The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #597 (Aug. 2009):
“American Son: Part 3”
by Joe Kelly, Marco Checchetto

The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #597

Title: “American Son: Part 3”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Joe Kelly
Art by: Marco Checchetto

26 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)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)	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
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Daken (Daken Akihiro)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Harry Osborn	resurrected	[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son]		607
Menace (Lily Hollister)		black [Harry Osborn's girlfriend]		20
Ares (4-panel cameo)	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Aunt May (3-panel cameo)	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
J. Jonah Jameson Sr. (3-panel cameo)	religious	[Aunt May's boyfriend; J. Jonah Jameson's father]		11
unnamed guard (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[infatuated with reporter Norah Winters (undercover as page)]		2
Washington (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[bald, bearded man of few words]		1
J. Jonah Jameson (1-panel cameo)	hates Spider-Man	[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (1-panel cameo)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) (1-panel cameo)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers; Kree [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (1-panel cameo)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Venom (Mac Gargan) (someone disguised or dressed as)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (mentioned)	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) (mentioned)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)	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
Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) (mentioned)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Norah Winters (mentioned)		[Peter Parker's friend, co-worker]		6
Vulture (Jimmy Natale) (mentioned)		[first fought Spider-Man during "24/7" storyline]		6
Julia Roberts (mentioned)	Christian (denomination unknown)	[actress]		144
baby Osborn (mentioned)		[yet unborn child of Norman Osborn, Lily Hollister]		4

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