Marvel Knights Spider-Man #9 (Feb. 2005):
“Last Stand: Part 1”
by Mark Millar, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #9

Title: “Last Stand: Part 1”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 2005

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

50 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
Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (details)  Appears throughout most of this issue simply as "Mac Gargan," out of costume, but identifies himself as Scorpion. Venom symbiote comes to him at end of issue.	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Uncle Ben (Ben Parker)	Protestant	[Spider-Man's beloved late uncle]		51
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (cover & 2-panel cameo, pg. 5, 15)	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
Sandman (Flint Marko) (only on cover)		Intruders (leader); Next Wave...  Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Avengers; The Frightful Four; Wild Pack		388
Electro (Max Dillon) (only on cover)		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Hood's Army; Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Frightful Four		274
Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (only on cover)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors) (only on cover)	Catholic	Sinister Twelve; U.S. Army		318
Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) (only on cover)		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Sinister Syndicate		305
Shocker (Herman Schultz) (only on cover)		Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate...  Sinister Twelve; The Masters of Evil		157
Mysterio (Daniel Berkhart) (only on cover)		Sinister Six		35
Humberto (7-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)		Hispanic; Midtown High School [student in class Peter Parker taught]		2
The Symbiote (5-panel cameo, pg. 22-23)	alien; vengeance	[sentient black costume Spider-Man obtained on Battleworld]		16
Gwen Stacy (3-panel cameo, pg. 5-6, 19)		[Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend]		560
Orchid (2-panel cameo, pg. 14-15)		[1940s era super-villain]		2
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 2)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 2)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Aunt May (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 1)  extensive references throughout issue	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
Scarlet Spider (Ben Reilly) (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 1)	Protestant	The New Warriors		202
The Angel (Thomas Halloway) (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 3)		Penance Council; Scourges of the Underworld (leader)...  The All-Winners Squad; V-Battalion [founder, leader of Scourge Program]		129
Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 2)	N.A.	Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  The All-Winners Squad; The Invaders; V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers		497
Harry Osborn (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 1)  also mentioned on page 12	resurrected	[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son]		607
Whizzer (Bob Frank) (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 3)		Liberty Legion; Penance Council...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; V-Battalion		108
Captain George Stacy (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 1)		NYPD [NYPD captain; Gwen Stacy's father]		49
Bluebird (Sally Avril) (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 1)		[1st app: Amazing Fantasy (vol. 1) #15 (Aug. 1962)]		25
Falcon (Carl Burgess) (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 3)  One source identifies one of the Golden Age heroes who appears in a flashback as the Falcon (Carl Burgess), but we believe this is a mistaken identification of Thomas Halloway (the Angel).		[1st app: The Human Torch (vol. 1) #2 (Fall 1940)]		3
Black Widow (Claire Voyant) (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 3)	Spiritism; Satanism	Twelve (Timely)		22
Big Man (Frederick Foswell) (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 1)		The Enforcers [reporter; criminal mastermind]		104
Bennett Brant (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 1)		Crime-Master [Betty Brant's older brother]		28
The Burglar (Carradine) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 4)	manifestly non-religious	[murdered Spider-Man's Uncle Ben]		9
Jean DeWolff (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 1)		NYPD [police captain; killed by Sin-Eater]		5
The Cobra (Albri Leiricgrie) (1-panel cameo, pg. 15, panel 1)	Nazi	[costumed kidnapper]		2
Venom (Angelo Fortunato) (1-panel cameo, pg. 1)  Appears on issue #8 cover, which is shown on recap page.		Mafia [son of rich mobster/Mad killer bent on proving his worth]		3
