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Marvel Knights Spider-Man #5 (Oct. 2004):
“Venomous: Part One”
by Mark Millar, Frank Cho

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #5

Title: “Venomous: Part One”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2004

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Mark Millar
Art by: Frank Cho


38 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
Black Cat Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) hero
CBR Scale: U Catholic
Heroes for Hire Marvel 374
Doctor Octopus Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) villain hero scientist
  Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 1,006
John F. Kennedy International Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport
(details) 
supporting character group real/historical person
  [1st app: Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #55 (July 1964)] Marvel 10
Don Fortunato Don Fortunato (Vincente Fortunato)
(5-panel cameo, pg. 2-3) 
villain
  HYDRA; Maggia Marvel 23
Venom Venom (Eddie Brock)
(3-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 1-3)
villain
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Sinister Six...  Marvel 416
Vulture Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 1, panel 1)
villain
  Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve Marvel 342
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 2, panel 1) 
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Richard Deen
(name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 2, panel 1) 
supporting character
 indeterminate  [name seen on driver's sign for passenger pickup at airport] Marvel 1
Marc Nathan
(name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 2, panel 1) 
supporting character
 indeterminate  [name seen on driver's sign for passenger pickup at airport] Marvel 1
Mike McSwiggin
(name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 2, panel 1) 
supporting character
 indeterminate  [name seen on driver's sign for passenger pickup at airport] Marvel 2
Mike
(business/store name, pg. 20, panel 5)
hero
 indeterminate  [business owner; restaurateur] Marvel 1
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner)
(mentioned, pg. 20, panel 2) 
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
Daredevil Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
(mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1) 
hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles) Marvel 1,801
Doctor Strange Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)
(mentioned, pg. 9, panel 2) 
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687
Nick Fury Nick Fury
(mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1) 
hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
(mentioned, pg. 4, panel 2) 
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Marvel 4,393
Aunt May Aunt May
(mentioned) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 1,368
J. Jonah Jameson J. Jonah Jameson
(mentioned, pg. 7, panels 2-3) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: M hates Spider-Man
[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer] Marvel 1,719
Norman Osborn Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)
(mentioned, pg. 10, panels 3-5) 
villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
The Scorpion Scorpion (Mac Gargan)
(mentioned, pg. 1, 6, 10, etc.) 
villain hero
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Marvel 315
Sandman Sandman (Flint Marko)
(mentioned, pg. 10, panel 3) 
villain hero
  Intruders (leader); Next Wave...  Marvel 388
Electro Electro (Max Dillon)
(mentioned, pg. 1, 7, 10) 
villain
  Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Marvel 274
The Lizard The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors)
(mentioned, pg. 14, panel 1) 
villain scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Sinister Twelve; U.S. Army Marvel 318
Harry Osborn Harry Osborn
(mentioned, pg. 10, panels 4-5) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I resurrected
[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son] Marvel 607
Crystal Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff)
(mentioned, pg. 4, panel 2) 
hero
CBR Scale: S Inhuman religion
Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Marvel 531
Shocker Shocker (Herman Schultz)
(mentioned, pg. 10, panel 3) 
villain
  Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate...  Marvel 157
Anna Watson Anna Watson
(mentioned, pg. 9, panel 2) 
supporting character
  [Mary Jane Watson's aunt] Marvel 206
Adam Adam
(mentioned, pg. 10, panel 3) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Judeo-Christian
[first man] various 38
The Owl The Owl (Leland Owlsley)
(mentioned, pg. 1, 7) 
villain
  Gang of Four
[led his own criminal gang]
Marvel 135
Tinkerer Tinkerer (Phineas T. Mason)
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2) 
villain scientist
  [serves the underworld] Marvel 104
John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy
(mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Catholic
[U.S. President] DC 521
Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Russian Orthodox
[composer; musician] DC Marvel 8
The Cheshire Cat The Cheshire Cat
(mentioned, pg. 7, panel 3) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I anthropomorphic animal
cat Macmillan Dell, etc. 53
Saul Fischer
(mentioned, pg. 6, panels 4-5) 
supporting character
  [sold photo of Spider-Man's unmasked face to J.J.Jameson] Marvel 2
Courteney Cox
(mentioned, pg. 17, panel 5) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
[played Monica Geller on sitcom "Friends"] Marvel 89
Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking
(mentioned, pg. 19, panel 4) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S atheist
[physicist; professor] Marvel 57