Iron Man (vol. 1) #178 (Jan. 1984):
“Once an Avenger, Always an Avenger!”
by Bob Harras, Luke McDonnell, Steve Mitchell

Iron Man (vol. 1) #178

Title: “Once an Avenger, Always an Avenger!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1984

Publisher:
Written by: Bob Harras
Art by: Luke McDonnell, Steve Mitchell

7 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.
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (someone disguised or dressed as)  pre-teen who role-plays and dresses as this character	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (someone disguised or dressed as)  pre-teen who role-plays and dresses as this character	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (someone disguised or dressed as)  pre-teen who role-plays and dresses as this character	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (someone disguised or dressed as)  pre-teen who role-plays and dresses as this character	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (someone disguised or dressed as)  pre-teen who role-plays and dresses as this character	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Vision (someone disguised or dressed as)  pre-teen who role-plays and dresses as this character	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (someone disguised or dressed as)  pre-teen who role-plays and dresses as this character	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952

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