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"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Dark X-Men (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)...  H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Dark Avengers...  The Avengers [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts...  Dark Avengers; Femizons		235
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Spider-Man Revenge League; Sinister Twelve...  Dark Avengers; Initiative; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
H.A.M.M.E.R.		[government agency]		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	Dark Avengers; The 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	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Yancy Street Gang; The Fantastic Four; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (5-panel cameo)	humanist; believes in God	Illuminati; Fantastic Five...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (5-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four; Lady Liberators...  The Avengers		4,069
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (4-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Metro College...  Fantastic Force; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) (4-panel cameo)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers; Kree [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; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Redeemers; The Invaders		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (photo/picture/video)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	The Ultimates; Illuminati...  Weapon X (Exiles); Force Works; The Avengers		5,673
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (photo/picture/video)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	The Ultimates; Lady Liberators...  Brotherhood of Mutants; Force Works; Secret Defenders; A-Next; The Avengers		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (photo/picture/video)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	The Avengers; The Ultimates...  Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Factor		944
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (photo/picture/video)	Christian (denomination unknown)	The Ultimates; Chain Gang...  The Thunderbolts; The Great Lakes Avengers; The Avengers		1,515
Machiavelli (quoted and cited)	Machiavellian	[1st app: Monna Vanna (1922)]		36
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; The Avengers...  Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,412
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Team X...  Weapon Plus; First Flight; Weapon X; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Secret Defenders; Alpha Flight; X-Force; X-Men; The Avengers		10,121
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)	[attorney; politician...]	, etc.	352

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