Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 1) #21 (July 1969):
“The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman

Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 1) #21

Title: “The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1969

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman

22 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.
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Giant-Man (Hank Pym)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
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
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
Rick Jones		Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  The Teen Brigade (leader)		572
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (3-panel cameo, pg. 3-4)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (3-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 2-4)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (3-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 3-5)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (2-panel cameo, pg. 2-3)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards) (2-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 3-4)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (2-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 3-4)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (2-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 3, 5)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (2-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 3-4)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
The Teen Brigade (2-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 6-7)		[helpful young ham radio operators]		42
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (1-panel cameo, pg. 3, panel 2)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Jane Foster (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 6)		Secret Avengers (staff) [nurse/girlfriend of Donald Blake (Thor)]		341
Hercules (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 5)  Quote: "Seconds later, the massive Herculean body [of the Hulk] is bombarded by a blast of blinding Gamma rays..."	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Ben Hur (Judah Ben-Hur) (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 5)  Wasp (to Hank Pym, a.ka. Ant-Man): "Know something, handsome? You look like the poor man's Ben Hur on that silly ant!"	Jewish; Christian (convert)	[gladiator; merchant...]	Harper & Brothers	10

This comic was reprinted from: The Avengers (vol. 1) #3 (Jan. 1964): "The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!".

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