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Religion and Characters in
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #7 (Nov. 1984):
“Berserker!”
by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, John Beatty

Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #7

Title: “Berserker!”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Nov 1984

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Jim Shooter

Art by: Mike Zeck, John Beatty


39 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.
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Marvel 9,358
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Weapon Plus; Invaders  Timely Marvel 5,992
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Avengers; Defenders  Marvel 4,551
Thor Thor (Donald Blake) hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Avengers; Thor Corps 
[Norway]
Marvel Image 4,362
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  Marvel 5,017
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five Marvel 4,393
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I humanist; believes in God
Avengers; Illuminati  Marvel 4,661
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: S Protestant; mutant supremacist
X-Men; X-Factor  Marvel 2,604
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier) hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 4,318
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes
atheist; has practiced
Buddhism; skeptical seeker
First Flight; Weapon Plus 
[Canada]
Marvel 8,823
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe) hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
X-Men; Morlocks  Marvel 5,068
Nightcrawler Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)
X-Men; Excalibur 
[Germany]
Marvel 3,788
Colossus Colossus (Peter Rasputin) hero
CBR Scale: I Communist atheist (former)
X-Men; Acolytes 
[Russia; USSR]
Marvel 4,122
Rogue Rogue (Anna Marie) hero
CBR Scale: S Southern Baptist
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Marvel 3,526
The Wasp The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) hero
CBR Scale: U Dutch Reformed (nominal);
atheist
Avengers; Lady Liberators  Marvel 1,339
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Clint Barton) hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Marvel 1,515
She-Hulk She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown) - nominal
Avengers; Heroes for Hire  Marvel 952
War Machine Iron Man (Jim Rhodes) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
U.S. Air Force; U.S. Marines  Marvel 389
Photon Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) hero
  Avengers; Nextwave Marvel 256
Magneto Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) villain hero scientist
CBR Scale: S Jewish; Gypsy/Roma
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men 
[Foe of: X-Men (arch-enemy)]
Marvel 916
Doctor Doom Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) villain scientist
CBR Scale: S Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism
Fearsome Four
[Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]
Marvel 1,176
Wrecker Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) villain
  Wrecking Crew (leader); Masters of Evil  Marvel 190
Bulldozer Bulldozer (Henry Camp) villain
  U.S. Army; Wrecking Crew  Marvel 125
Piledriver Piledriver (Brian Calusky) villain
  Wrecking Crew; Masters of Evil  Marvel 137
Thunderball Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) villain scientist
  Wrecking Crew; Masters of Evil  Marvel 151
Spider-Man Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) villain hero scientist
  Sinister Six; Masters of Evil  Marvel 1,006
The Lizard The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors) villain scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic
U.S. Army; Sinister Twelve Marvel 318
Arachne Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) hero
  West Coast Avengers; Force Works  Marvel 218
Galactus Galactus (Galan) villain
CBR Scale: M cosmic entity
Heralds of Galactus (leader) Marvel 537
Ultron Ultron villain
  Lethal Legion; Masters of Evil Marvel 220
Absorbing Man Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel) villain
CBR Scale: I temporarily became follower of
Thor
Masters of Evil Marvel 270
Enchantress Enchantress (Amora) villain
CBR Scale: M Norse/Teutonic deity
(Asgardian)
Masters of Evil; Lady Liberators (founder) Marvel 264
Molecule Man Molecule Man (Owen Reece) villain
  [nuclear plant worker] Marvel 76
Klaw Klaw (Ulysses Klaw) villain
  A.I.M.; Frightful Four 
[Netherlands]
Marvel 151
Titania Titania (Skeeter MacPherran) villain
  Masters of Evil; Frightful Four  Marvel 100
Volcana Volcana (Marsha Rosenberg) villain
CBR Scale: I Jewish
Marvel 36
Zsaji Zsaji supporting character
CBR Scale: S alien religion
[Colossus fell in love with her on Battleworld] Marvel 9
Spider-Woman Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
(mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1) 
hero
CBR Scale: I Wundagorian Transhumanism
(raised); HYDRA (former)
HYDRA; S.H.I.E.L.D. 
[England]
Marvel 353
The Beyonder The Beyonder
(mentioned, pg. 1-2)
villain
CBR Scale: I cosmic entity; Inhuman
religion
Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation
[Attilan. Foe of: everybody]
Marvel 100