The New Avengers (vol. 1) #3 (Mar. 2005):
“Breakout! Part Three”
by Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch, Danny Miki, Allen Martinez, etc.

The New Avengers (vol. 1) #3

Title: “Breakout! Part Three”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 2005

Publisher:
Written by: Brian Michael Bendis
Art by: David Finch, Danny Miki, Allen Martinez, Victor Olazaba

29 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.
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
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
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (details)  It is later revealed that the woman who appeared to be Jessica Drew (donning her Spider-Woman costume for the first time in many years) was actually the Skrull queen Veranke.	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		353
Purple Man (Zebediah Killgrave)		Hood's Army [led own criminal gang; Purple Girl's father]		18
Spider-Woman (Veranke) (details)  masquerading as Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman)	Skrull religion	The Avengers		8
Crossbones (Brock Rumlow) (cameo)  seen in 1 or a few panels in battle/Raft escape on pages 3, 5-8	manifestly non-religious	HYDRA; Skeleton Crew		90
Mandrill (Jerome Beechman) (cameo)  seen in 1 or a few panels in battle/Raft escape on pages 3, 5-8		Black Spectre (leader); Crossfire's Mind Control Gang...  Hood's Army; Mutant Force		61
Jigsaw (Billy Russo) (cameo)  seen in 1 or a few panels in battle/Raft escape on pages 3, 5-8	demonolatry	Hood's Army; Maggia		71
Vermin (Edward Whelan) (cameo)  seen in 1 or a few panels in battle/Raft escape on pages 3, 5-8		Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army		73
Griffin (Johnny Horton) (cameo)  seen in 1 or a few panels in battle/Raft escape on pages 3, 5-8		Hood's Army; Secret Empire		126
Crusader (Arthur Blackwood) (cameo)  seen in 1 or a few panels in battle/Raft escape on pages 3, 5-8	Catholic (former seminarian)	Hood's Army [religious zealot]		14
Controller (Basil Sandhurst) (cameo)  seen in 1 or a few panels in battle/Raft escape on pages 3, 5-8		Crossfire's Mind Control Gang; Hood's Army...  New Enforcers; Skeleton Crew		69
Blood Brothers (cameo)  seen in 1 or a few panels in battle/Raft escape on pages 3, 5-8	alien	Hood's Army; Roclite		5
Brothers Grimm (William and Jacob Grimm) (cameo)  seen in 1 or a few panels in battle/Raft escape on pages 3, 5-8		[criminal]		2
Foolkiller (Kurt Gerhardt) (cameo)		Hood's Army		14
Slug (Ulyssus X. Lugman) (cameo)  seen in 1 or a few panels in battle/Raft escape on pages 3, 5-8		Hood's Army [led own criminal organization]		46
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 9)  Solo-featured on cover, and on 1 full-page spread within the story.	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Edwin Jarvis (7-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)  It is later revealed that the "Jarvis" who appears in this issue is actually a Skrull infiltrator. The Skrull replaced the real Jarvis between "Avengers Finale" and "New Avengers" #3.	Anglican	The Avengers (staff)		669
Jessica Jones (7-panel cameo, pg. 14-15)		New Avengers (ally)		139
Jarvis Skrull (7-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)  The character who appears to be the actual Jarvis in this story was revealed much later to actually be a Skrull infiltrator who took his place. This is the first appearance of this Skrull.	Skrull religion	Skrull [Skrull infiltrator who replaced Avengers butler Jarvis]		64
Foggy Nelson (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 4)	Episcopalian	[law partner of Matt Murdock (Daredevil)]		488
God (mentioned, pg. 4, panels 3-4)  Purple Man (to Luke Cage): "I know that God loves me. This is how I know. I finally am shown a way out of this hellish prison. And you are there to greet me. I know God wants this to happen - and I don't even believe in God."	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Electro (Max Dillon) (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 6)  Captain America: "Do we know why it [breakout at the Raft] happened yet?" Iron Man: "Electric mutant or that Electro or something -- intel is guessing it was a prison break. We just don't know who, or what, yet. We'll know in an hour."		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Hood's Army; Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Frightful Four		274
Danielle Cage (mentioned, pg. 14-15)  Jessica Jones is seen pregnant with Danielle, and the unborn baby is discussed.		black [baby daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones]		20
Sauron (Karl Lykos) (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 6)  Captain America: "Do we know why it [breakout at the Raft] happened yet?" Iron Man: "Electric mutant or that Electro or something -- intel is guessing it was a prison break. We just don't know who, or what, yet. We'll know in an hour." The New Avengers don't know it yet, but Electro was breaking Karl Lykos out of the Raft.		Brotherhood of Mutants; Savage Land Mutates...  Weapon X		100

On the last page of this issue, Jessica Drew (actually Queen Veranke) is talking to a mysterious figure, a person she apparently reports to. (Jessica has been spying on SHIELD for this person.) It is not clear who this person is. Could it be Nick Fury?

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