Religion and Characters in
Ms. Marvel (vol. 2) #45 (Nov. 2009):
“War of the Marvels: Variations in Tactics”
by Brian Reed, Philippe Briones

16 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.
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (lead character)	Protestant	U.S. Air Force; NASA  Avengers; Starjammers; Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Mighty Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (lead character)	Buddhist	Masters of Evil; Femizons  Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers		235
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
Storytellers		[batch of 24 MODOK babies living in jars]		3
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (only on cover)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Ares (only on cover)	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Mighty Avengers  Dark Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) (only on cover)	manifestly non-religious	Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Spider-Man Revenge League; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter) (only on cover)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (only on cover)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) (only on cover)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
H.A.M.M.E.R. (7-panel cameo)		H.A.M.M.E.R.		207
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (mentioned & on cover)	angel	Avengers; New Avengers  Mighty Avengers; Dark Avengers		260
A.I.M. (mentioned)	Scientism	A.I.M.		390
Skrulls (mentioned)	Skrull religion			344
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) (mentioned)	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199
Chewie (mentioned)	N.A.	[Ms. Marvel's pet cat; named after Star Wars character]		4

An alternative form of this story's title is: “War of the Marvels, Chapter Four: Variations in Tactics”. Webpage for Ms. Marvel #45 (Nov. 2009) created 26 September 2009. Last modified 11 December 2009.
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