The Avengers (vol. 1) #100 (June 1972):
“Whatever Gods There Be!”
by Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith, Joe Sinnott, Syd Shores

The Avengers (vol. 1) #100

Title: “Whatever Gods There Be!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 1972

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Barry Windsor-Smith, Joe Sinnott, Syd Shores

24 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)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Ant-Man (Hank Pym)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers		430
Vision	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Rick Jones		Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  The Teen Brigade (leader)		572
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Zeus (flashback)	Greco-Roman deity	Council of Godheads [supreme monarch of the Olympian gods]		283
Enchantress (Amora)	Norse/Teutonic deity (Asgardian)	Asgardian; Lady Liberators (founder)...  Mandarin's Minions; The Masters of Evil		264
Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)		Batroc's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions; The Avengers		73
Aragorn	N.A.	horse [winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
Black Knight (Sir Percy of Scandia)	Christian (medieval) and Druidism	Knights of the Round Table [served in King Arthur's army]		37
Bia	Greco-Roman classical religion	Olympian		4
Kratos	Greco-Roman classical religion (Olympian)	[guardsman]		4
Phoebus	Greco-Roman deity	[Gods of Olympus]		1
Satrys	Greco-Roman classical religion	[half-man, half-goat beings]		5

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for The Avengers #100 (June 1972) created 7 November 2012. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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