Religion and Characters in
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 3) #1 (Jan. 2005):
“Golden Child: Part One”
by Robert Kirkman, Scott Kolins

33 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.
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (lead character)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (lead character)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
The Golden Child (Paul Patterson)		[student]		7
Roger Harrington		[Peter Parker's boss when he was a teacher]		10
Kyle Jacoby		[P.E. teacher; Peter Parker's co-worker]		6
Jean Bradley		[flirted with fellow teacher Peter Parker]		3
Mr. Patterson (cameo)		[accidentally killed by son, Paul Patterson]		1
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (only on cover)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (only on cover)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (only on cover)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (only on cover)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (only on cover)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (only on cover)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (only on cover)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (only on cover)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (only on cover)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (only on cover)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (only on cover)	Goddess worship	X-Men; Morlocks  The Twelve (mutants); X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Lady Liberators; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (only on cover)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Men; Excalibur  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem [Germany]		3,788
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (only on cover)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  X-Factor; West Coast Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers [Transia]		944
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (only on cover)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Avengers; Lady Liberators  West Coast Avengers; Ultimates; Mighty Avengers		1,339
Black Panther (T'Challa) (only on cover)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	Avengers; Fantastic Force		786
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (only on cover)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Champions (of Los Angeles); Avengers  Marvel Knights; Ultimates; Lady Liberators; Mighty Avengers [Russia]		1,789
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (only on cover)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Avengers; Heroes for Hire  Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway; Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (only on cover)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	U.S. Marines; CIA  West Coast Avengers; Marvel Knights		423
The Punisher (Frank Castle) (only on cover)	Catholic (former seminarian)	U.S. Marines; Marvel Knights  Secret Defenders; Code Red		1,170
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (only on cover)	repentant	Heroes for Hire; Avengers  Avengers (MC2); Thunder Guard		120
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (only on cover)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders  New Avengers		672
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (only on cover)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
X-23 (Laura Kinney) (only on cover)	religiously untrained	New X-Men; League of Losers  X-Force		190
Lockjaw (only on cover)	N.A.	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans  Pet Avengers [Attilan. teleporting dog; escort to Inhumans Royal Family]		257
Man-Thing (Ted Sallis) (only on cover)		U.S. Army; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Daydreamers; Legion of Monsters [Guardian of the Nexus of Realities]		176

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