Religion and Characters in
Avengers: The Initiative #22 (Apr. 2009):
“Avengers: The Initiative Dissasembled: Part 2”
by Christos N. Gage, Humberto Ramos

42 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.
Tigra (Greer Grant)	mystically empowered	Counter Force; Lady Liberators  The Avengers		310
Taskmaster	manifestly non-religious	Agency X; Thunderbolts  Shadow Initiative; Initiative; HYDRA; The Frightful Four		128
Komodo (Melati Kusuma)		Initiative; Shadow Initiative		38
Typhoid Mary (Mary Alice Walker)	Catholic	Shadow Initiative		136
Justice (Vance Astrovik)	Jewish (half)	Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff); Counter Force  The New Warriors		291
Rage (Elvin Daryl Haliday)	Protestant	Psionex; Initiative: Camp Hammond  Counter Force; The Avengers; The New Warriors		157
Night Thrasher (Donyell Taylor)		Counter Force; The New Warriors		49
Slapstick (Steve Harmon)	Anarchist	Initiative; Counter Force  The New Warriors		24
Ultragirl (Suzy Sherman)	Kree savior	Initiative; The New Warriors		40
Debrii (Deborah Fields)		Counter Force; The New Warriors		28
Cloud 9 (Abigail Boylen)		Initiative; Initiative: Freedom Force		34
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Defenders; Legion of Unliving  Lady Liberators; The Avengers		639
The Gauntlet (Sgt. Joseph Green)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff); Counter Force  U.S. Army		48
Baron von Blitzschlag (Wener von Blitzschlag)	Nazi	Initiative		35
Trauma (Terry Ward)		Shadow Initiative		24
Scarlet Spiders (Michael, Patrick, Van)		Shadow Initiative; Counter Force		11
Thor Girl (Tarene)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	[1st app: Thor (vol. 2) #22 (Aug. 2000)]		43
Geiger (Delilah Deerborn)		The Mavericks; Initiative		17
Batwing (James Santini)		Initiative; Shadow Initiative		18
Ragnarok	Norse/Teutonic paganism	Initiative [android clone of Thor]		25
Bengal (Duc No Tranh) (4-panel cameo)	vengeance	Shadow Initiative; U.S. Army [Vietnam]		30
Constrictor (Frank Payne) (4-panel cameo)		Six Pack; Sinister Syndicate  Shadow Initiative; The Frightful Four; S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Masters of Evil		124
Sunstreak (Andrea Roarke) (4-panel cameo)		Stockpile; Initiative  Force of Nature		32
Doc Samson (Dr. Leonard Samson) (3-panel cameo)	Jewish	Initiative		304
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians) (3-panel cameo)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	Defenders		125
Stingray (Walter Newell) (2-panel cameo)		Defenders; Initiative  Initiative: Point Men (leader); The Avengers		124
Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore) (2-panel cameo)		Slingers; Initiative: Heavy Hitters		51
Annex (Alex Ellis) (2-panel cameo)		Initiative; Mavericks		32
Red 9 (Wallace Jackson) (2-panel cameo)		Initiative		26
Hardball (Roger Brokeridge) (1-panel cameo)		Initiative		12
MVP (Michael van Patrick) (1-panel cameo)		Initiative; Counter Force		23
Scorpion (Carmilla Black) (1-panel cameo)		Wakers; Renegades (ally)  S.H.I.E.L.D.; A.I.M.		50
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned in text & seen in picture)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Thor Corps; Ultimates  Cosmic Avengers; The Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (mentioned)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Illuminati; Ultimates  Weapon X (Exiles); The Avengers; Force Works		5,673
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (mentioned)	Protestant	NASA; Starjammers  Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles); The Avengers		784
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) (mentioned)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Dark Avengers (leader); Dark X-Men; H.A.M.M.E.R.; The Thunderbolts [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (mentioned)	Buddhist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers  The Masters of Evil; Femizons		235
Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian) (mentioned)	nihilist	Serpent Squad; Serpent Society  Fangs (leader); HYDRA; Hellfire Club Inner Circle [Hungary. former servant of Chthon]		153
Ymir (mentioned)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	[monarch of the Ice Giants]		69
Carolina Herrera (mentioned)		[fashion designer]		18
William Shakespeare (mentioned)	Catholic/Anglican	[England]		83
Tyger Tiger (Jessan Hoan) (mentioned)		[Singapore; Madripoor. leader of own crime gang; co-owner of Princess Bar]		44

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