The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #23 (May 2009)
by Dan Slott, Khoi Pham, Allen Martinez, Danny Miki

The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #23

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Dan Slott
Art by: Khoi Pham, Allen Martinez, Danny Miki

53 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 Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
The Wasp (Hank Pym)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Vision	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Edwin Jarvis	Anglican	The Avengers (staff)		669
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Stature (Cassie Lang)		A-Next; Mighty Avengers...  Young Avengers		137
Loki	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Mighty Avengers (founder)...  The Cabal; The Liberators		696
U.S. Agent (John Walker)	Evangelical Protestant	Force Works; Omega Flight...  S.T.A.R.S.; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Jury		333
Jocasta	N.A.	Initiative: Mavericks; The Avengers		142
Amadeus Cho		Mighty Avengers; Renegades		31
Modred the Mystic (Modred)	sorcerer	Darkhold Redeemers [emissary of Chthon]		39
unnamed Lovecraftian monster	N.A.	[giant mass of living tentacles; created by chaos god]		1
Chthon	Elder God	Elder Gods; Gods of Pre-Cataclysmic Era		13
Bova	uplifted animal	cattle; New Men		42
Thor (Donald Blake) (9-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Patriot (Eli Bradley) (2-panel cameo)		black; Young Avengers		114
Speed (Thomas Shepherd) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers		52
Hulkling (Teddy Altman) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers		123
Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) (2-panel cameo)	Reform Judaism	Young Avengers		106
Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) (2-panel cameo)		Young Avengers		131
Heimdall (2-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	[The Royal Court of Asgard; Sentry of Asgard]		330
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (1-panel cameo)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers		430
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (1-panel cameo)	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
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (1-panel cameo)	Anglican (nominal); mystical	Excalibur		365
Captain America (Bucky Barnes) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) (1-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish	Alpha Flight; Omega Flight		327
Guardian (Michael Pointer) (1-panel cameo)		Dark X-Men; Omega Flight		41
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Red Guardian (Anton) (1-panel cameo)		The Soviet Super-Soldiers		9
Crimson Dynamo (Vadim) (1-panel cameo)		Code Red; The Soviet Super-Soldiers		9
Darkstar (Sasha) (1-panel cameo)		The Soviet Super-Soldiers		8
Volstagg the Enormous (Volstagg) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	The Warriors Three		358
Fandral the Dashing (Fandral) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	The Warriors Three		391
Hogun the Grim (Hogun) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	The Warriors Three		357
Spitfire (Jacqueline Falsworth) (1-panel cameo)		MI-13; The Hellfire Club...  The Invaders; V-Battalion		127
Thundra (1-panel cameo)	female supremacist (Femizonian)	Code Red; Grapplers...  Lady Liberators; The Avengers; The Frightful Four [Empress of Femizonia; member of alt. universe Avengers]		88
Sam (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[neighbor of Asgard in Oklahoma; watched Thor fly home]		1
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (mentioned)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Skrulls (mentioned)	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
The Grandmaster (En Dwi Gast) (mentioned)	quasi-cosmic entity w/ personal obsession	Elders of the Universe		71
Demogorge (Atum) (mentioned)	Terran god; Egyptian deity	God Squad [Egyptian sun god]		7
Chris Daughtry (mentioned)	Protestant	[American Idol 4th-place finalist]		26
Magda (mentioned)	Gypsy/Roma	[Magneto's wife; mother of Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch]		19
H.P. Lovecraft (mentioned)	atheist	[writer]		40
Shaper of Worlds (mentioned)	pseudo-cosmic entity	[reality manipulator; was a Skrull Cosmic Cube]		8
Korvac (Michael Korvac) (mentioned)		Intimidators (leader); Prime Mover's minions [born 2977 A.D.; would-be universal conqueror]		17

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