Daredevil (vol. 1) #500 (Oct. 2009):
“Return of the King: Conclusion”
by Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano, Klaus Janson, etc.

Daredevil (vol. 1) #500

Title: “Return of the King: Conclusion”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Ed Brubaker
Art by: Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano, Klaus Janson, Chris Samnee, Paul Azaceta

32 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.
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Foggy Nelson	Episcopalian	[law partner of Matt Murdock (Daredevil)]		488
White Tiger (Angela Del Toro)		FBI; Hispanic...  NYPD		29
Dakota North		[1st app: Dakota North #1 (June 1986)]		32
Master Izo	Eastern mysticism	Asian; The Hand		8
The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)	Catholic (lapsed)	HYDRA		619
The Hand	Ninjutsu	[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #174 (Sep. 1981)]		155
The Owl (Leland Owlsley)		Gang of Four [led his own criminal gang]		135
Lady Bullseye (Maki Matsumoto)		Asian; The Hand		32
Turk (Turk Barrett)		black; The Thunderbolts		108
The Black Tarantula (Carlos LaMuerto)		Team Spider; The Hand		27
Lord Hirochi	Ninjutsu	The Hand [Lady Bullseye's master]		3
Milla Donovan (cover & 5-panel cameo)		[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 2) #41 (Mar. 2003)]		38
Battlin' Jack Murdock (cover & 3-panel cameo)	Catholic	[Daredevil's father]		82
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (only on cover)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Luke Cage (only on cover)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (only on cover)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter) (only on cover)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Typhoid Mary (Mary Alice Walker) (only on cover)	Catholic	Shadow Initiative		136
Karen Page (only on cover)		[was Daredevil's longtime girlfriend]		223
Elektra (Elektra Natchios) (only on cover)	Greek Orthodox; Ninjutsu	Code Red; The Hand		331
Tombstone (Lonnie Lincoln) (only on cover)		Hood's Army; Sinister Twelve		135
Mister Fear (Larry Cranston) (only on cover)		[attorney; criminal...]		13
The Gladiator (Melvin Potter) (only on cover)		Emissaries of Evil (Electro); Maggia [led own gang]		45
Sister Maggie (only on cover)	Catholic nun	[Daredevil's mother]		20
Naguchi (6-panel cameo)	Ninjutsu	Asian; The Hand		1
Stick (5-panel cameo)	Eastern mysticism; Ninjutsu	The Chaste [trained Daredevil]		27
Vanessa Fisk (1-panel cameo)		[Kingpin's wife]		117
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) (statue)	Buddhist (founder)	[1st app: The Gandharan Buddhist Texts (25 A.D.)]		29
Woody (business/store name)	indeterminate	[business owner]		1
Mr. Donovan (mentioned)		[father of Daredevil's wife Milla]		1
Mrs. Donovan (mentioned)		[mother of Daredevil's wife Milla]		1

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