Marvel Double-Shot #3 (Mar. 2003):
“The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”
by Jai Nitz, GuriHiru

Marvel Double-Shot #3

Title: “The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”

Feature: The Fantastic Four

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 2003

Publisher:
Written by: Jai Nitz
Art by: GuriHiru

35 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.
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (lead character)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	The Fantastic Four; The Avengers...  Fantastic Five; Illuminati		4,661
Franklin Richards	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four; Power Pack...  Generation X; Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five; Daydreamers		650
The Fantastic Four		[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)]		100
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (cover & 3-panel cameo, pg. 9-10)	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four; The Avengers...  Lady Liberators		4,069
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (cover & 2-panel cameo, pg. 9-10)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; The Fantastic Four...  The Yancy Street Gang; The Avengers; Fantastic Five; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (cover & 2-panel cameo, pg. 9-10)	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; Fantastic Five		4,393
Albert Einstein (5-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 1-5)  Reed Richards (to Franklin): "Einstein believed that science could be a religious experience. He said that the pursuit of science shows us that a spirit, vastly superior to man, had a plan when creating the universe. He said the more you believed in science, the more you believed in God. He saw science and religion existing hand-in-hand..." [more]	Jewish; Humanist; Ethical Culture	[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #269 (May 1982)]		252
Mahatma Gandhi (4-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 2-5)  Reed Richards (to Franklin Richards): "Gandhi basically said the same thing [as Albert Einstein]. he said that religion is a belief in an ordered moral government of the universe. He also said that all religions are fundamentally the same and the search for Truth is the search for God." [more]	Hindu; strongly influnced by Jainism	[politician; attorney]		135
Galactus (Galan) (3-panel cameo, pg. 9, panels 1-3)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Thomas Jefferson (3-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 3-5)  Reed Richards (to Franklin Richards): "Thomas Jefferson didn't think that religion mattered at all. He thought that only by embracing all religions could you truly pursue happiness in your own way. He separated science and religion."	Episcopalian; Deist	[U.S. President]		242
Thor (Donald Blake) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, 8)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; The Avengers...  Cosmic Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Onslaught (2-panel cameo, pg. 8, panels 2, 5)		[dark side of Xavier and Magneto]		56
Mother Teresa (2-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 4-5)  (pg. 10): Reed Richards (to Franklin Richards): "Mother Teresa said, 'If you loe until it hurts, there is no hurt, only more love.'"	Catholic nun	[1st app: Something Beautiful for God (1969)]		40
Martin Luther King, Jr. (2-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 4-5)	Baptist preacher	black		252
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 3)	Protestant	The Avengers; The Invaders...  Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Weapon Plus; The Ultimates		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 2)	Catholic (lapsed)	The Avengers; The Defenders...  Secret Defenders; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours; Hulkbusters; Pantheon; Warbound; The Ultimates; The Order		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 3)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	The Avengers; Force Works...  Weapon X (Exiles); Illuminati; The Ultimates		5,673
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (1-panel cameo, pg. 10, panel 2)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; The Avengers...  X-Men; The Invaders; The Defenders; The All-Winners Squad; Dark X-Men; Illuminati; The Order; human; The Cabal		1,864
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 4)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor...  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve; Summers Rebellion		8,371
Jean Grey (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 2)	Episcopalian	X-Men; X-Factor...  Metro College; The Twelve		1,905
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 4)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	The Avengers; X-Men...  X-Force; Alpha Flight; Secret Defenders; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Weapon X; First Flight; Weapon Plus; Team X; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; The Canadian Army		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 2)	Goddess worship	Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four...  X-Men; Lady Liberators; Weapon X (Exiles); The Twelve; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; black		5,068
Rogue (Anna Marie) (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 2)	Southern Baptist	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants		3,526
Vision (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 2)	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	The Avengers; A-Next...  Guardians of the Galaxy; Young Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Galactic Guardians		1,393
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (1-panel cameo, pg. 9, panel 2)	Zenn-La religion	The Defenders; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; Heralds of Galactus; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Hercules (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 3)	Greco-Roman classical religion	The Champions; The Avengers...  Heroes for Hire; Renegades; Olympian		1,029
Loki (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 4)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; The Liberators...  Mighty Avengers (founder); The Cabal		696
Brahma (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 3)	Hindu deity	[creator god]		3
Thoth (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 3)	Egyptian deity	[ibis-headed god of wisdom and the moon]		7
Vishnu (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 3)	Hindu deity	Council of Godheads [leader of the Hindu gods]		8
Shiva (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 3)	Hindu deity	Council of Godheads [god of destruction]		7
Jesus Christ (Jesus of Nazareth) (statue, pg. 6, panel 5)	Christianity	[ 1st app: Justice League of America (vol. 1) #40 (Nov. 1965) ]		565
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (toy, pg. 1, panel 1)	Protestant	The Avengers; Secret Defenders...  Weapon X (Exiles); Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends		10,664
Optimus Prime (toy, pg. 1, panel 1)	Transformers religion	Autobots; Transformer	, etc.	433
God (mentioned)  This entire story is about Reed Richards explaining to his son Franklin why he believes in God.	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313

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