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

Dark Wolverine #75

Title: “The Prince: Part 1”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 2009

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Daniel Way, Marjorie Liu
Art by: 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.
Daken Wolverine (Daken Akihiro)
(lead character)
villain
CBR Scale: S Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"
Asian; Dark Avengers... 
[son of Wolverine]
Marvel 72
Norman Osborn Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
Ares Ares villain hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman deity
Dark Avengers; Olympian... 
[god of war; Gods of Olympus]
Marvel DC 440
Moonstone Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Buddhist
Dark Avengers; Femizons...  Marvel 235
The Scorpion Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) villain hero
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Marvel 315
Bullseye Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter) villain
CBR Scale: I Catholic (nominal); nihilist
Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts
[former baseball pitcher]
Marvel 243
H.A.M.M.E.R. H.A.M.M.E.R. supporting character group
  [government agency] Marvel 207
unnamed female agent unnamed female agent supporting character
 indeterminate  H.A.M.M.E.R.
[worked in Avengers tower; seduced by Daken]
Marvel 1
Sentry Sentry (Bob Reynolds)
(cover & 4-panel cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S angel
Dark Avengers; The Avengers Marvel 260
unnamed wanton woman unnamed wanton woman
(9-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[tried to seduce Daken, but he threatened to cut her] Marvel 1
Barry Barry
(7-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [Daken made him access secret computer files] Marvel 1
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm)
(5-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  Marvel 5,017
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(5-panel cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Invisible Woman Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)
(5-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 4,069
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
(4-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Marvel 4,393
Captain Marvel Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr)
(4-panel cameo)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Kree religion (former
missionary)
Dark Avengers; Kree
[was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]
Marvel 100
unnamed Arab arms dealers unnamed Arab arms dealers
(2-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: D Muslim
[at party hosted by Norman Osborn in Avengers Tower] Marvel 1
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(photo/picture/video)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(photo/picture/video)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
(photo/picture/video)
hero
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress
A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 1,624
Quicksilver Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
(photo/picture/video)
villain hero
CBR Scale: I Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  Marvel 944
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
(photo/picture/video)
hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Chain Gang; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,515
Machiavelli Machiavelli
(quoted and cited)
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Machiavellian
[1st app: Monna Vanna (1922)] Evil Twin Comics 36
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(mentioned)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Bullseye's father
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [Bullseye'sa father; abusive, alcoholic] Marvel 1
Itsu Akihiro Itsu Akihiro
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Shinto
[Wolverine's late wife; mother of his son Daken] Marvel 2
Barack Obama Barack Obama
(mentioned)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S United Church of Christ (formerly Trinity UCC); eclectic upbringing (incl. Muslim/atheist/Marxist/Catholic/United Church of Christ)
[politician; attorney...] IDW Publishing Marvel, etc. 352