Marvel Knights 4 #25 (Feb. 2006):
“The Resurrection of Nicholas Scratch: Part One: Omens and Portents”
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Valentine DeLandro, Matt Banning (as Batt)

Marvel Knights 4 #25

Title: “The Resurrection of Nicholas Scratch: Part One: Omens and Portents”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 2006

Publisher:
Written by: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Art by: Valentine DeLandro, Matt Banning (as Batt)

32 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	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (pg. 1-3)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Ben Urich	Jewish	[reporter]		19
Alicia Masters		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
Franklin Richards	Episcopalian	Daydreamers; Fantastic Five...  Fantastic Force; Generation X; Power Pack; The Fantastic Four		650
Valeria Richards	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four		113
Nicholas Scratch (details)  (pg 21-22) Agatha Harkness (to Salem's Seven): "Your father died years ago, children. Unjustly, it has become clear to me. I... had a hand in his death and... and I wish to make that right... we can and will--bring Nicholas Scratch back from the dead... I'm your grandmother, children. I'm Agatha Harkness -- and it's time to raise the Devil." Nicholas Scratch was disguised as Agatha Harkness throughout this issue. This was not revealed until next issue.	sorcerer	New Salem (leader); Salem's Seven (leader) [son of Agatha Harkness]		13
Kourtney Keaton		[supermodel; Johnny Storm's girlfriend]		8
Stanton (8-panel cameo, pg. 14-15)		[groundskeeper]		1
Brutacus (8-panel cameo, pg. 19-21)	mystically empowered	Salem's Seven [oldest brother of 7]		21
Reptilla (6-panel cameo, pg. 19-21)	mystically empowered	Salem's Seven		19
Ebony (3-panel cameo, pg. 21, panels 1,3, 5)  in this issue, Agatha Harkness called her black cat familiar "Midnight" instead of Ebony.	familiar	[familiar of Agatha Harkness, appears as black cat]		33
Hydron (3-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)	magic user; mystically empowered	Salem's Seven		22
Gazelle (3-panel cameo, pg. 19-21)	magic user; mystically empowered	Salem's Seven		22
Thornn (3-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)	mystically empowered	Salem's Seven		18
Vakume (2-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)	mystically empowered	Salem's Seven		26
Vertigo (2-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)	mystically empowered	black; Salem's Seven		18
Wong (1-panel cameo, pg. 3, panel 1)	Tibetan Buddhism; occult	[house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Agatha Harkness (someone disguised or dressed as)  Nicholas Scratch was disguised as Agatha Harkness throughout this issue.	witch	[leader of New Salem; tutored Scarlet Witch]		152
Thor (Donald Blake) (statue, pg. 7, panel 2)  life-size sculpture by Alicia Masters	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Black Panther (T'Challa) (statue, pg. 7, panel 2)  life-size sculpture by Alicia Masters	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
God (mentioned, pg. 15, panels 1-3)  Stanton (speaking to Ben Urich, pointing out where 7 bodies went after somebody dug them from their graves): "I found 'em like this. Tied into their chairs... Now you tell me, Urich... Why in God's name would anyone do such a thing?"	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (mentioned, pg. 19, panel 4)  Quote: "Until the great disruption of the magical realms, triggered by the Scarlet Witch's recent breakdown, revived--or freed--or reanimated--them all [Salem's Seven]."	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Prince of Darkness (Satan) (mentioned, pg. 16, panels 1-2)  Johnny Storm: "Hellraiser. Prince of Darkness. Night of the Demon. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn. Now that the kiddies have been put to bed... any one of these DVDs would totally help put us in the Halloween mood." "Prince of Darkness" is a 1987 film directed by John Carpenter. The title refers to Satan. See also pg. 22 ("raise the Devil.")	Devil	[generic Satan/Devil reference or appearance]	, etc.	1,024
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 2)  Ben Urich: "I came out of loyalty, Stanton. As payback for all the help you gave me back on the Ghost Rider case several years back."	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Midnight Sons		306
demons (mentioned, pg. 16, panels 1-2)  Johnny Storm: "Hellraiser. Prince of Darkness. Night of the Demon. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn. Now that the kiddies have been put to bed... any one of these DVDs would totally help put us in the Halloween mood." "Night of the Demon" is indeed about a demon. It is a 1957 British horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur.	demon	[generic unnamed demons]		2,000
Stephanie Simmons (mentioned, pg. 4-6)  referred to extensively		["friend of a friend" of Kourtney Keaton (Human Torch's gal)]		1
Pinhead (Elliott Spencer) (mentioned, pg. 16, panels 1-2)  Johnny Storm: "Hellraiser. Prince of Darkness. Night of the Demon. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn. Now that the kiddies have been put to bed... any one of these DVDs would totally help put us in the Halloween mood." The villain in Clive Barker's 1987 film "Hellraiser" is known as "Pinhead," but is sometimes referred to as "Hellraiser."	demon	Cenobite [harvests human souls; leader of Cenobites]		65
Sam Raimi (mentioned, pg. 16, panel 5)  Johnny Storm: "So Evil Dead 2; Dead by Dawn it is! Ironically enough, it also happens to be my personal favorite. For those of you uninitiated in the no-holds-barred horror films of Sam Raimi, prepare to be..."	Jewish (Conservative Judaism)	[directed Spider-Man movies]		36

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