Secret Wars II #7 (Jan. 1986):
“Charge of the Dark Brigade!”
by Jim Shooter, Al Milgrom, Steve Leialoha

Secret Wars II #7

Title: “Charge of the Dark Brigade!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1986

Publisher:
Written by: Jim Shooter
Art by: Al Milgrom, Steve Leialoha

72 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.
The Beyonder (lead character)	cosmic entity; Inhuman religion	Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		100
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Mirage (Danielle Moonstar)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	Mutant Liberation Front; Native American...  The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)	Presbyterian	Excalibur; The New Mutants...  X-Factor; X-Force		576
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta)	Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; black...  Fallen Angels; Mutant Liberation Front; The Avengers; The Hellfire Club; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Ternals; Young X-Men (teacher)		574
Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh)	Catholic; LGBT	Academy of Tomorrow; Asian...  The 198; The New Mutants; X-Men		260
Magma (Amara Aquilla)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Hellions; New Hellions...  The 198; The New Mutants; X-Corporation		269
Magik (Illyana Rasputin)	occult/magick; demonolatry; raised Communist	The Exiles; The New Mutants		450
Warlock	Technarchy religion (worships The Maker)	Excalibur; Fallen Angels...  Technarch; The New Mutants		241
Cypher (Doug Ramsey)	Latter-day Saint	Academy of Tomorrow; The New Mutants		113
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Generation X (teacher); The Cabal; The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle; X-Men		3,409
The Abomination (Emil Blonsky)	Communist atheist	Home Base; KGB...  The Masters of Evil		180
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)		Redeemers; The Masters of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		142
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)		Hood's Army; Lethal Legion...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew (leader)		190
Vanisher (Telford Porter)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Factor Three...  Fallen Angels; The Enforcers		90
Juggernaut (Cain Marko)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Brotherhood of Mutants; Excalibur...  Exemplars; The Exiles; X-Men		387
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Electro (Max Dillon)		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Hood's Army; Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Frightful Four		274
Vulture (Adrian Toomes)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff)	hunting	Sinister Six		92
Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich)		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Sinister Syndicate		305
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton)	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199
Graviton (Franklin Hall)		Hood's Army		57
Kang (Nathaniel Richards)		Council of Kangs [born in 31th century]		274
Blob (Fred J. Dukes)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Freedom Force; X-Cell; X-Corps		403
Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley)		[business owner; businessperson...]		105
Galactus (Galan)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Ultron		Lethal Legion; The Masters of Evil		459
Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel)	temporarily became follower of Thor	The Masters of Evil		270
The Executioner (Skurge)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	Asgardian; Mandarin's Minions...  The Masters of Evil		110
Enchantress (Amora)	Norse/Teutonic deity (Asgardian)	Asgardian; Lady Liberators (founder)...  Mandarin's Minions; The Masters of Evil		264
Molecule Man (Owen Reece)		[nuclear plant worker]		76
Titania (Skeeter MacPherran)		Femizons; The Frightful Four...  The Masters of Evil		100
Volcana (Marsha Rosenberg)	Jewish	[1st app: Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #3 (July 1984)]		36
Phoenix (Rachel Grey)	Episcopalian (born); future self: founder of Askani religion	Excalibur; Starjammers...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		358
Crimson Dynamo (Dimitri Bukharin)	Communist	KGB; The People's Protectorate...  The Soviet Super-Soldiers		36
Wizard (Bentley Wittman)		Hood's Army; The Frightful Four (founder)...  Wizard's Warriors (leader)		202
Mephisto	Devil	Six-Fingered Hand; The Cabal		381
Baron Mordo (Karl Amadeus Mordo)	sorcerer	The Offenders [Ancient One's former disciple; minion of Dormammu]		106
Silver Samurai (Kenuichio Harada)	Bushido	Asian; Big Hero 6...  HYDRA [Clan Yashida]		126
Ned Leeds		[Betty Brant's late husband]		10
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)		Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army		129
Mole Man (Harvey Elder)		[ruler of much of Subterranea]		297
Blastaar		Baluurian; The Frightful Four		97
Eternity	cosmic entity	Seven Friendless		84
Death	cosmic entity	[embodies death/mortality]		587
Grim Reaper (Eric Williams)		HYDRA; Lethal Legion...  Maggia		98
Diablo (Esteban Diablo)	Alchemist; demonolatry	[1st app: Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #30 (Sep. 1964)]		47
Living Laser (Arthur Parks)		Batroc's Brigade; Hood's Army...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions		96
Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura)		Team America; The Fantastic Four...  The Frightful Four; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		115
Anaconda (Blondie Sitznski)		Femizons; Serpent Society...  Serpent Squad; Six Pack		67
Eon	cosmic entity	[embodiment of time; appoints protector of the universe]		9
The In-Betweener	cosmic entity	[1st app: Warlock (vol. 1) #9 (Oct. 1975)]		4
Living Tribunal	cosmic entity	[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #157]		8
Lord Chaos	cosmic entity	[embodiment of chaos; "metaphysical and abstract" being]		10
Master Order	cosmic entity	[force of nature]		5
Ed Strunk	religious	[sales executive; tried to make Beyonder into guru movement]		1
Bitterhorn	demon	[sent by Mephisto to recruit villains to fight Beyonder]		1
Clark Kent (cameo)	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Kryptonians; Super Friends...  The Justice League		13,409
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (vision)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Alicia Masters (vision)		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
Streczletski (vision)	prob. indeterminate	[Ben Grimm's coach]		1

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Secret Wars II #7 (Jan. 1986) created 2 December 2009. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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