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

Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. #5

Medium: comic book

Publication date: July 2006

Written by: Warren Ellis

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