Marvel Knights Spider-Man #5 (Oct. 2004):
“Venomous: Part One”
by Mark Millar, Frank Cho

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #5

Title: “Venomous: Part One”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2004

Publisher:
Written by: Mark Millar
Art by: Frank Cho

38 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.
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (lead character)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Mary Jane Watson	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
Black Cat (Felicia Hardy)	Catholic	Heroes for Hire		374
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
John F. Kennedy International Airport (details)  Scene on first two pages of story takes place at JFK International Airport.		[1st app: Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #55 (July 1964)]		10
Don Fortunato (Vincente Fortunato) (5-panel cameo, pg. 2-3)  picked Eddie Brock up at airport		HYDRA; Maggia		23
Venom (Eddie Brock) (3-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 1-3)	Catholic	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Sinister Six...  Toxin		416
Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (1-panel cameo, pg. 1, panel 1)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 2, panel 1)  (pg. 16) Spider-Man (to man he is helping to change a flat tire): "I don't believe this. What kinda vibe do I give off? You think this ever happens to Captain America?"	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Richard Deen (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 2, panel 1)  name on sign held up by driver at airport	indeterminate	[name seen on driver's sign for passenger pickup at airport]		1
Marc Nathan (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 2, panel 1)  name on sign held up by driver at airport	indeterminate	[name seen on driver's sign for passenger pickup at airport]		1
Mike McSwiggin (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 2, panel 1)  name on sign held up by driver at airport	indeterminate	[name seen on driver's sign for passenger pickup at airport]		2
Mike (business/store name, pg. 20, panel 5)	indeterminate	[business owner; restaurateur]		1
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 2)  Spider-Man (narrating): "This feels more like I'm fighting the Hulk than a guy who got his first Ph.D. while his buddies were in grade school."	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Mary Jane (to Spider-Man): "Matt Murdock called and said he'll do anything he can to help. Nick Fury left a message, too..."	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 2)  Peter Parker: "Any word from Stephen Strange." Mary Jane Watson: "Just that he's tried everything he can think of and even he can't find a trace of her [Aunt May] anywhere."	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Nick Fury (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Mary Jane (to Spider-Man): "Matt Murdock called and said he'll do anything he can to help. Nick Fury left a message, too, and said he's arranged for one of the X-Men's psychics to see you tomorrow."	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 2)  Spider-Man (narrating): "Right now, I'm in a deep delta-wave dream about Johnny Storm's old flame from the Inhumans..."	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Aunt May (mentioned)  references throughout issue	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
J. Jonah Jameson (mentioned, pg. 7, panels 2-3)  Mary Jane Watson: "J. Jonah Jameson is offering five million bucks to anyone who identifies the guy in the picture. He's offering a reward for Spider-Man's secret identity." Peter Parker: "What? Again?" Mary Jane: "The whole city's going nuts about it, Peter. It's all over the news and Jameson's on every channel grinning like a Cheshire cat."	hates Spider-Man	[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (mentioned, pg. 10, panels 3-5)  Mary Jane: "Okay, Doctor Octopus, the Vulture, the Scorpion, the Shocker, Electro and Sandman don't know you from Adam, right? But the Green Goblin knows the truth. What about him?" Peter Parker: "Actually, he was my first choice, but Osborn was in police custody when Aunt May disappeared, so there's no way he could have done this." [more]	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (mentioned, pg. 1, 6, 10, etc.)  (pg. 1) Aunt May is missing, kidnapped by an old foe [Mac Gargan] who has discovered Spider-Man's secret identity and is using this knowledge to destroy him.; Mary Jane Watson (to Spider-Man): "Okay, Doctor Octopus, the Vulture, the Scorpion, the Shocker, Electro and Sandman don't know you from Adam... But the Green Goblin knows the truth." [more]	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Sandman (Flint Marko) (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 3)  Mary Jane Watson (to Spider-Man): "Okay, Doctor Octopus, the Vulture, the Scorpion, the Shocker, Electro and Sandman don't know you from Adam, right? But the Green Goblin knows the truth. What about him?"		Intruders (leader); Next Wave...  Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Avengers; The Frightful Four; Wild Pack		388
