Religion and Characters in
Dark Avengers #5 (Aug. 2009)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Deodata

42 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.
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Mighty Avengers  Dark Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Sentry (Bob Reynolds)	angel	Avengers; New Avengers  Mighty Avengers; Dark Avengers		260
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Masters of Evil; Femizons  Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers		235
Venom (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Spider-Man Revenge League; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers		315
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Daken (Daken Akihiro)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
Shannon Queller	indeterminate	[interviewed Norman Osborn on national TV]		1
unnamed film director's date (9-panel cameo)	indeterminate			1
Ronin (Clint Barton) (8-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
unnamed film director (8-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[film director]		1
unnamed valet parker (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[valet parker]		1
Victoria Hand (4-panel cameo)	LGBT; Humanist	H.A.M.M.E.R.; Dark Avengers (staff) [2nd in command under Osborn in H.A.M.M.E.R.]		108
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (3-panel cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (3-panel cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  X-Factor; West Coast Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers [Transia]		944
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (2-panel cameo)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Atlanteans (2-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion			165
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) (1-panel cameo)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; New Avengers [Hawkeye's wife]		293
Lindy Reynolds (1-panel cameo)		[The Sentry's wife; old friend of Invisible Woman]		39
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned in text & seen in picture (2 panels))	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (mentioned in text & seen in picture (2 panels))	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
The Punisher (Frank Castle) (photo/video (4 panels))	Catholic (former seminarian)	U.S. Marines; Marvel Knights  Secret Defenders; Code Red		1,170
Thor (Donald Blake) (photo/video (3 panels))	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (photo/video (2 panels))	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (photo/picture/video)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Men; Excalibur  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem [Germany]		3,788
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (photo/picture/video)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Avengers; Heroes for Hire  Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway; Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Tigra (Greer Grant) (photo/picture/video)	mystically empowered	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Lady Liberators; Counter Force		310
Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (photo/picture/video)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	U.S. Marines; CIA  West Coast Avengers; Marvel Knights		423
Elektra (Elektra Natchios) (photo/picture/video)	Greek Orthodox; Ninjutsu	The Hand; Code Red		331
Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) (photo/picture/video)	Catholic	Heroes for Hire		374
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (toy)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
God (mentioned)	God	[ 1st app: (Timely/Marvel) [9354]; (DC: as "The Voice", e.g. "The Presence", DC) [9342] ]	, etc.	313
Nick Fury (mentioned)	secular	Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Ultimates		1,898
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Acolytes; The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy [Foe of: X-Men (arch-enemy)]		916
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (mentioned)	Kree religion	[former captain of Kree star fleet]		142
Morgan Le Fay (mentioned)	Celtic goddess-worship/Druidism (former priestess); half faerie; Darkholders cult (leader)	[England]		157
Phobos (Alex Aaron) (mentioned)	ethnically half Greco-Roman deity	Secret Warriors [son of Ares]		7
Zuul (mentioned)	Mesopotamian demigod		Delphi Films	1
Dana Barrett (mentioned)	possessed by demon		Delphi Films	4
Barack Obama (mentioned)	United Church of Christ (formerly Trinity UCC); eclectic upbringing (incl. Muslim/atheist/Marxist/Catholic/United Church of Christ)	[USA; Indonesia]	, etc.	352

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