Religion and Characters in
The Champions (vol. 1) #3 (Feb. 1976):
“Assault on Olympus”
by Tony Isabella, Bill Mantlo, George Tuska, Vince Colletta

15 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.
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; X-Factor; The Twelve (mutants); Secret Defenders		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Defenders  Champions (of Los Angeles); X-Factor; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Academy of Tomorrow; Renegades; X-Force; X-Club		1,741
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Champions (of Los Angeles); Avengers  Marvel Knights; Ultimates; Lady Liberators; Mighty Avengers [Russia]		1,789
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Avengers; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Heroes for Hire; Renegades; Mighty Avengers [Greece]		1,029
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Champions (of Los Angeles); Midnight Sons		306
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Mighty Avengers  Dark Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Zeus	Greco-Roman deity	Council of Godheads [supreme monarch of the Olympian gods]		283
Queen Hippolyta	Greco-Roman classical religion deity	Justice Society of America; All-Star Squadron  Justice League		362
Pluto (Hades)	Greco-Roman deity; Cult of Hades	Olympus Group; League of Avengers [god of Death]	/ Portal	148
Bacchus (Dionysus)	Greco-Roman deity	[God of Wine]	/ Harrier Comics, etc.	68
Venus (Aphrodite)	Greco-Roman deity			205
The Huntsman (Cephalus)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Olympus Group		4
The Mutates		[mutated race of men Pluto brought from alternate future]		4
Menoetius (flashback cameo)	Greco-Roman classical religion			2
Thog (behind the scenes)	demon; Satanism	[ 1st app: "Night of the Nether-Spawn" in Adventure Into Fear #11 (Nov. 1972) ]		27

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