Marvel Knights Spider-Man #4 (Sep. 2004):
“Down Among the Dead Men: Part Four”
by Mark Millar, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #4

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

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 2004

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

31 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 (Peter Parker) (lead character)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Vulture (Adrian Toomes)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
Black Cat (Felicia Hardy)	Catholic	Heroes for Hire		374
The Owl (Leland Owlsley) (9-panel cameo, pg. 18-20)		Gang of Four [led his own criminal gang]		135
Gerhard Winkler (9-panel cameo, pg. 18-20)		[brainwashing specialist]		4
Electro (Max Dillon) (8-panel cameo, pg. 18-20)		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Hood's Army; Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Frightful Four		274
J. Jonah Jameson (6-panel cameo, pg. 22-23)	hates Spider-Man	[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
Mary Jane Watson (5-panel cameo, pg. 15, 17, 21)  1 "actual" appearance panel; in 3 panels on billboard; in 1 panel in framed picture	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
Saul Fischer (4-panel cameo, pg. 22)		[sold photo of Spider-Man's unmasked face to J.J.Jameson]		2
Robbie Robertson (3-panel cameo, pg. 22, panels 1, 3, 5)		black		739
Vulture's grandson (2-panel cameo, pg. 8, panels 1-2)  seen in flashback; mentioned in detail by Vulture		black [Vulture's grandson; suffering from leukemia]		2
Ramona (2-panel cameo, pg. 8, panels 1-2)		black [mother of Vulture's grandson]		3
Superman (Clark Kent) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 1)	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Kryptonians; Super Friends...  The Justice League		13,409
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1-panel cameo)  (pg. 3) Aunt May (talking to Spider-Man, in his hallucination): "He's in jail now with all the other naughty boys, and you can thank Captain America and the Avengers for putting him there. They got me out of that place without so much as a scratch, and promised us they're just a phone call away if you're ever in another tight spot like that again." seen on issue #2 cover shown on recap page	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (1-panel cameo)  seen on issue #2 cover shown on recap page	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Lois Lane (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 1)	Catholic	Raleigh College [Superman's girlfriend, then wife]		3,859
Jimmy Olsen (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 1)	Lutheran	The Legion of Super-Heroes [Superman's pal]		1,896
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (1-panel cameo)  seen on issue #2 cover shown on recap page	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (1-panel cameo)  seen on issue #2 cover shown on recap page	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (1-panel cameo)  seen on issue #2 cover shown on recap page	repentant	A-Next; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Thunder Guard		120
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (1-panel cameo, pg. 1)  Partially seen on cover of issue #1, a small reprint of which is shown on the recap page.	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (1-panel cameo, pg. 21, panel 3)  Still not identified, seen in shadow in 1 panel. Behind kidnapping of Aunt May that precipitated all of this issue's events.	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Aunt May (hallucination, pg. 2-3)  Severely injured and in hospital, Spider-Man sees and speaks to Aunt May in hallucination brought on by doctor-prescribed Midazolam.	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
Perry White (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 16, panel 1)  Post-it note written by Perry White to Clark Kent: "Don't forget to capitalize! -Perry"	Baptist; Elvis worship (ordained)	[Superman's (Clark Kent's) boss; Daily Planet editor]		1,574
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (mentioned, pg. 15, 22)  (pg. 15) Owl (to Electro): "Just admit what you did and take your punishment. You know I'm hardly going to kill a useful henchman as I rebuild my career from that Daredevil fiasco." (pg. 22) Saul Fischer: "I'm the guy that took that shot of... And the Kingpin eating through a straw after Daredevil messed him up? That was one of mine, too."	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (mentioned, pg. 14, panel 3)  Vulture: "Worry about yourself, honey!" Black Cat: "You're joking, right? You're not exactly Doctor Doom!"	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Dazzler (Alison Blaire) (mentioned, pg. 22, panel 1)  Saul Fischer: "I'm the guy that took that shot of Dazzler after her overdose, Mister Jameson. And the Kingpin eating through a straw after Daredevil messed him up? That was one of mine, too."	singing	Academy of Tomorrow; Excalibur...  X-Men		447
The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (mentioned, pg. 8, 22)  (pg. 8) Vulture: "Ten million bucks is chicken-feed to guys like Kingpin and the Owl, but it's the difference between living and dying for my little grandson!" (pg. 22) Saul Fischer: "I'm the guy that took that shot of Dazzler after her overdose... And the Kingpin eating through a straw after Daredevil messed him up? That was one of mine, too."	Catholic (lapsed)	HYDRA		619
Uncle Ben (Ben Parker) (mentioned, pg. 1)  Quote: "When a vandal defiles his Uncle Ben's headstone in the middle of the night, Peter Parker is called to the cemetery to investigate."	Protestant	[Spider-Man's beloved late uncle]		51
Dirty Harry (Harold Callahan) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 4)  police officer (holding gun on Vulture): "Freeze or we blow you a new one, Vulture!" Vulture: "Go ahead and make my day, Dirty Harry..."		SFPD	Malpaso Company	7
Vulture's son (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 4)  Vulture (to Spider-Man): "Didn't know I had a family, huh? Well, neither did I until my daughter-in-law showed up at Riker's with the most beautiful baby boy you ever saw in your life. She said her husband was doing time for armed robbery over in Delaware, and she wanted her boy to meet me before some super-punk dropped a truck on my or something."		[criminal]		1

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