Religion and Characters in
The Avengers (vol. 1) #123 (May 1974):
“Vengeance in Viet Nam!”
by Steve Englehart, Bob Brown, Don Heck

14 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	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates		1,624
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	Avengers; Fantastic Force		786
Vision	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
Mantis (Mandy Celestine)	Priests of Pama (pacifistic Kree sect); Celestial Madonna	Avengers; Guardians of the Galaxy [Vietnam]		161
Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)		Mandarin's Minions; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)  Lethal Legion; Batroc's Brigade; Avengers [Sin-Cong]		73
Taurus (Cornelius van Lunt)	astrology	Zodiac (Cartel) (founder)		19
Cancer (Jack Klevano)		Zodiac (Cartel)		13
Leo (Daniel Radford)		Zodiac (Cartel)		14
Libra (Gustav Brandt)		Zodiac (Cartel)		46
Sagittarius (Harlan Vargas)		Zodiac (Cartel)		18
Star Stalker	alien	[conqueror]		2
The Priests of Pama	Kree religion (Priests of Pama)	[Pacifist sect of Kree religion; trained Libra, Mantis]		8

The Priests of Pama and their Earthly headquarters in Vietnam - Agaphaur - are featured prominently in this issue.

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