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The Avengers (vol. 1) #166 (Dec. 1977):
“Day of the Godslayer!”
by Jim Shooter, John Byrne, Pablo Marcos

The Avengers (vol. 1) #166

Title: “Day of the Godslayer!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1977

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Jim Shooter
Art by: John Byrne, Pablo Marcos

Number of Pages: 17


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.
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark) hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Thor Thor (Donald Blake) hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
Giant-Man Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) hero scientist
CBR Scale: U atheist
Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 1,543
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
The Wasp The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) hero
CBR Scale: U Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,339
Wonder Man Wonder Man (Simon Williams) hero
CBR Scale: I religious
Force Works; Galactic Guardians...  Marvel 788
Vision Vision hero
CBR Scale: MCBR Scale: I synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)
A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Marvel 1,393
Edwin Jarvis Edwin Jarvis supporting character
CBR Scale: U Anglican
The Avengers (staff) Marvel 669
Atlas Power Man (Erik Josten) villain hero
  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Initiative...  Marvel 197
Henry Peter Gyrich Henry Peter Gyrich supporting character
  Commission on Superhuman Activities; Operation: Zero Tolerance...  Marvel 230
Whirlwind Whirlwind (David Cannon) villain
  Batroc's Brigade; Initiative... 
[ice skating competitor]
Marvel 113
Count Nefaria Count Nefaria (Luchino Nefaria) villain
  Ani-Men (leader); Lethal Legion (leader)...  Marvel 61
Living Laser Living Laser (Arthur Parks) villain scientist
  Batroc's Brigade; Hood's Army...  Marvel 96
The Avengers The Avengers hero group
  [1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)] Marvel 100
Dr. Kenneth Sturdy Dr. Kenneth Sturdy supporting character scientist
  [created process that empowered Count Nefaria, Ani-Men] Marvel 3
Lethal Legion supporting character group
    Marvel
Django Maximoff Django Maximoff
(details) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: M Gypsy / Roma
[uncle and adoptive father of Quicksilver/Scarlet Witch] Marvel 20
Hellen Rachelson Hellen Rachelson supporting character scientist
  [team member on Count Nefaria's Project N] Marvel 2
Ralph Ralph supporting character
 prob. indeterminate  [was told to get on phone to find out what caused NYC anomaly] Marvel 1
Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
(photo/picture/video)
hero
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress
A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 1,624
Quicksilver Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
(photo/picture/video)
villain hero
CBR Scale: I Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  Marvel 944