Religion and Characters in
Fantastic Four Annual #23 (1990):
“When Franklin Comes Marchin' Home”
by Walter Simonson, Bob Harras, Jackson Guice, Geof Isherwood

62 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.
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Yancy Street Gang; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation  Fantastic Five; The Fantastic Four; The Avengers; U.S. Air Force		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force  The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; believes in God	Illuminati; Fantastic Five  The Fantastic Four; The Avengers		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	The Avengers; Lady Liberators  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Franklin Richards	Episcopalian	Daydreamers; Fantastic Five  Power Pack; Generation X; The Fantastic Four; Fantastic Force		650
Ahab (Dr. Rory Campbell)		Horsemen of Apocalypse; W.H.O.		39
Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura)		Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Team America  The Frightful Four; The Fantastic Four		115
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Team X; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; X-Force; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Avengers; Alpha Flight; Weapon X; X-Men; Secret Defenders [Canada]		8,823
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	The Twelve (mutants); X-Saviours  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Lady Liberators; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; Morlocks		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem  X-Men; Excalibur [Germany]		3,788
Banshee (Sean Cassidy)	Catholic	Factor Three; X-Corps  X-Men; Generation X [Ireland]		1,340
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Exiles; Excalibur  S.H.I.E.L.D.; X-Men		3,128
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)	Anglican (nominal); mystical	Excalibur [England]		365
Lockheed	alien dragon	Pet Avengers; Excalibur  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
Moonstone (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers  The Masters of Evil; Femizons		235
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
Sentinels	anti-mutant robots			245
Forge (Jonathon Silvercloud)	Native American shamanism (Cheyenne)	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Mutant Underground  X-Men; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Factor		394
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Thanos	occult; nihilist; worships Death	Eternals of Titan; Infinity Watch		306
Molecule Man (Owen Reece)		[nuclear plant worker]		76
Phoenix (Rachel Grey)	Episcopalian (born); future self: founder of Askani religion	X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Starjammers  X-Men; Excalibur		358
Meggan	Gypsy/Roma	Excalibur [England]		225
Widget (Kate Rasputin)		Excalibur		56
Dark Phoenix	cosmic entity	Hellfire Club; X-Men		129
Mephisto	Devil	Six-Fingered Hand		381
High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham)	Transhumanist	Knights of Wundagore (founder); New Immortals (founder)  Animutants (founder); Sensors; The Godpack; New Men [England]		108
Overmind (Grom)		Defenders; Thunderbolts Army		41
Eternity	cosmic entity	Seven Friendless		84
Death	cosmic entity	[embodies death/mortality]		587
Zero-G (Alex Power)	Latter-day Saint	The New Warriors; Power Pack		192
Lightspeed (Julie Power)	Latter-day Saint	Loners; Power Pack		177
Mass Master (Jack Power)	Latter-day Saint	Power Pack		160
Energizer (Katie Power)	Latter-day Saint	Avengers (MC2); Power Pack		170
The Stranger	pseudo-cosmic entity	[1st app: Uncanny X-Men #11]		16
Oshtur	mystic deity	Vishanti		9
Hoggoth	mystic deity	Vishanti		5
Agamotto	mystic deity	Vishanti		15
Arishem the Judge	Celestial	Celestials		8
Chthon	Elder God	Elder Gods; Gods of Pre-Cataclysmic Era		13
Dweller in Darkness		Si-Fan [worked with a large trained gorilla]		1
Eon	cosmic entity	[embodiment of time; appoints protector of the universe]		9
Eson the Searcher	Celestial	Celestials [seeker, quester]		10
Gammenon the Gatherer	Celestial	Celestials [data collector; gatherer of specimens]		9
Hargen the Measurer	Celestial	Celestials		4
The In-Betweener	cosmic entity	[1st app: Warlock (vol. 1) #10]		4
Jemiah the Analyzer	Celestial	Celestials [theoretician]		8
Living Tribunal	cosmic entity	[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #157]		8
Lord Chaos	cosmic entity	[embodiment of chaos; "metaphysical and abstract" being]		10
Mangog		[seeker of vengeance]		5
Master Order	cosmic entity	[force of nature]		5
Nezarr the Calculator	Celestial	Celestials		13
One Above All	Celestial (leader)	Celestials [Commander of Fourth Celestial Host]		14
Oneg the Prober	Celestial	Celestials [experimenter, implementer]		9
Dr. James Power	Latter-day Saint	[father of Power Pack kids]		126
Satannish	Devil	Maggia [embodiment of evil]		5
Shaper of Worlds	pseudo-cosmic entity	[reality manipulator; was a Skrull Cosmic Cube]		8
Tefral the Surveyor	Celestial	Celestials		7
Uni-Mind	Eternals religion	[ambassador; explorer]		4
Ziran the Tester	Celestial	Celestials [experimenter, implementer]		17
The Watchers	Watcher religion			38
Shuma-Gorath	demon	Old Ones [Chthonic Lord of Chaos]		33

Note: A number of characters indexed for this story may have actually appeared in a DIFFERENT story within this same annual.

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