Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #8 (Feb. 2001):
“Dark Matters”
by Chuck Dixon, Eduardo Barreto, Nelson DeCastro

Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #8

Title: “Dark Matters”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 2001

Publisher:
Written by: Chuck Dixon
Art by: Eduardo Barreto, Nelson DeCastro

13 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
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Moon Knight (Marc Spector)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	CIA; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; United States Marine Corps		423
Dagger (Tandy Bowen)	Catholic	Dark X-Men; League of Losers...  Marvel Knights; Secret Avengers; Secret Defenders; The New Warriors; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Shang-Chi	Taoist monk	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; MI-6; Secret Avengers; The Avengers		313
The Punisher (Frank Castle)	Catholic (former seminarian)	Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Secret Defenders; United States Marine Corps		1,893
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)	Catholic	black; Dark X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
The Statue of Liberty (3-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)	N.A.	[gave powers to Miss America in dream]		2
Nightmare (1-panel cameo, pg. 21, panel 3)  Nightmare himself is actually seen in only one panel, but his presence is felt throughout issue, which mostly takes place in his realm.	demon	[haunts dreams of others]		149
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 16, panel 4)  newspaper headline accompanied by photo of Spider-Man: "Spider Menace"	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 16, panel 4)  newspaper headline accompanied by photo of Silver Surfer: "Surfer Resigns"	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (photo/picture/video, pg. 16, panel 4)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017

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