Electro (Max Dillon) (mentioned, pg. 1, 7, 10)  (pg. 1) Aunt May is missing, kidnapped by an old foe... Frustrated... Spider-Man has been led on a wild goose-chase around New York by The Owl and left for dead after a confrontation with both The Vulture and Electro.; (pg. 7) Mary Jane Watson: "Your face is too beaten up from Electro to be identified." [more]		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Hood's Army; Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Frightful Four		274
The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors) (mentioned, pg. 14, panel 1)  Mary Jane Watson: "I just didn't want you to worry with the little stuff, Peter. Not when you had all the big things to worry about, like Venom and the Lizard and all those guys who were trying to kill you. Taking care of the money stuff was the one thing I had to do, y'know?"	Catholic	Sinister Twelve; U.S. Army		318
Harry Osborn (mentioned, pg. 10, panels 4-5)  Mary Jane: "What about Harry Osborn?" Peter: "Harry's dead, MJ" Mary Jane: "Yeah, I know, but we all thought Norman was dead for a long time, too. Haven't you noticed the way our social circle kinda has a habit of coming back?" Peter: "No, not this time... I saw them put Harry in the ground. This definitely isn't him. Trust me."	resurrected	[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son]		607
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff) (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 2)  Spider-Man (narrating): "Right now, I'm in a deep delta-wave dream about Johnny Storm's old flame from the Inhumans..."	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		531
Shocker (Herman Schultz) (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 3)  Mary Jane Watson (to Spider-Man): "Okay, Doctor Octopus, the Vulture, the Scorpion, the Shocker, Electro and Sandman don't know you from Adam, right? But the Green Goblin knows the truth. What about him?"		Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate...  Sinister Twelve; The Masters of Evil		157
Anna Watson (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 2)  Peter Parker: "What about your Aunt Anna?" Mary Jane Watson: "I just said we'd sent May on a surprise vacation, so we were sending her on one, too. Just to get her out of the way for a couple of weeks."		[Mary Jane Watson's aunt]		206
Adam (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 3)  Mary Jane Watson (to Spider-Man): "Okay, Doctor Octopus, the Vulture, the Scorpion, the Shocker, Electro and Sandman don't know you from Adam, right? But the Green Goblin knows the truth. What about him?"	Judeo-Christian	[first man]	various	38
The Owl (Leland Owlsley) (mentioned, pg. 1, 7)  Quote: "Aunt May is missing, kidnapped by an old foe... Frustrated... Spider-Man has been led on a wild goose-chase around New York by The Owl and left for dead after a confrontation with both The Vulture and Electro... He would never have survived without... The Black Cat, but can she be trusted when she has such close links with The Owl? [more]"		Gang of Four [led his own criminal gang]		135
Tinkerer (Phineas T. Mason) (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2)  Eddie Brock: "...just... make a call to whoever it is that's funding this little enterprise. Tell them I want strawberries and champagne cooling in the fridge..." The Tinkerer is the person funding this "enterprise" (the auction of the Venom symbiote), although this fact will not be revealed until the next issue.		[serves the underworld]		104
John F. Kennedy (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Quote: "JFK International Airport" Scene on first two pages of story takes place at "JFK International Airport"	Catholic	[U.S. President]		521
Sergei Rachmaninoff (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2)  Eddie Brock: "...just... make a call to whoever it is that's funding this little enterprise. Tell them I want strawberries and champagne cooling in the fridge, the suite sprinkled with rose petals, and Rachmaninoff playing gently in the elevator. No sense making my last few days on Earth any more unpleasant than they have to be, right?"	Russian Orthodox	[composer; musician]		8
The Cheshire Cat (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 3)  Mary Jane Watson: "The whole city's going nuts about it, Peter. It's all over the news and Jameson's on every channel grinning like a Cheshire cat."	anthropomorphic animal	cat	Macmillan , etc.	53
Saul Fischer (mentioned, pg. 6, panels 4-5)  Peter Parker (seeing photo of himself, partially unmasked, in newspaper - a photo taken by hospital orderly Saul Fischer and sold to the Daily Bugle): "Oh God. Where did they get this?" Mary Jane Watson: "I dunno. Somebody at the hospital, I guess."		[sold photo of Spider-Man's unmasked face to J.J.Jameson]		2
Courteney Cox (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 5)  motorist (who was being helped by Spider-Man to change a tire, but didn't stop when Doctor Octopus went by, prompting Spider-Man to toss the car): "You skinny little piece of crap! You look like Courtney Cox in that friggin' costume!"	Episcopalian	[played Monica Geller on sitcom "Friends"]		89
Stephen Hawking (mentioned, pg. 19, panel 4)  Spider-Man (to Doctor Octopus, who is rampaging in NYC): "What's got you backed up, Sweetie? Last page missing from the new Stephen Hawking book?"	atheist	[physicist; professor]		57

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