Parrot (1-panel cameo, pg. 15, panel 1)		[led his own small organization]		2
Dr. Crime (Dr. Edward Elmgren) (1-panel cameo, pg. 15, panel 1)		[1940s era super-villain; used gas that makes people pygmies]		3
The Viking (1-panel cameo, pg. 15, panel 1)	Viking (fake)	[1940s era super-villain]		2
Venom (Eddie Brock) (mentioned & on cover, pg. 12, panel 2)  Peter Parker (to Mac Gargan/The Scorpion): "You're not exactly Venom, Gargan. You're B-List, at best."	Catholic	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Sinister Six...  Toxin		416
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (mentioned & on cover, pg. 16, panel 4)  Mac Gargan (to Peter Parker): "All the loose ends have been tied up and word is they've brainwashed Doctor Octopus to kill him [Norman Osborn] this weekend. Didn't you see the mess he was in a few weeks back?"		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Mary Jane Watson (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Mac Gargan/Scorpion (to Peter Parker): "He's [Norman Osborn] had this one planned since the minute he found out who you were, kid. Why do you think he targeted the old broad [Aunt May] instad of that hottie [Mary Jane] you eventually bagged?"	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
Flash Thompson (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 34)  Uncle Ben: "What's the matter, soldier? Flash Thompson giving you a hard time about these new glasses?" Peter Parker: "Nah, Flash has been picking on soe other kid these last couple of weeks. Things have actually been nice and quiet."	Alcoholics Anonymous	U.S. Army		718
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 3)  Peter Parker (to Mac Gargan): "One phone call. That's all it would take. One phone call to S.H.I.E.L.D. and you'd be in jail for the rest of your life for this, Gargan."		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 2)  Mac Gargan (to Peter Parker): "No Kingpin out there to bust your stones anymore? That's why he's [Norman Osborn] been making The Owl into a player."	Catholic (lapsed)	HYDRA		619
Marvel Girl (Rachel Grey) (mentioned, pg. 11, panels 1-2)  Peter Parker: "Why did MarveL Girl think she was already dead?" Mac Gargan: "What?" Peter Parker: "Marvel Girl. The psychic from the X-Men. Why did she tell me Aunt May was already dead?" Mac Gargan: "Beats me."	Episcopalian (born); future self: founder of Askani religion	Excalibur; Starjammers...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		358
Liz Allan (mentioned, pg. 2-3)  Uncle Ben: "Liz Allen [sic] been teasing you again?" Peter Parker: "No way. Liz has actually been sitting beside me at lunch every day. Did you hear maybe she's coming up to Oscorp with us for that science exhibition this weekend?" Uncle Ben: "Sounds to me like she's got a little crush on somebody, Mister Parker."		[longtime friend of Peter Parker]		429
The Owl (Leland Owlsley) (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 2)  Mac Gargan (to Peter Parker): "No Kingpin out there to bust your stones anymore? That's why he's [Norman Osborn] been making The Owl into a player."		Gang of Four [led his own criminal gang]		135
George Bush (mentioned, pg. 16, panel 1)  Mac Gargan (to Peter Parker): "Bush and Clinton found out about this and closed down any super-villain programs they heard about, but there was some very famous names in that original cabal."	Episcopalian	Reagan's Raiders; X Presidents	, etc.	303
George W. Bush (mentioned, pg. 16, panel 1)  Mac Gargan (to Peter Parker): "Bush and Clinton found out about this and closed down any super-villain programs they heard about, but there was some very famous names in that original cabal."	Episcopalian (raised); United Methodist Church (convert)	[U.S. President]	, etc.	789
Mary Parker (mentioned, pg. 4, 6)  (pg. 4) Uncle Ben (to young Peter Parker): "We're from good stock, kiddo. And besides, we promised your Mom and dad that if anything ever happened to them, we'd be here to look after you, right?" (pg. 6) Peter Parker (thinking): "Uncle Ben and Gwen. Mom, Dad and Harry Osborn."	Catholic	[Spider-Man's deceased mother]		10
Richard Parker (mentioned, pg. 4, 6)  (pg. 4) Uncle Ben (to young Peter Parker): "We're from good stock, kiddo. And besides, we promised your Mom and dad that if anything ever happened to them, we'd be here to look after you, right?" Peter Parker: "Really?" Uncle Ben: "Do I look like the kind of guy who's gonna let down his little brother?"	Protestant	[Spider-Man's deceased father]		8
Bill Clinton (mentioned, pg. 16, panel 1)  Mac Gargan (to Peter Parker): "Bush and Clinton found out about this and closed down any super-villain programs they heard about, but there was some very famous names in that original cabal."	Baptist	[U.S. President]		646

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