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Religion and Characters in
The Marvels Project #3 (Dec. 2009)
by Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting

The Marvels Project #3

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Dec 2009

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Ed Brubaker

Art by: Steve Epting


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.
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Invaders; All-Winners Squad 
[Atlantis]
Marvel 1,864
Nazis Nazis villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[Germany. generic WWII Nazis] Timely Marvel, etc. 4,222
The Angel The Angel (Thomas Halloway) hero
  All-Winners Squad; V-Battalion 
[founder, leader of Scourge Program]
Timely Marvel 129
Human Torch Human Torch (Jim Hammond) hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Timely Atlas, etc. 497
Soldier of Fortune Soldier of Fortune (John Steele)
(7-panel cameo, pg. 22-23)
hero
  U.S. Army
[invulnerable heroic soldier in World War 1]
Timely Marvel 2
Nick Fury Nick Fury
(6-panel cameo, pg. 5-6)
hero
CBR Scale: U secular
Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Marvel 1,898
Professor Hamilton (Major Albrecht Kerfoot)
(6-panel cameo, pg. 3-4)
villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[Germany] Marvel 1
Happy Sam Happy Sam (Samuel Sawyer)
(6-panel cameo, pg. 5-6)
hero
  U.S. Army; Howling Commandos  Marvel 69
General
(6-panel cameo, pg. 3-4)
supporting character
  U.S. Army
[enlisted help from "Professor Hamilton" (Kerfoot)]
Marvel 1
Kermit Roosevelt Kermit Roosevelt
(4-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1-4)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian
[son of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt; advisor to his cousin FDR] Marvel 4
Hans
(4-panel cameo, pg. 21, panel 2-5)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[Germany. experimented on murdered Atlantean corpses] Marvel 2
The Ferret The Ferret (Leslie Lenrow)
(4-panel cameo, pg. 2-3)
hero
  [writer; private investigator] Timely Marvel 2
Miss Portnoy
(4-panel cameo, pg. 2-3)
supporting character
  [Menaced by: Major Albrecht Kerfoot] Marvel 1
Nosey
(3-panel cameo, pg. 2-3)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[trained ferret] Timely Marvel 2
Professor Abraham Erskine Professor Abraham Erskine
(1-panel cameo, pg. 23, panel 4)
supporting character scientist
  [creator of the Super-Soldier Serum] Marvel 96
Josie Josie
(1-panel cameo, pg. 11, panel 1)
supporting character
  [Daredevil often beat up patrons at her bar to get info] Marvel 13
Electro Electro (Professor Philo Zog)
(mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 20, panel 3, 5)
hero based on a real person
CBR Scale: U Latter-day Saint
FBI; The Twelve (Timely) Timely Marvel 6
Atlanteans Atlanteans
(mentioned, pg. 1)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
  Marvel DC 165
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler
(mentioned, pg. 1, 5-6)
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[Germany] Timely Marvel, etc. 1,593
Uncle Sam Uncle Sam
(mentioned, pg. 1, 4)
hero
  [from American folklore] Marvel 17
Red Hargrove Red Hargrove
(mentioned, pg. 1, 5)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I Protestant
[stunt flyer fiend of Nick Fury before WWII] Marvel 5
Sky Devils Sky Devils
(mentioned, pg. 6)
hero
  Sky Devils
[trio of heroic WWII aviators, incl. Capt. K-4]
Timely Marvel 4
The Phantom Bullet The Phantom Bullet (Allan Lewis)
(mentioned, pg. 9-11)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
[WWII-era hero] Timely Marvel 2
unnamed housekeeper
(mentioned, pg. 2-3)
supporting character
  [killed by her employer when she learns he is a Nazi] Marvel 1