Assault on New Olympus Prologue #1 (Jan. 2010)
by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, Rodney Buchemi

Assault on New Olympus Prologue #1

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 2010

Publisher:
Written by: Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente
Art by: Rodney Buchemi

54 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.
Hercules (lead character)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Amadeus Cho		Mighty Avengers; Renegades		31
Athena	Greco-Roman deity	[Goddess of Wisdom and War; Gods of Olympus]		2
Hera	Greco-Roman deity	Olympus Group [Queen of the Olympian gods; Gods of Olympus]		28
Hebe	Greco-Roman deity	[wife of Hercules; youngest daughter of Zeus and Hera]		2
F.E.A.S.T.	religious/ethical	[philanthropic charity of Martin Li (Mr. Negative)]		7
Venus (Aphrodite) (9-panel cameo, pg. 5-6)	Greco-Roman deity	[1st app: Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #1 (Summer 1942)]		205
Zeus (7-panel cameo)	Greco-Roman deity	Council of Godheads [supreme monarch of the Olympian gods]		283
Jocasta (6-panel cameo, pg. 10, panels 1-6)	N.A.	Initiative: Mavericks; The Avengers		142
White (5-panel cameo, pg. 5-6)	Greco-Roman classical religion	[one of Aphrodite's boy toys]		1
The Wasp (Hank Pym) (4-panel cameo, pg. 11, panels 1-5)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
U.S. Agent (John Walker) (4-panel cameo, pg. 11, panels 1-5)	Evangelical Protestant	Force Works; Omega Flight...  S.T.A.R.S.; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Jury		333
Mikaboshi (4-panel cameo, pg. 2-3, 7, 30)	Shinto deity; demon	Kami [god of evil]		15
Red (4-panel cameo, pg. 5-6)	Native American; Greco-Roman classical religion	Native American [one of Aphrodite's boy toys]		1
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (3-panel cameo, pg. 11, panels 3-5)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Typhon (3-panel cameo, pg. 4, 8)	Greco-Roman deity	Giants of Olympus; Olympus Group [monstrous son of Gaea and Tartarus]		11
Aunt May (2-panel cameo, pg. 9, 32)	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
Sharra (2-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 1-2)	Shi'ar deity	[1st app: X-Men (vol. 1) #107 (Oct. 1977)]		7
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1-panel cameo, pg. 30, panel 2)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (1-panel cameo, pg. 30, panel 2)	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
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (1-panel cameo, pg. 33, panel 1)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Ares (1-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 1)	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (1-panel cameo, pg. 33, panel 1)	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		353
Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (1-panel cameo, pg. 30, panel 2)	N.A.	Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  The All-Winners Squad; The Invaders; V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers		497
Gaia (Gaea) (1-panel cameo, pg. 29, panel 1)	Gaian	Kami	, etc.	33
Pluto (Hades) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 2)	Greco-Roman deity; Cult of Hades	League of Avengers; Olympus Group [god of Death]	Portal Comics	148
Phobos (Alex Aaron) (1-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 1)	ethnically half Greco-Roman deity	Secret Warriors [son of Ares]		7
K'ythri (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 1)	Shi'ar deity	[1st app: X-Men (vol. 1) #107 (Oct. 1977)]		7
Chronus (1-panel cameo, pg. 29, panel 2)	Greco-Roman deity	Titans of Olympus [father of Zeus]		3
The Huntsman (Cephalus) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 2)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Olympus Group		4
Delphyne Gorgon (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 2)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Gorgon; Olympus Group [queen of Amazons; romantic interest of Amadeus Cho]		9
Kirby (1-panel cameo, pg. 1)	N.A.	coyote [Amadeus Cho's pet coyote pup]		7
Black Panther (T'Challa) (photo/picture/video, pg. 11, panel 1)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (photo/picture/video, pg. 11, panel 1)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Thor (Donald Blake) (visual reference, pg. 6, panel 1)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Mary Jane Watson (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 5)	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
J. Jonah Jameson (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 3)	hates Spider-Man	[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (mentioned, pg. 19, panel 5)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Brotherhood of Mutants; Excalibur...  Exemplars; The Exiles; X-Men		387
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (mentioned, pg. 26, panel 3)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors) (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 1)	Catholic	Sinister Twelve; U.S. Army		318
Venus (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 4)  Aphrodite (goddess): "As if that weren't enough, I have discovered there is an impostor operating..."	Greco-Roman classical religion	Agents of Atlas; Siren		85
Bacchus (Dionysus) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Athena: "Apollo refuses to get involved. 'Wait and see,' he says. Bah! Artemis does whatever Apollo	Greco-Roman deity	Olympian [God of Wine]	Harrier Comics, etc.	68
Alcmena (mentioned, pg. 1)  Quote: "And the god Zeus did father a child with a mortal woman. The boy would become a champion... Hercules"	Greco-Roman classical religion	[mother of Hercules (with Zeus)]		4
Apollo (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Athena: "Apollo refuses to get involved. 'Wait and see,' he says. Bah! Artemis does whatever Apollo	Greco-Roman deity	League of Avengers [God of Light, Music, Poetry, Medicine and Science]	Portal Comics	5
Artemis (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Athena: "Apollo refuses to get involved. 'Wait and see,' he says. Bah! Artemis does whatever Apollo	Greco-Roman deity	[Goddess of the hunt; Gods of Olympus]		4
Jocasta (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 3)  Hercules (introducing Zeus to the robotic Avenger Jocasta): "Zeus, this is Jocasta -- Don't let the	Greco-Roman classical religion	[mother of Oedipus]		1
Phillip Cho (mentioned, pg. 1)  Quote: "Someone tried to kill Cho, but killed his parents instead."		Asian [father of Amadeus Cho]		1
Helen Cho (mentioned, pg. 1)  Quote: "Someone tried to kill Cho, but killed his parents instead."		Asian [mother of Amadeus Cho]		1
Pythagoras Dupree (mentioned, pg. 5, 8)  Athena: "My champion, Amadeus Cho, has uncovered evidence that Hera's human slave, Pythagoras Dupree		[scientist]		2
Ferris Bueller (mentioned, pg. 27, panel 1)		[high school student]		15
Ouranos (mentioned, pg. 30, panel 2)  Hera: "The first era of man, The Golden Age, began when the sky, Uranus, cast fertile rains down on	Greco-Roman deity	Olympian; Titans of Olympus [father of Titans]		2
Lycaon (mentioned, pg. 29, panel 3)  Hera: "The men of the Silver Age ignored the gods, but at least they did not make war against each o	Greco-Roman classical religion	[served own son in a stew to Zeus, angering Zeus]		1

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