The New Avengers (vol. 1) #54 (Aug. 2009)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Billy Tan, Matt Banning (as Batt)

The New Avengers (vol. 1) #54

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Brian Michael Bendis
Art by: Billy Tan, Matt Banning (as Batt)

39 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
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Ronin (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
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
Captain America (Bucky Barnes)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		353
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers [was Hawkeye's wife]		293
The Hood (Parker Robbins)	demonolatry	Hood's Army; The Cabal		159
Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm)	Vodoun houngan	black; Heroes for Hire...  The Howling Commandos		110
Brother Voodoo (Daniel Drumm)	Vodoun houngan; spirit	black [Brother Voodoo's twin brother, now spirit who talks to him]		7
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom)	Catholic (former priest)	Shadow Hunters; The Defenders...  The Howling Commandos		207
Dormammu	Faltine energy being; extra-dimensional mystic entity/powerful magic user	The Cabal		170
Madame Masque (Whitney Frost)		Hood's Army; Maggia (leader)		146
unnamed New Orleans woman (6-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[was in Brother Voodoo's bed when he became Sorcerer Supreme]		1
The Ancient One (bTsaan Saa) (5-panel cameo)	Tibetan Buddhism; Order of the Ancient Ones; occult; spirit	Asian [belonged to an unnamed order of sorcerers]		93
Loki (3-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Mighty Avengers (founder)...  The Cabal; The Liberators		696
Norman Osborn (2-panel cameo)	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
Clea (2-panel cameo)	occult	The Defenders [disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]		222
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Magik (Illyana Rasputin) (1-panel cameo)	occult/magick; demonolatry; raised Communist	The Exiles; The New Mutants		450
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (1-panel cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) (1-panel cameo)	Reform Judaism	Young Avengers		106
The Black Queen (Selene) (1-panel cameo)	Greco-Roman classical religion (nominal); Cult of Fire (high priestess); sorceress	Externals; The Inner Circle...  The Upstarts		67
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) (1-panel cameo)	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Midnight Sons		306
Baron Mordo (Karl Amadeus Mordo) (1-panel cameo)	sorcerer	The Offenders [Ancient One's former disciple; minion of Dormammu]		106
Wong (1-panel cameo)	Tibetan Buddhism; occult	[house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Topaz (1-panel cameo)	occult; Native American spirituality	Witches		82
Soulfire (Jason Maldonado) (1-panel cameo)	bonded to a demon	[unwilling pawn in battle between Heaven and Hell]		7
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (photo/picture/video)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (photo/picture/video)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (mentioned)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
H.A.M.M.E.R. (mentioned)		[government agency]		207
Odin (mentioned)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian [Thor's father]		307
Agamotto (mentioned)	mystic deity	Vishanti		15

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