The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #595 (July 2009):
“American Son: Part 1”
by Joe Kelly, Phil Jimenez, Andy Lanning

The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #595

Title: “American Son: Part 1”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Joe Kelly
Art by: Phil Jimenez, Andy Lanning

32 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
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
Aunt May	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
J. Jonah Jameson	hates Spider-Man	[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
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
Harry Osborn	resurrected	[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son]		607
J. Jonah Jameson Sr.	religious	[Aunt May's boyfriend; J. Jonah Jameson's father]		11
Menace (Lily Hollister)		black [Harry Osborn's girlfriend]		20
Rachel Pintern and friend (8-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[Harry Osborn, Peter Parker flirted with them in park]		1
Ben Urich (5-panel cameo)	Jewish	[reporter]		19
Norah Winters (5-panel cameo)		[Peter Parker's friend, co-worker]		6
Victoria Hand (4-panel cameo)	LGBT; Humanist	Dark Avengers (staff); H.A.M.M.E.R. [2nd in command under Osborn in H.A.M.M.E.R.]		108
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (1-panel cameo)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) (1-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (1-panel cameo)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Michelle Gonzales (1-panel cameo)		[briefly Peter Parker's roommate; Vin Gonzales' sister]		39
Vulture (Jimmy Natale) (1-panel cameo)		[first fought Spider-Man during "24/7" storyline]		6
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (mentioned)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
H.A.M.M.E.R. (mentioned)		[government agency]		207
Adolf Hitler (mentioned)	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
Satan (mentioned)	Devil	[generic Satan/Devil reference or appearance]	, etc.	1,024
Vin Gonzales (mentioned)		NYPD [Peter Parker's roommate; romantic rival]		30
George McFly (mentioned)		[father of time-travelling protagonist Marty]		3
Mother Teresa (mentioned)	Catholic nun	[1st app: Something Beautiful for God (1969)]		40
Carl Bernstein (mentioned)	Jewish	[broke Watergate story]		55
Bob Woodward (mentioned)		[broke Watergate story]		105
David (mentioned)	Jewish	[slew Goliath in Old Testament]		31
George W. Bush (mentioned)	Episcopalian (raised); United Methodist Church (convert)	[U.S. President]	, etc.	789
baby Osborn (mentioned)		[yet unborn child of Norman Osborn, Lily Hollister]		4
Brad Pitt (mentioned)	Southern Baptist (lapsed)	[actor]		229
George Clooney (mentioned)	Catholic	[actor]	Group W Productions	247

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