Fantastic Four Annual #23 (1990):
“When Franklin Comes Marchin’ Home”
by Walt Simonson, Bob Harras, Jackson Guice, Geof Isherwood

Fantastic Four Annual #23

Title: “When Franklin Comes Marchin’ Home”

Medium: comic

Cover date: 1990

Publisher:
Written by: Walt Simonson, Bob Harras
Art by: Jackson Guice, Geof Isherwood

62 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 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
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Franklin Richards	Episcopalian	Daydreamers; Fantastic Five...  Fantastic Force; Generation X; Power Pack; The Fantastic Four		650
Ahab (Dr. Rory Campbell)		Horsemen of Apocalypse; W.H.O.		39
Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura)		Team America; The Fantastic Four...  The Frightful Four; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		115
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
Banshee (Sean Cassidy)	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)	Anglican (nominal); mystical	Excalibur		365
Lockheed	alien dragon	Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
Moonstone (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers; Kree [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
Sentinels	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245
Forge (Jonathon Silvercloud)	Native American shamanism (Cheyenne)	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Native American...  The Mutant Underground; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Factor; X-Men		394
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Thanos	occult; nihilist; worships Death	Eternals of Titan; Infinity Watch		306
Molecule Man (Owen Reece)		[nuclear plant worker]		76
Phoenix (Rachel Grey)	Episcopalian (born); future self: founder of Askani religion	Excalibur; Starjammers...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		358
Meggan	Gypsy/Roma	Excalibur		225
Widget (Kate Rasputin)		Excalibur		56
Dark Phoenix	cosmic entity	The Hellfire Club; X-Men		129
Mephisto	Devil	Six-Fingered Hand; The Cabal		381
High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham)	Transhumanist	Animutants (founder); Knights of Wundagore (founder)...  New Immortals (founder); New Men (founder); Sensors (founder); The Godpack (founder)		108
Overmind (Grom)		The Defenders; Thunderbolts Army		41
Eternity	cosmic entity	Seven Friendless		84
Death	cosmic entity	[embodies death/mortality]		587
Zero-G (Alex Power)	Latter-day Saint	Power Pack; The New Warriors		192
Lightspeed (Julie Power)	Latter-day Saint	Loners; Power Pack		177
Mass Master (Jack Power)	Latter-day Saint	Power Pack		160
Energizer (Katie Power)	Latter-day Saint	A-Next; Power Pack		170
The Stranger	pseudo-cosmic entity	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #11 (May 1965)]		188
Oshtur	mystic deity	Vishanti		9
Hoggoth	mystic deity	Vishanti		5
Agamotto	mystic deity	Vishanti		15
Arishem the Judge	Celestial	Celestial		8
Chthon	Elder God	Elder Gods; Gods of Pre-Cataclysmic Era		13
Dweller in Darkness		Si-Fan [worked with a large trained gorilla]		1
Eon	cosmic entity	[embodiment of time; appoints protector of the universe]		9
Eson the Searcher	Celestial	Celestial [seeker, quester]		10
Gammenon the Gatherer	Celestial	Celestial [data collector; gatherer of specimens]		9
Hargen the Measurer	Celestial	Celestial		4
The In-Betweener	cosmic entity	[1st app: Warlock (vol. 1) #9 (Oct. 1975)]		4
Jemiah the Analyzer	Celestial	Celestial [theoretician]		8
Living Tribunal	cosmic entity	[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #157]		8
Lord Chaos	cosmic entity	[embodiment of chaos; "metaphysical and abstract" being]		10
Mangog		[seeker of vengeance]		5
Master Order	cosmic entity	[force of nature]		5
Nezarr the Calculator	Celestial	Celestial		13
One Above All	Celestial (leader)	Celestial (leader) [Commander of Fourth Celestial Host]		14
Oneg the Prober	Celestial	Celestial [experimenter, implementer]		9
Dr. James Power	Latter-day Saint	[father of Power Pack kids]		126
Satannish	Devil	Maggia; The Cabal [embodiment of evil]		5
Shaper of Worlds	pseudo-cosmic entity	[reality manipulator; was a Skrull Cosmic Cube]		8
Tefral the Surveyor	Celestial	Celestial		7
Uni-Mind	Eternals religion	Eternal		4
Ziran the Tester	Celestial	Celestial [experimenter, implementer]		17
The Watchers	Watcher religion	[alien race]		38
Shuma-Gorath	demon	Old Ones [Chthonic Lord of Chaos]		33

Note: A number of characters indexed for this story may have actually appeared in a DIFFERENT story within this same annual.

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