Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #8 (Feb. 1998):
“Revelations (Book One)”
by John Ostrander, Pasqual Ferry, Jaime Mendoza

Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #8

Title: “Revelations (Book One)”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1998

Publisher:
Written by: John Ostrander
Art by: Pasqual Ferry, Jaime Mendoza

29 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.
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers		430
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Iron Fist (Danny Rand)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
White Tiger	uplifted animal	Heroes for Hire; New Men...  tiger		22
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	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
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952
The Punisher (Frank Castle)	Catholic (former seminarian)	Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Secret Defenders; United States Marine Corps		1,893
Misty Knight		black; Heroes for Hire...  Metro College; Nightwing Restorations; NYPD		192
Jim Hammond	N.A.	Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  The All-Winners Squad; The Invaders; V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers		497
Jeryn Hogarth	Catholic	Heroes for Hire (founder)		55
Bambina Arbogast		Heroes for Hire (staff); Stark Industries		68
Exodus (Bennet du Paris)	Catholic (lapsed); mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Acolytes...  The Marauders		102
Thena (Azura)	Eternals religion	Eternals; Heroes for Hire...  New Breed		87
Scanner (Sarah Ryall)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes		45
Dark Angel (Deb and Don Ritter)	Eternal/Deviant hybrid; raised mostly in human family, partially among Eternals	Delta Force [synthesis of Thena and Kro's children; aided Avengers]		8
Lady of the Lake (Niamh)	Celtic goddess	[of Arthurian legend; empowered Black Knight]		11
The Master of the World (Eshu)	primal-indigenous; fundamentalist environmentalist	[would-be conqueror]		35
Strider	N.A.	horse [flying white horse Lady of Lake gave Black Knight]		18
Julio Montoya		Hispanic [hired Heroes for Hire (for $1) to protect amnesiac Punisher]		3
Unuscione (Carmella Unuscione) (cameo)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	Hispanic; The Acolytes...  The Marauders [daughter of Unus]		46
Fabian Cortez (cameo)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes; The Upstarts		70
Kleinstock Brothers (Sven and Harlan Kleinstock) (cameo)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes		28
D.W. Griffith (cameo)		[operated old move theater Luke Cage bought]		21
Maria Montoya (cameo)		Hispanic		1
Estefan (cameo)		Hispanic		1
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (mentioned)	repentant	A-Next; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Thunder Guard		120
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff) (mentioned)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		531
Onslaught (mentioned)		[dark side of Xavier and Magneto]		56
Yu-Huang (mentioned)	Chinese traditional religion deity	Council of Godheads; Xian [leader of Xian/Chinese gods]		6

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