Slapstick #1 (Nov. 1992):
“The Totally Awesome Origin of Slapstick!”
by Len Kaminski, James W. Fry III, Terry Austin

Slapstick #1

Title: “The Totally Awesome Origin of Slapstick!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1992

Publisher:
Written by: Len Kaminski
Art by: James W. Fry III, Terry Austin

21 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.
Slapstick (Steve Harmon) (lead character)	Anarchist	Counter Force; Initiative...  The New Warriors		24
Mr. Harmon		[Slapstick's father]		2
Mrs. Harmon		[Slapstick's mother]		2
Heather		[high school student]		1
Overkiller	anti-mutant	[mutant hunter]		2
Mike Peterson		[friend of Slapstick]		9
Don Winston		[high school student]		1
Overlord of Dimension X		[ruler; would-be conqueror]		1
Evil Clowns of Dimension X		[1st app: Slapstick #1 (Nov. 1992)]		1
Scientist Supreme of Dimension X	Scientism	[made Psychoradiatomic Mediocritizer, empowered Slapstick]		1
Peter Parker (cameo)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (cameo)  Most reference sources do not list this characters as appearing in this issue, suggesting that he does not actually appear or that this is a very small cameo.	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (cameo)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (cameo)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Punisher (Frank Castle) (cameo)  Most reference sources do not list this characters as appearing in this issue, suggesting that he does not actually appear or that this is a very small cameo.	Catholic (former seminarian)	Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Secret Defenders; United States Marine Corps		1,893
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Howard the Duck (Howard T. Duck) (cameo)	Catholic (raised)	Daydreamers; Duckworlder...  duck; The Defenders		105
The Watcher (Uatu) (cameo)	monotheist / Watcher religion, focusing on non-interference and observation	The Watchers		582
The Fantastic Four (cameo)		[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)]		100
Aunt May (only on cover)	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368

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