Religion and Characters in
Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #1 (July 1997):
“Heroes and Villains”
by John Ostrander, Roger L. Stern, Pascual 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)	Defenders; Hulkbusters  Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; X-Saviours; Warbound; The Avengers; Secret Defenders; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	Defenders; Marvel Knights  The Fantastic Four; The Avengers; Heroes for Hire [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	Renegades; Heroes for Hire  The Champions; The Avengers [Greece]		1,029
Human Torch (Jim Hammond)	N.A.	All-Winners Squad; V-Battalion  West Coast Avengers; Penance Council; The Invaders; Heroes for Hire	, etc.	497
White Tiger	uplifted animal	New Men; Heroes for Hire		22
Vector (Simon Utrecht)		U-Foes; Hood's Army  Thunderbolts Army		61
Ironclad (Mike Steel)		U-Foes; Hood's Army  Thunderbolts Army		33
X-Ray (Jimmy Darnell)		U-Foes; Hood's Army  Thunderbolts Army		59
Vapor (Ann Darnell)		U-Foes; Hood's Army  Femizons; Thunderbolts Army		57
The Master of the World (Eshu)	primal-indigenous; fundamentalist environmentalist	[Asia]		35
Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; The Avengers  Heroes for Hire		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 [Menaced by: U-Foes]		1
Controller (Basil Sandhurst) (2-panel cameo)		Crossfire's Mind Control Gang; New Enforcers  Skeleton Crew; Hood's Army		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	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Weapon X (Exiles)  The Avengers; Secret Defenders		9,358
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Redeemers  Ultimates; The Invaders; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Illuminati; Ultimates  Force Works; Weapon X (Exiles); The Avengers		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Thor Corps; Ultimates  Cosmic Avengers; The Avengers [Norway]		4,362
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (1-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	All-Winners Squad; Defenders  The Order; Illuminati; The Invaders; The Avengers; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Hank Pym (1-panel cameo)	atheist	Defenders; Liberators  Commission on Superhuman Activities; The Avengers; Secret Defenders		1,543
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; The Fantastic Four  Fantastic Force		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (1-panel cameo)	humanist; believes in God	Illuminati; Fantastic Five  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Fantastic Four  The Avengers		4,069
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (1-panel cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy  Ultimates; Secret Defenders; Lady Liberators; Force Works; The Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutants		1,624
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (1-panel cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Ultimates; The Avengers  Lady Liberators		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts  Ultimates; Chain Gang; The Avengers		1,515
Photon (Monica Rambeau) (1-panel cameo)		Nextwave; The Avengers		256
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (1-panel cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) (1-panel cameo)		Thunderbolts; Redeemers  Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth); The Masters of Evil [Germany]		142
Foggy Nelson (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	[law partner of Matt Murdock (Daredevil)]		488
Klaw (Ulysses Klaw) (1-panel cameo)		Fearsome Four; The Masters of Evil  A.I.M.; The Frightful Four; Fearsome Foursome [Netherlands]		151
Igor (1-panel cameo)	uplifted animal	Super-Apes [baboon; metamorph]		22
Mikiho (1-panel cameo)	uplifted animal	Super-Apes [gorilla; super-strong]		22
Peotor (1-panel cameo)	uplifted animal	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.	Heavy Metal; Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway		87
John Wayne (photo/picture/video)	Presbyterian; Catholic	[actor]		242
Totoro (toy)	Shinto forest spirit	[Japan]	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	The Upstarts; Purifiers  Friends of Humanity [son of Sabretooth and Mystique]		61
Nitro (Robert Hunter) (mentioned)		Lunatic Legion; Untouchables  Hood's Army		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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