Captain America (vol. 5) #50 (July 2009):
“Sentinel of Liberty”
by Marcos Martin

Captain America (vol. 5) #50

Title: “Sentinel of Liberty”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Marcos Martin
Art by: Marcos Martin

60 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.
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
A.I.M.	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
The Wasp (Hank Pym) (4-panel cameo)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (3-panel cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (3-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Falcon (Sam Wilson) (3-panel cameo)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (3-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (2-panel cameo)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Professor Abraham Erskine (2-panel cameo)		[creator of the Super-Soldier Serum]		96
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Thor (Donald Blake) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Nick Fury (1-panel cameo)	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (1-panel cameo)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (1-panel cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (1-panel cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (1-panel cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa) (1-panel cameo)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (1-panel cameo)	religious	Force Works; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (1-panel cameo)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Luke Cage (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Hercules (1-panel cameo)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (1-panel cameo)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) (1-panel cameo)		Redeemers; The Masters of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		142
Atlas (Erik Josten) (1-panel cameo)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Initiative...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions; The Defenders; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		197
Nomad (Jack Monroe) (1-panel cameo)		Secret Defenders [sidekick of 1950s Captain America]		131
Adolf Hitler (1-panel cameo)	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (1-panel cameo)	N.A.	Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  The All-Winners Squad; The Invaders; V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers		497
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) (1-panel cameo)	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199
Baron Strucker (Wolfgang von Strucker) (1-panel cameo)	Nazi; HYDRA (founder)	Blitzkrieg Squad (founder); HYDRA (leader)		130
U.S. Agent (John Walker) (1-panel cameo)	Evangelical Protestant	Force Works; Omega Flight...  S.T.A.R.S.; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Jury		333
Diamondback (Rachel Leighton) (1-panel cameo)		BAD Girls, Inc.; Femizons...  Initiative: Women Warriors; Initiative; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Serpent Society		173
Baron Zemo (Dr. Heinrich Zemo) (1-panel cameo)	Nazi	The Masters of Evil (founder); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		121
Arnim Zola (1-panel cameo)	Nazi	Skeleton Crew (ally)		73
Dum Dum Dugan (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		555
Union Jack (Montgomery Falsworth) (1-panel cameo)		Freedom's Five; The Invaders		37
Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian) (1-panel cameo)	nihilist	Fangs (leader); HYDRA...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad; The Inner Circle [former servant of Chthon]		153
Crossbones (Brock Rumlow) (1-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	HYDRA; Skeleton Crew		90
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc) (1-panel cameo)		Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army		129
Toro (Thomas Raymond) (1-panel cameo)		Kid Commandos; The All-Winners Squad...  The Invaders; The Young Allies		311
Redwing (1-panel cameo)	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Spitfire (Jacqueline Falsworth) (1-panel cameo)		MI-13; The Hellfire Club...  The Invaders; V-Battalion		127
Machinesmith (Samuel Saxon) (1-panel cameo)		Skeleton Crew; The Masters of Evil		50
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff) (1-panel cameo)	Nazi / Freudian	National Force (founder); The Corporation [led own gang]		61
The Patriot (Jeff Mace) (1-panel cameo)		Liberty Legion; The All-Winners Squad...  The Invaders		89
Flag-Smasher (1-panel cameo)	anti-nationalism anarchist	ULTIMATUM (leader)		30
Spirit of '76 (William Nasland) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	The All-Winners Squad; The Crusaders...  The Invaders		15
Warrior Woman (Frieda Ratsel) (1-panel cameo)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; Super-Axis		28
Aleksander Lukin (1-panel cameo)	Communist	[1st app: Captain America (vol. 5) #1 (Jan. 2005)]		44
Baron Blood (John Falsworth) (1-panel cameo)	Sect of Chasidm; Nazi	Mys-Tech; Super-Axis		33
Master Man (Wilhelm Lohmer) (1-panel cameo)	Nazi; Bundist	Super-Axis		60
Heinz Kruger (1-panel cameo)	Nazi	[Captain America's 1st foe; Gestapo spy; killed Dr. Erskine]		15
The Fourth Sleeper (1-panel cameo)	N.A.	Skeleton Crew		20
John F. Kennedy (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	[U.S. President]		521

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