New Thunderbolts #2 (Jan. 2005):
“The Games People Play”
by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, Tom Grummett, Gary Erskine

New Thunderbolts #2

Title: “The Games People Play”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 2005

Publisher:
Written by: Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza
Art by: Tom Grummett, Gary Erskine

22 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.
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
HYDRA	HYDRA	[largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Atlanteans	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	[hidden race]		165
Atlas (Erik Josten)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Initiative...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions; The Defenders; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		197
MACH-IV (Abner Jenkins)		black; Initiative...  Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		152
Songbird (Melissa Joan Gold)	Jewish	Femizons; Grapplers...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		229
Joystick (Janice Olivia Yanizeski)		The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		45
Speed Demon (James Saunders)		Hood's Army; Sinister Syndicate...  Squadron Sinister; The Thunderbolts		86
Swordsman (Andreas von Strucker)	Nazi / white supremacist	Initiative; The Assembly of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; The Upstarts		128
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)		Hood's Army; Lethal Legion...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew (leader)		190
Bulldozer (Henry Camp)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  U.S. Army; Wrecking Crew		125
Piledriver (Brian Calusky)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Wrecking Crew		137
Baron Strucker (Wolfgang von Strucker)	Nazi; HYDRA (founder)	Blitzkrieg Squad (founder); HYDRA (leader)		130
Purple Man (Zebediah Killgrave)		Hood's Army [led own criminal gang; Purple Girl's father]		18
Polestar (Patrick Trettel)		[competed in Great Game]		1
Tremolo		[competed in Great Game]		1
The Referee		[official who observed "the Great Game"]		1
Skybox		[official affiliated with "the Great Game"]		1
Brie Larmer		[reporter]		3
Overmind (Grom) (behind the scenes)		The Defenders; Thunderbolts Army		41
Shakkoth (behind the scenes)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion; At'La'Tique	[High Priest of the Temple of Neptune]		9

This publication is also known as: Thunderbolts #83.

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