Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #1 (July 1997):
“Heroes and Villains”
by John Ostrander, Roger Stern, Pasqual Ferry, Jaime Mendoza

Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #1

Title: “Heroes and Villains”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1997

Publisher:
Written by: John Ostrander, Roger Stern
Art by: Pasqual Ferry, Jaime Mendoza

53 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.
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Iron Fist (Danny Rand)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Human Torch (Jim Hammond)	N.A.	Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  The All-Winners Squad; The Invaders; V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers		497
White Tiger	uplifted animal	Heroes for Hire; New Men...  tiger		22
Vector (Simon Utrecht)		Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  U-Foes		61
Ironclad (Mike Steel)		Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  U-Foes		33
X-Ray (Jimmy Darnell)		Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  U-Foes		59
Vapor (Ann Darnell)		Femizons; Hood's Army...  Thunderbolts Army; U-Foes		57
The Master of the World (Eshu)	primal-indigenous; fundamentalist environmentalist	[would-be conqueror]		35
Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers		430
unnamed blonde woman (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[flirted with Hercules in bar, to dismay of boyfriend Tony]		1
unnamed red-bearded scientist (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[bald with large red beard, sunglasses]		1
unnamed blonde scientist (4-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[blonde; spoke at science symposium at United Nations Plaza]		1
unnamed bartender (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[mad when Hercules threw yet another ruffian through window]		1
unnamed friend (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[brutish; attacked Hercules for flirting with Tony's girl]		1
Russ (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	Guardsmen		1
Controller (Basil Sandhurst) (2-panel cameo)		Crossfire's Mind Control Gang; Hood's Army...  New Enforcers; Skeleton Crew		69
Diane Brounstein (2-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[reported on event that brought Heroes for Hire together]		1
Tony (2-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[effeminate man annoyed by Hercules at a bar]		1
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (1-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Hank Pym (1-panel cameo)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (1-panel cameo)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (1-panel cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (1-panel cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Photon (Monica Rambeau) (1-panel cameo)		black; Nextwave...  The Avengers		256
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (1-panel cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) (1-panel cameo)		Redeemers; The Masters of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		142
Foggy Nelson (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	[law partner of Matt Murdock (Daredevil)]		488
Klaw (Ulysses Klaw) (1-panel cameo)		A.I.M.; Fearsome Foursome...  Fearsome Four; The Frightful Four; The Masters of Evil		151
Igor (1-panel cameo)	uplifted animal	baboon; Super-Apes [baboon; metamorph]		22
Mikiho (1-panel cameo)	uplifted animal	gorilla; Super-Apes [gorilla; super-strong]		22
Peotor (1-panel cameo)	uplifted animal	orangutan; Super-Apes [orangutan with magnetic powers]		22
Mole Man (Harvey Elder) (1-panel cameo)		[ruler of much of Subterranea]		297
Onslaught (1-panel cameo)		[dark side of Xavier and Magneto]		56
Awesome Android (1-panel cameo)	N.A.	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heavy Metal		87
John Wayne (photo/picture/video)	Presbyterian; Catholic	[actor]		242
Totoro (toy)	Shinto forest spirit	[1st app: My Neighbor Totoro (1988)]	Studio Ghibli	5
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (mentioned)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Zeus (mentioned)	Greco-Roman deity	Council of Godheads [supreme monarch of the Olympian gods]		283
Graydon Creed (mentioned)	anti-mutant	Friends of Humanity (leader); Purifiers...  The Upstarts [son of Sabretooth and Mystique]		61
Nitro (Robert Hunter) (mentioned)		Hood's Army; Lunatic Legion...  The Untouchables		37
D.W. Griffith (mentioned)		[operated old move theater Luke Cage bought]		21
Harold Meachum (mentioned)		[killed his business partner, who was Iron Fist's father]		5
White Tiger (Hector Ayala) (mentioned)	Catholic	[college student]		15

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