Religion and Characters in
Secret Wars II #7 (Jan. 1986):
“Charge of the Dark Brigade!”
by Jim Shooter, Al Milgrom, Steve Leialoha

72 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 Beyonder (lead character)	cosmic entity; Inhuman religion	Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation [Attilan. Foe of: everybody]		100
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	X-Men; Morlocks  The Twelve (mutants); X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Lady Liberators; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Men; Excalibur  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem [Germany]		3,788
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	X-Men; Acolytes  Excalibur; Weapon X (Exiles) [Russia; USSR]		4,122
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	X-Men; Excalibur  S.H.I.E.L.D.; Exiles		3,128
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		3,526
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	New Mutants; X-Force  X-Men; X-Corporation; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Strike; Avengers		831
Mirage (Danielle Moonstar)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	New Mutants; Mutant Liberation Front  X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)	Presbyterian	New Mutants; X-Factor  Excalibur; X-Factor Investigations; X-Force [Scotland]		576
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta)	Catholic	New Mutants; Fallen Angels  X-Force; Mutant Liberation Front; X-Corporation; Hellfire Club; X-Ternals; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Strike; Young X-Men (teacher); Avengers [Brazil]		574
Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh)	Catholic; LGBT	New Mutants; 198  Academy of Tomorrow; X-Men [Vietnam]		260
Magma (Amara Aquilla)	Greco-Roman classical religion	New Mutants; Hellions  New Hellions; X-Corporation; 198		269
Magik (Illyana Rasputin)	occult/magick; demonolatry; raised Communist	New Mutants; Exiles [Russia]		450
Warlock	Technarchy religion (worships The Maker)	New Mutants; Fallen Angels  Excalibur		241
Cypher (Doug Ramsey)	Latter-day Saint	New Mutants; Academy of Tomorrow		113
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Acolytes; The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy [Foe of: X-Men (arch-enemy)]		916
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Council of the Chosen; Hellfire Club Inner Circle  Generation X (teacher); X-Men; Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men (leader)		3,409
The Abomination (Emil Blonsky)	Communist atheist	KGB; Home Base  Masters of Evil [Yugoslavia; Croatia; Russia. Foe of: Hulk (arch-enemy)]		180
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)		Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts  Redeemers; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth) [Germany]		142
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)		Wrecking Crew (leader); Masters of Evil  Lethal Legion; Hood's Army		190
Vanisher (Telford Porter)	mutant supremacist	Factor Three; Fallen Angels  The Enforcers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		90
Juggernaut (Cain Marko)	Christian (denomination unknown)	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Exemplars; Exiles (Ultraverse); Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		387
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)		Sinister Six; Masters of Evil  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Electro (Max Dillon)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve  Emissaries of Evil (Electro); Frightful Four; Doom's Brigade; Hood's Army		274
Vulture (Adrian Toomes)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff)	hunting	Sinister Six [Russia]		92
Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Sinister Syndicate [Russia]		305
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton)	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199
Graviton (Franklin Hall)		Hood's Army [Canada]		57
Kang (Nathaniel Richards)		Council of Kangs [born in 31th century]		274
Blob (Fred J. Dukes)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three  Freedom Force; X-Corps; X-Cell; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		403
Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley)		[businessperson; business owner...]		105
Galactus (Galan)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Ultron		Lethal Legion; Masters of Evil		459
Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel)	temporarily became follower of Thor	Masters of Evil		270
The Executioner (Skurge)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	Masters of Evil		110
Enchantress (Amora)	Norse/Teutonic deity (Asgardian)	Masters of Evil; Lady Liberators (founder)		264
Molecule Man (Owen Reece)		[nuclear plant worker]		76
Titania (Skeeter MacPherran)		Masters of Evil; Frightful Four  Femizons		100
Volcana (Marsha Rosenberg)	Jewish			36
Phoenix (Rachel Grey)	Episcopalian (born); future self: founder of Askani religion	X-Men; Excalibur  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Starjammers		358
Crimson Dynamo (Dimitri Bukharin)	Communist	KGB; Soviet Super-Soldiers  People's Protectorate [Russia]		36
Wizard (Bentley Wittman)		Frightful Four (leader); Wizard's Warriors (leader)  Hood's Army		202
Mephisto	Devil	Six-Fingered Hand		381
Baron Mordo (Karl Amadeus Mordo)	sorcerer	Offenders [Romania. Ancient One's former disciple; minion of Dormammu]		106
Silver Samurai (Kenuichio Harada)	Bushido	HYDRA; Big Hero 6 [Japan. Clan Yashida]		126
Ned Leeds		Daily Bugle [Betty Brant's late husband]		10
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)		Masters of Evil; Batroc's Brigade  Thunderbolts Army; Initiative [France]		129
Mole Man (Harvey Elder)		[ruler of much of Subterranea]		297
Blastaar		Frightful Four		97
Eternity	cosmic entity	Seven Friendless		84
Death	cosmic entity	[embodies death/mortality]		587
Grim Reaper (Eric Williams)		Maggia; Lethal Legion  HYDRA		98
Diablo (Esteban Diablo)	Alchemist; demonolatry	[Spain]		47
Living Laser (Arthur Parks)		Lethal Legion; Batroc's Brigade  Mandarin's Minions; Hood's Army		96
Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura)		Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Frightful Four  Team America		115
Anaconda (Blondie Sitznski)		Six Pack; Serpent Squad  Serpent Society; Femizons		67
Eon	cosmic entity	[embodiment of time; appoints protector of the universe]		9
The In-Betweener	cosmic entity	[1st app: Warlock (vol. 1) #10]		4
Living Tribunal	cosmic entity	[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #157]		8
Lord Chaos	cosmic entity	[embodiment of chaos; "metaphysical and abstract" being]		10
Master Order	cosmic entity	[force of nature]		5
Ed Strunk	religious	[sales executive; tried to make Beyonder into guru movement]		1
Bitterhorn	demon	[sent by Mephisto to recruit villains to fight Beyonder]		1
Clark Kent (cameo)	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Justice League; Super Friends  Daily Planet		12,271
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (vision)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Alicia Masters (vision)		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
Streczletski (vision)	prob. indeterminate	[Ben Grimm's coach]		1

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Secret Wars II #7 (Jan. 1986) created 2 December 2009. Last modified 25 April 2013.
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