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Religion and Characters in
Marvel Universe #1 (June 1998):
“The Spoils of War!”
by Roger Stern, Steve Epting, Al Williamson

Marvel Universe #1

Title: “The Spoils of War!”

Feature: The Invaders

Medium: comic book

Publication date: June 1998

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Roger Stern

Art by: Steve Epting, Al Williamson


21 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
 Weapon Plus; Invaders  Timely Marvel 5,992
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
 Invaders; All-Winners Squad 
[Atlantis]		 Marvel 1,864
Human Torch Human Torch (Jim Hammond) hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
 Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Timely Atlas, etc. 497
HYDRA HYDRA villain
CBR Scale: S HYDRA
 HYDRA
[largest worldwide subversive organization]		 Marvel 283
Nazis Nazis villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
 [Germany. generic WWII Nazis] Timely Marvel, etc. 4,222
Red Skull Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi
 Axis Mundi; HYDRA 
[Germany. Captain America's arch-nemy]		 Marvel 298
Baron Strucker Baron Strucker (Wolfgang von Strucker) villain
CBR Scale: M Nazi; HYDRA (founder)
 Blitzkrieg Squad (founder); HYDRA (leader)
[Germany]		 Marvel 130
Whizzer Whizzer (Bob Frank) hero
   Liberty Legion; Invaders  Timely Marvel 108
Professor Abraham Erskine Professor Abraham Erskine supporting character scientist
   [creator of the Super-Soldier Serum] Marvel 96
General Chester Phillips General Chester Phillips supporting character
   U.S. Army; Operation: Rebirth (leader)
[involved with Project: Rebirth, Captain America's origin]		 Marvel 17
Betty Dean Betty Dean supporting character
   FBI; NYPD 
[Namorita's foster mother]		 Marvel 98
Franz villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi
 [Germany] Marvel 3
Leonard McKenzie supporting character
   [Sub-Mariner's father] Marvel 5
Princess Fen supporting character
CBR Scale: R Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
 [Atlantis. Sub-Mariner's mother; Atlantean Royal Family] Marvel 4
Phineas T. Horton (imposter) villain
CBR Scale: I alien
 [servant] Marvel 3
Thakorr Thakorr supporting character
CBR Scale: R Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
 [Atlantis. Namor's grandfather; Fen's father] Timely Atlas, etc. 14
Will Fitzpatrick supporting character
   U.S. Army
[army intelligence officer active during WWII]		 Marvel 2
Winter Soldier Bucky (Bucky Barnes)
(cameo)		 hero
CBR Scale: U Protestant (nominal)
 Liberty Legion; Kid Commandos  Timely Marvel 395
Union Jack Union Jack (Brian Falsworth)
(cameo)		 hero
   Invaders; All-Winners Squad 
[England]		 Marvel 35
Toro Toro (Thomas Raymond)
(cameo)		 hero
   All-Winners Squad; Invaders  Timely Atlas, etc. 311
Spitfire Spitfire (Jacqueline Falsworth)
(cameo)		 hero
   Invaders; Hellfire Club 
[England]		 Marvel 127

Based purely on the title, one might think the title of this issue is The Invaders in Marvel Universe #1. The proper series title, however, is simply Marvel Universe. After issue 3, the Invaders are no longer featured in the series, as the Monster Hunters take over.

The process of listing characters who appeared in this source is not yet complete. This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Marvel Universe #1 (June 1998) created 29 December 2010. Last modified 25 April 2013.
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