Religion and Characters in
The Man-Thing (vol. 2) #11 (July 1981):
“Hell’s Gate!”
by Chris Claremont, Val Mayerik, Bob Wiacek

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.
Man-Thing (Ted Sallis) (lead character)		Daydreamers; Legion of Monsters  S.H.I.E.L.D.; U.S. Army [Guardian of the Nexus of Realities]		176
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Defenders; The Order  Illuminati; Midnight Sons; The Avengers; Secret Defenders		1,687
Clea	occult	Defenders [disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]		222
Jimaine Szardos (Amanda Sefton)	Gypsy/Roma; sorceress	X-Men; Excalibur [Germany]		117
Wong	Tibetan Buddhism; occult	[Tibet. house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Jennifer Kale	occult; Cult of Zhered-Na (priestess)	Legion of Night; Witches		68
Jim Shooter		[comic book writer; editor]		2
Thog	demon; Satanism	[ 1st app: "Night of the Nether-Spawn" in Adventure Into Fear #11 (Nov. 1972) ]		27
Dakimh the Enchanter (Dakimh)	Cult of Zhered-Na; Atlantean (pre-Cataclysmic); sorcerer; later a ghost	[Atlantis. Jennifer Kale's mentor]		15
Joshua Kale	Cult of Zhered-Na (High Priest)	[grandfather of Jennifer Kale]		10
The Congress of Realities	Agents of the Living Tribunal	[organization of all nexus guardians in the multiverse]		5
Khordes	wizard/satyr	[ 1st app: (mentioned) Man-Thing (vol. 1) #13 (Jan. 1975); (full) Man-Thing (vol. 1) #14 (Feb. 1975) ]		6
John Daltry	cursed (temporarily)	[sheriff of Citrusville (near Man-Thing's swamp)]		7
Barbie Bannister		[briefly was partner of John Kowalski/Death, formerly rich]		5
John Kowalski	ghost	U.S. Marines [Poland. agent of Death]		11
Chris Claremont		[briefly became a Man-Thing]		7
Louise Simonson		[comic book writer; editor]		4
Danny Fingeroth		[comic book writer; editor]		5
Sally Rovere				1
Margali of the Winding Way (Margali Szardos)	Gypsy/Roma sorceress	der Jahrmacht; Shadow Hunters  Hellfire Club [France. Nightcrawler's adoptive mother]		35
Lark (cameo)		[Chris Claremont's girlfriend]		1

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