Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1 (June 2004):
“Down Among the Dead Men: Part One”
by Mark Millar, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1

Title: “Down Among the Dead Men: Part One”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 2004

Publisher:
Written by: Mark Millar
Art by: Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson

24 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.
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (lead character)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Mary Jane Watson	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
Aunt May	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (details)  Mysterious kidnapper of Aunt May is seen in shadows, heard on phone, but not identified by name in this issue.	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Mario	Catholic	[business owner; restaurateur]		1
unnamed restaurant worker (pg. 1-4)	Catholic	[found beaten Spider-Man in trash behind restaurant]		1
Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) (only on cover)	Catholic	Heroes for Hire		374
Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (only on cover)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
Franklin (8-panel cameo, pg. 16-17)		black [student in class Peter Parker taught]		1
Humberto (4-panel cameo, pg. 16-17)		Hispanic; Midtown High School [student in class Peter Parker taught]		2
Kevin Smith (4-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)	Catholic	[comic book writer; film director]		154
Mr. Marsh (2-panel cameo, pg. 17, panels 4-5)		[high school teacher]		1
Wally (photo/picture/video, pg. 6, panel 3)  cartoon on bulletin board in office		[genius at doing as little work as possible]		66
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (mentioned & on cover, pg. 13, 16)  (pg. 13) Peter Parker: "Hey, is this your old engagement ring from Doctor Octavius?" Aunt May: "Mmm. Anna Watson keeps saying I should auction it on eBay, but I think that would be such a betrayal of trust, don't you think?" Peter Parker: "Oh, yeah. Doctor Octopus being such a sensitive guy..."		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Electro (Max Dillon) (mentioned & on cover, pg. 16, panel 5)  blonde boy in class Peter Parker teaches: "Yeah, saw the free tour on that site, man: Spider-Man kicking Electro in the nuts, Spider-Man fighting that Doctor Octopus guy with those big steel arms an' stuff."		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Hood's Army; Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Frightful Four		274
Spider-Slayers (toy, pg. 14, panel 5)	N.A.	[series of robots first created to hunt, defeat Spider-Man]		78
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (mentioned, pg. 12, panels 4-5)  Peter Parker (looking among Aunt May's videos taped from CNN, and holding up one labelled "Iron Man Arrest"): "Hey, what are you doing with these Iron Man videos?" Aunt May: "It's that little moustache, sweetie. Don't you think he looks just like Ronald Coleman?"	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Harry Osborn (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 3)  Peter Parker: "Bu I thought you hated be doing that stuff?" Aunt May (putting a video tape in VCR to record CNN's footage of Spider-Man's battle against Green Goblin): "Oh, I do, but I'd hardly ben aunt if I didn't tape my famous nephew finally bringing down Harry's old father, now would I?"	resurrected	[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son]		607
Uncle Ben (Ben Parker) (mentioned, pg. 13-14, 18-19)  Aunt May (to Peter Parker): "It's strange. Everybody kept telling me to move when Ben was killed, but I just couldn't have done it then. They said every tim I walked into the living room, I'd jus see him lying there bleeding on the carpet, but that honestly never happened..." [more - somewhat detailed discussion of Uncle Ben] Uncle Ben's headstone - desecrated by Mac Gargan - is shown and discussed on pages 18-19.	Protestant	[Spider-Man's beloved late uncle]		51
Anna Watson (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 2)  Peter Parker: "Hey, is this your old engagement ring from Doctor Octavius?" Aunt May: "Mmm. Anna Watson keeps saying I should auction it on eBay, but I think that would be such a betrayal of trust, don't you think?"		[Mary Jane Watson's aunt]		206
Ronald Colman (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 5)  Peter Parker (looking among Aunt May's videos taped from CNN, and holding up one labelled "Iron Man Arrest"): "Hey, what are you doing with these Iron Man videos?" Aunt May: "It's that little moustache, sweetie. Don't you think he looks just like Ronald Coleman?"		[actor]		22
Richard Parker (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 3)  Peter Parker: "Ben Parker was my uncle. I never actually knew my real father. He died when I was just a little kid."	Protestant	[Spider-Man's deceased father]		8
Trinity Church members (mentioned, pg. 6, 11)  (pg. 11) Mary Jane Watson: "It said on the news that psychopath [Green Goblin] had eighteen hostages tied up in Trinity Church. You manage to save them all?" Peter Parker: "Yep." Mary Jane: "Even the little girl he had hanging off that big church bell?" [more]	Episcopalian	[18 members held hostage by Osborn; Spider-Man rescued them]		1

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