Religion and Characters in
Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. #5 (July 2006)
by Warren Ellis, Stuart Immonen, Wade von Grawbadger

26 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.
Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith)		Fallen Angels; New Mutants  X-Terminators; X-Force; Cable's Underground; Nextwave; X-Men		314
Photon (Monica Rambeau)		Avengers; Nextwave		256
Elsa Bloodstone		Nextwave		17
Dirk Anger		H.A.T.E. (leader); Nextwave (founder) [federal agent; general]		10
Machine Man (Aaron Stack)	N.A.	Avengers; Heavy Metal  Midnight Wreckers; West Coast Avengers; Nextwave; Operation: Lightning Storm		174
The Captain	manifestly non-religious	H.A.T.E.; Nextwave [granted Messianic-Siddha complex powers by aliens]		17
Arishem the Judge	Celestial	Celestials (leader) [judge]		8
Assault Pterosuit Flock		H.A.T.E. [Foe of: Nextwave. soldiers in flying Combat Pterodactyl Suits]		2
Death Bears	N.A.	H.A.T.E. [Foe of: Nextwave. mutated or artificially-created killer koala bears]		1
unnamed assistant		H.A.T.E. [assistant to Dirk Anger, director of H.A.T.E.]		1
Human Resources Department	N.A.	[Foe of: Nextwave. broccoli-based artificial warrior robots]		5
Eson the Searcher (2-panel cameo)	Celestial	Celestials [seeker, quester]		10
Samuroid Batch 23 (2-panel cameo)	Samurai robots	H.A.T.E. [Foe of: Nextwave]		1
Nezarr the Calculator (2-panel cameo)	Celestial	Celestials		13
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers [soldier; federal agent...]		3,268
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers [business owner; entrepreneur...]		2,666
Thor (Donald Blake) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		2,432
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers) (1-panel cameo)	Askani (leader)	Clan Chosen; Six Pack  New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; The Twelve (mutants); Cable's Underground (leader); X-Saviours; X-Strike		666
Hargen the Measurer (1-panel cameo)	Celestial	Celestials [Menaced by: Uni-Mind; Destroyer; Thor]		4
The Captain's mother (1-panel cameo)		[mother of the Captain (Nextwave)]		1
Tefral the Surveyor (1-panel cameo)	Celestial	Celestials [Menaced by: Uni-Mind; Destroyer; Thor]		7
Ziran the Tester (1-panel cameo)	Celestial	Celestials [experimenter, implementer]		17
Fin Fang Foom (mentioned)	Buddhist (convert)	[Foe of: Iron Man, Thor, Nextwave, etc.]		63
Erwin Schrodinger (mentioned)	Catholic/Hindu	[Austria]		1
Gamma-Activated Bull Men (mentioned)	alien	[Foe of: Avengers. attacked Avengers while naked]		1
Officer Mac Mangel (mentioned)	manifestly non-religious	[Foe of: Nextwave. corrupt Link City cop; infected w/ultra-samurai seed]		2

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