The Avengers (vol. 1) #269 (July 1986):
“The Once and Future Kang!”
by Roger Stern, John Buscema, Tom Palmer

The Avengers (vol. 1) #269

Title: “The Once and Future Kang!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1986

Publisher:
Written by: Roger Stern
Art by: John Buscema, Tom Palmer

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.
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
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
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (flashback)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (flashback)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (flashback)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards) (flashback)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers		430
Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)		black; Nextwave...  The Avengers		256
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (flashback)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Kang (Nathaniel Richards)		Council of Kangs [born in 31th century]		274
Immortus (Nathaniel Richards)		Legion of Unliving (leader) [ruler of Limbo; pharaoh]		12
Rama-Tut (Nathaniel Richards) (flashback)	Egyptian classical religion	[pharaoh; time-traveler]		12
Ravonna		Council of Kangs; The Anachronauts [co-ruler of Chronopolis; consort of Kang]		10

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