Religion and Characters in
The Avengers (vol. 1) #86 (Mar. 1971):
“Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came”
by Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney

16 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	Illuminati; Ultimates  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Force Works		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Thor Corps; Ultimates  Cosmic Avengers; The Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy  Ultimates; Secret Defenders; Lady Liberators; Force Works; The Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutants		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates  Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers; X-Factor [Transia]		944
Goliath (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts  Ultimates; The Avengers; Chain Gang		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	Fantastic Force; The Fantastic Four  The Avengers		786
Vision	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers (MC2); Young Avengers  Weapon X (Exiles); The Avengers		1,393
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme  Redeemers; Secret Avengers; Redeemers (Earth-712); The Thunderbolts; The Defenders		361
Hyperion (Mark Milton)		Squadron Supreme; Star Masters  Thunderbolts; Weapon X (Exiles)		175
Lady Lark (Linda Lewis)		Squadron Supreme		47
Doctor Spectrum (Joe Ledger)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme		139
Whizzer (Stanley Stewart)		Squadron Supreme; Project: Pegasus		32
Hawkeye (Wyatt McDonald)		Squadron Supreme; Redeemers (Earth-712)		29
Tom Thumb (Thomas Thompson)		Squadron Supreme		36
American Eagle (James Dore Sr.)	Native American religion	Golden Agency; Squadron Supreme		2
Brain-Child (Arnold Sutton)	Nihilist	[criminal mastermind]		1

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