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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: Marvel
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 Spider-Man (Peter Parker) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Norman Osborn Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
Bullseye Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter) villain
CBR Scale: I Catholic (nominal); nihilist
Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts
[former baseball pitcher]
Marvel 243
Harry Osborn American Son (Harry Osborn) supporting character
CBR Scale: I resurrected
[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son] Marvel 607
Menace Menace (Lily Hollister) supporting character villain
  black
[Harry Osborn's girlfriend]
Marvel 20
Norah Winters Norah Winters
(7-panel cameo)
supporting character
  [Peter Parker's friend, co-worker] Marvel 6
Invisible Woman Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)
(4-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 4,069
unnamed guard
(3-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [infatuated with reporter Norah Winters (undercover as page)] Marvel 2
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
J. Jonah Jameson J. Jonah Jameson
(1-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: M hates Spider-Man
[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer] Marvel 1,719
Daken Wolverine (Daken Akihiro)
(1-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"
Asian; Dark Avengers... 
[son of Wolverine]
Marvel 72
The Scorpion Spider-Man (Mac Gargan)
(someone disguised or dressed as)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Marvel 315
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(mentioned)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Skrulls Skrulls
(mentioned)
villain group
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
[alien race] Marvel 344
Gwen Stacy Gwen Stacy
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend] Marvel 560
Fozzie Bear Fozzie Bear
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination unknown)
bear; Muppets NBC Jim Henson Company, etc. 203
Gonzo the Great Gonzo the Great
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U alien
Frackles; Muppets NBC Jim Henson Company, etc. 196
Kermit the Frog Kermit the Frog
(mentioned)
lead character
CBR Scale: I anthropomorphic animal
frog; Muppets NBC Jim Henson Company, etc. 349
Alice Cooper Alice Cooper
(mentioned)
lead character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Evangelical Protestant (convert); raised in Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
[singer] Marvel 196
baby Osborn baby Osborn
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [yet unborn child of Norman Osborn, Lily Hollister] Marvel 4