The Avengers (vol. 1) #22 (Nov. 1965):
“The Road Back”
by Stan Lee, Don Heck, Wally Wood

The Avengers (vol. 1) #22

Title: “The Road Back”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1965

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Don Heck, Wally Wood

33 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.
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Power Man (Erik Josten)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Initiative...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions; The Defenders; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		197
Enchantress (Amora)	Norse/Teutonic deity (Asgardian)	Asgardian; Lady Liberators (founder)...  Mandarin's Minions; The Masters of Evil		264
Ringmaster (Maynard Tiboldt)		Circus of Crime		106
NYPD		[police department]		1,396
Strong Man (Bruce Olafsen)		Circus of Crime		26
The Great Gambonnos (Ernesto and Luigi Gambonno)		Circus of Crime		52
Human Cannonball (Jack Pulver)		Circus of Crime; Hood's Army		57
Princess Python (Zelda DuBois)		Circus of Crime; Femizons...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad		93
Clown (Eliot Franklin)		Circus of Crime; Gamma Corps...  Masters of Menace		72
Robert F. Wagner	Catholic	[mayor]		8
The Avengers		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
Circus of Crime
The New York City Council		[council member]		1
Mr. Sullivan		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #22 (Nov. 1965)]		1
Flaherty	Catholic	NYPD		1
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Giant-Man (Hank Pym) (1-panel cameo)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
Awesome Android (1-panel cameo)  The reference to Iron Man's whereabouts is to his battle against the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android in Tales of Suspense #72.	N.A.	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heavy Metal		87
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (on T-shirt)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (on T-shirt)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (on T-shirt)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards) (on T-shirt)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Fantastic Four (on T-shirt)		[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)]		100
The Mad Thinker (Dr. Jose Santini) (behind the scenes)  The reference to Iron Man's whereabouts is to his battle against the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android in Tales of Suspense #72.		Triumvirate of Terror (leader)		108
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (mentioned)  The mention of Giant-Man and Wasp's whereabouts being a mystery is referring to the fact that Giant-Man and Wasp have not regularly appeared in Tales to Astonish.	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (mentioned)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Forbush Man (Irving Forbush) (mentioned)		New Paramounts [forgotten super-hero with vast super-powers]		3
William Shakespeare (mentioned)	Catholic/Anglican	[actor; poet...]		83

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for The Avengers #22 (Nov. 1965) created 1 December 2013. Last modified 3 February 2018.

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