Religion and Characters in
Dark Avengers #3 (May 2009)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Deodato

23 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.
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Mighty Avengers  Dark Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Sentry (Bob Reynolds)	angel	Avengers; New Avengers  Mighty Avengers; Dark Avengers		260
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Masters of Evil; Femizons  Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers		235
Venom (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Spider-Man Revenge League; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers		315
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Daken (Daken Akihiro)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
Morgan Le Fay	Celtic goddess-worship/Druidism (former priestess); half faerie; Darkholders cult (leader)	[England]		157
Lindy Reynolds		[The Sentry's wife; old friend of Invisible Woman]		39
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (1-panel cameo)	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
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) (1-panel cameo)		Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts  Redeemers; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth) [Germany]		142
Elektra (Elektra Natchios) (1-panel cameo)	Greek Orthodox; Ninjutsu	The Hand; Code Red		331
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (mentioned)	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
Nick Fury (mentioned)	secular	Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Ultimates		1,898
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (mentioned)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (mentioned)	Protestant	U.S. Air Force; NASA  Avengers; Starjammers; Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Mighty Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Victoria Hand (mentioned)	LGBT; Humanist	H.A.M.M.E.R.; Dark Avengers (staff) [2nd in command under Osborn in H.A.M.M.E.R.]		108
Zeus (mentioned)	Greco-Roman deity	Council of Godheads [supreme monarch of the Olympian gods]		283
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (mentioned)	Kree religion	[former captain of Kree star fleet]		142

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