Religion and Characters in
Dark Wolverine #75 (Aug. 2009):
“The Prince: Part 1”
by Daniel Way, Marjorie Liu, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Onofrio Catacchio

28 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.
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (lead character)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Mighty Avengers  Dark Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Masters of Evil; Femizons  Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers		235
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Spider-Man Revenge League; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
H.A.M.M.E.R.		H.A.M.M.E.R.		207
unnamed female agent	indeterminate	H.A.M.M.E.R. [worked in Avengers tower; seduced by Daken]		1
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (cover & 4-panel cameo)	angel	Avengers; New Avengers  Mighty Avengers; Dark Avengers		260
unnamed wanton woman (9-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	[tried to seduce Daken, but he threatened to cut her]		1
Barry (7-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[Daken made him access secret computer files]		1
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (5-panel cameo)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (5-panel cameo)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (5-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (4-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) (4-panel cameo)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
unnamed Arab arms dealers (2-panel cameo)	Muslim	[at party hosted by Norman Osborn in Avengers Tower]		1
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (photo/picture/video)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (photo/picture/video)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (photo/picture/video)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (photo/picture/video)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  X-Factor; West Coast Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers [Transia]		944
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (photo/picture/video)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
Machiavelli (quoted and cited)	Machiavellian			36
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Bullseye's father (mentioned)		[Bullseye'sa father; abusive, alcoholic]		1
Itsu Akihiro (mentioned)	Shinto	[Wolverine's late wife; mother of his son Daken]		2
Barack Obama (mentioned)	United Church of Christ (formerly Trinity UCC); eclectic upbringing (incl. Muslim/atheist/Marxist/Catholic/United Church of Christ)	[USA; Indonesia]	, etc.	352

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