The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #598 (Aug. 2009):
“American Son: Part 4”
by Joe Kelly, Marco Checchetto, Paulo Siqueira, Amilton Santos

The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #598

Title: “American Son: Part 4”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Joe Kelly
Art by: Marco Checchetto, Paulo Siqueira, Amilton Santos

21 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 (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
American Son (Harry Osborn)	resurrected	[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son]		607
Menace (Lily Hollister)		black [Harry Osborn's girlfriend]		20
Norah Winters (7-panel cameo)		[Peter Parker's friend, co-worker]		6
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (4-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
unnamed guard (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[infatuated with reporter Norah Winters (undercover as page)]		2
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
J. Jonah Jameson (1-panel cameo)	hates Spider-Man	[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (1-panel cameo)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) (someone disguised or dressed as)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (mentioned)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Skrulls (mentioned)	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Gwen Stacy (mentioned)		[Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend]		560
Fozzie Bear (mentioned)	Christian (denomination unknown)	bear; Muppets	Jim Henson Company, etc.	203
Gonzo the Great (mentioned)	alien	Frackles; Muppets	Jim Henson Company, etc.	196
Kermit the Frog (mentioned)	anthropomorphic animal	frog; Muppets	Jim Henson Company, etc.	349
Alice Cooper (mentioned)	Evangelical Protestant (convert); raised in Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)	[singer]		196
baby Osborn (mentioned)		[yet unborn child of Norman Osborn, Lily Hollister]		4

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