Religion and Characters in
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #56 (Oct. 2009)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Stuart Immonen, Wade von Grawbadger

44 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	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Ronin (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)	Protestant	U.S. Air Force; NASA  Avengers; Starjammers; Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Mighty Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	Heroes for Hire; Defenders  Marvel Knights; New Avengers [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Captain America (Bucky Barnes)	Protestant (nominal)	Liberty Legion; Kid Commandos  All-Winners Squad; Invaders; Young Allies (Marvel); New Avengers		395
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Mighty Avengers  Dark Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Sentry (Bob Reynolds)	angel	Avengers; New Avengers  Mighty Avengers; Dark Avengers		260
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Masters of Evil; Femizons  Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers		235
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Spider-Man Revenge League; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	HYDRA; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Avengers; Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders; New Avengers; Lady Liberators [England]		353
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; New Avengers [Hawkeye's wife]		293
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)		Wrecking Crew (leader); Masters of Evil  Lethal Legion; Hood's Army		190
Bulldozer (Henry Camp)		U.S. Army; Wrecking Crew  Masters of Evil; Hood's Army		125
Piledriver (Brian Calusky)		Wrecking Crew; Masters of Evil  Hood's Army		137
Thunderball (Eliot Franklin)		Wrecking Crew; Masters of Evil  Hood's Army		151
The Hood (Parker Robbins)	demonolatry	Hood's Army (leader); The Cabal		159
Loki	Norse/Teutonic deity	Liberators; Mighty Avengers (founder)		696
Madame Masque (Whitney Frost)		Maggia (leader); Hood's Army [Italy]		146
Chemistro (Calvin Carr)		Hood's Army		13
Dr. Jonas Harrow		Roxxon; Hood's Army		20
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (only on cover)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss) (1-panel cameo)		Deep Six; Masters of Evil  Initiative; Offenders; Hood's Army		112
Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; The Rangers  Hood's Army		52
Mentallo (Marvin Flumm) (1-panel cameo)		HYDRA; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Resistants; MODOK's 11; Hood's Army		72
Mister Hyde (Calvin Zabo) (1-panel cameo)		Masters of Evil; Hood's Army		143
Mandrill (Jerome Beechman) (1-panel cameo)		Black Spectre; Mutant Force  Femme Force; Crossfire's Mind Control Gang; Hood's Army		61
Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton) (1-panel cameo)		Crime Wave; Thunderbolts Army  Initiative; Hood's Army		43
Crossfire (William Cross) (1-panel cameo)		CIA; Crossfire's Mind Control Gang (leader)  Hood's Army		53
Brothers Grimm (Percy and Barton Grimes) (1-panel cameo)		Night Shift; Hood's Army [Powers were briefly amplified by Satannish.]		34
Cutthroat (Danny Leighton) (1-panel cameo)		Skeleton Crew; Hood's Army [Diamondback's brother; was in "Savage Crims" gang]		44
Deathwatch ("Stephen Lords") (1-panel cameo)	demon	Deathspawn (leader); Hood's Army [member of The Translords]		32
Blackout (1-panel cameo)	Lilin; human-demon hybrid	The Firm; Lilin  Hood's Army		9
Blood Brothers (1-panel cameo)	alien	Hood's Army		5
Razor Fist (Douglas Scott) (1-panel cameo)		[mercenary; assassin...]		59
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (photo/picture/video)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm) (photo/picture/video)	Vodoun houngan	Heroes for Hire; Howling Commandos [Haiti]		110
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom) (photo/picture/video)	Catholic (former priest)	Defenders; Howling Commandos		207
Dormammu (photo/picture/video)	Faltine energy being; extra-dimensional mystic entity/powerful magic user	[Foe of: Dr. Strange (arch-enemy)]		170
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Hercules (mentioned)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Avengers; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Heroes for Hire; Renegades; Mighty Avengers [Greece]		1,029
H.A.M.M.E.R. (mentioned)		H.A.M.M.E.R.		207

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