentioned, pg. 6, panel 4) 
villain
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Sinister Six...  Marvel 416
The Lizard The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors)
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2) 
villain scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Sinister Twelve; U.S. Army Marvel 318
Rhino Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich)
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2) 
villain
  Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Marvel 305
The Kingpin The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)
(mentioned, pg. 19, panels 2-3) 
villain
CBR Scale: U Catholic (lapsed)
HYDRA Marvel 619
Gwen Stacy Gwen Stacy
(mentioned, pg. 8, panel 2) 
supporting character
  [Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend] Marvel 560
Uncle Ben Uncle Ben (Ben Parker)
(mentioned, pg. 1, 8) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I Protestant
[Spider-Man's beloved late uncle] Marvel 51
Fin Fang Foom Fin Fang Foom
(mentioned, pg. 24, panel 5) 
villain
CBR Scale: U Buddhist (convert)
Makluan Marvel 63
Scorpio Scorpio (Jacob Fury)
(mentioned, pg. 17, panel 3) 
villain
CBR Scale: U astrology
Zodiac (Cartel); Zodiac (LMDs)
[Nick Fury's evil brother; died, was "remade" as LMD]
Marvel 45
George W. Bush George W. Bush
(mentioned, pg. 12, panel 2) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian (raised); United Methodist Church (convert)
[U.S. President] Marvel DC, etc. 789
Thomas Jenkins
(mentioned, pg. 18, panel 2) 
villain
 indeterminate  [criminal; guard...] DC 1
Romeo Romeo
(mentioned, pg. 25, panel 1) 
lead character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[Juliet's beloved] Paramount Pictures 20th Century Fox 105
Dick Cheney Dick Cheney
(mentioned, pg. 12, panel 2) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Methodist
[vice-president] Marvel 227
Boris Yeltsin
(mentioned, pg. 23, panel 4) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Communist; Russian Orthodox
[1st president of Russian Federation] Marvel Revolutionary Comics 48