Religion and Characters in
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #10 (Mar. 2005):
“Last Stand: Part 2”
by Mark Millar, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson

34 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	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Black Cat (Felicia Hardy)	Catholic	Heroes for Hire		374
Mary Jane Watson	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Hydro-Man (Morrie Bench)		Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve		84
Scotty		[sought inmate Norman Osborn's help to cure wife]		2
Haydn		[reluctantly allowed other guards attempt to kill Osborn]		1
Jodie (7-panel cameo, pg. 15-17)		[injured by Norman Osborn during prison escape]		1
Sandman (Flint Marko) (5-panel cameo, pg. 20-24)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve  Frightful Four; Avengers; Wild Pack; Next Wave; Intruders (leader)		388
Electro (Max Dillon) (3-panel cameo, pg. 21-24)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve  Emissaries of Evil (Electro); Frightful Four; Doom's Brigade; Hood's Army		274
Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (3-panel cameo, pg. 21-24)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors) (3-panel cameo, pg. 21-24)	Catholic	U.S. Army; Sinister Twelve		318
Hammerhead (3-panel cameo, pg. 21-24)		Maggia; Sinister Twelve		96
Boomerang (Fred Myers) (3-panel cameo, pg. 21-24)		Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve  Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army; Initiative; Initiative: Heavy Hitters [Australia. played professional baseball]		130
Venom (Mac Gargan) (2-panel cameo, pg. 24, panel 1-2)	manifestly non-religious	Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Spider-Man Revenge League; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers		315
Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) (2-panel cameo, pg. 22-24)	Communist	Maggia; Sinister Six  Sinister Twelve; HYDRA [Russia]		144
Tombstone (Lonnie Lincoln) (2-panel cameo, pg. 22-24)		Sinister Twelve; Hood's Army		135
Shocker (Herman Schultz) (2-panel cameo, pg. 22-24)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve  Masters of Evil; Sinister Syndicate		157
Traynor (2-panel cameo, pg. 16-17)		[chased after Norman Osborn during prison escape]		1
Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 3)  (pg. 10) guard at Rikers Island Prison, planning to kill inmate Norman Osborn: "Some bullets are better than others, buddy. These new assault rifles we been issued took a chunk out of the Rhino's butt just last week."		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Sinister Syndicate [Russia]		305
Venom (Angelo Fortunato) (1-panel cameo, pg. 1)  Seen on issue #8 cover, which is shown on recap page.		Mafia [son of rich mobster/Mad killer bent on proving his worth]		3
Vulture (Blackie Drago) (1-panel cameo, pg. 11, panel 4)  Spider-Man (passing Blackie Drago's prison cell): "Man, is that Blackie Drago in there? I haven't seen him since he was doing the whole Vulture thing a few years back. Is he still locked up?"		[criminal]		3
God (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 5)  Mary Jane Watson: "Please, God, let me be wrong about all this..."	God	[ 1st app: (Timely/Marvel) [9354]; (DC: as "The Voice", e.g. "The Presence", DC) [9342] ]	, etc.	313
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 2)  Black Cat (to Spider-Man): "You're also a super hero and, as much as I'm trying, I'm never really going to be one of the good guys like you or Captain America or the Fantastic Four."	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3-4)  Spider-Man: "Thanks for putting these outfits together, by the way... Black Cat: "Did I tell you I was going to make us Daredevil and Elektra costumes? Just to get a rise out of Matt? Spider-Man: "Oh, man. That would have been priceless. Can you imagine their faces? They'd have gone absolutely nuts."	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Aunt May (mentioned)  referred to extensively throughout issue	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
Catwoman (Selina Kyle) (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 3)  Spider-Man (to Black Cat): "I didn't know you were such an egghead, Miss Kyle. Black Cat's real name is Felicia Hardy, not "Miss Kyle." Spider-Man is apparently referring here to Selina Kyle.	Catholic	Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains  Batman family		911
Elektra (Elektra Natchios) (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3-4)  Spider-Man: "Thanks for putting these outfits together, by the way... Black Cat: "Did I tell you I was going to make us Daredevil and Elektra costumes? Just to get a rise out of Matt? Spider-Man: "Oh, man. That would have been priceless. Can you imagine their faces? They'd have gone absolutely nuts."	Greek Orthodox; Ninjutsu	The Hand; Code Red		331
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 3)  Spider-Man (to Mary Jane Watson): "It's different this time. Doctor Octopus has been brainwashed to kill him [Norman Osborn] this weekend and he's vulnerable for the first time in his life."		Sinister Six; Masters of Evil  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Gwen Stacy (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2)  Spider-Man (silently "speaking" to Uncle Ben at his gravesite): "I'm sorry about you, sorry about Gwen and sorry about this awful situation Aunt May is in because of me and this stupid mask."		[Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend]		560
Uncle Ben (Ben Parker) (mentioned)  multiple references to Uncle Ben, including Spider-Man visiting his grave and "speaking" to him	Protestant	[Spider-Man's beloved late uncle]		51
The Fantastic Four (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 2)  Black Cat (to Spider-Man): "You're also a super hero and, as much as I'm trying, I'm never really going to be one of the good guys like you or Captain America or the Fantastic Four."		Fantastic Four [generic reference to "Fantastic Four"]		100
Barbara (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 2)  guard: "Just remember, we're right behind you, Scotty. Monitor room boys too. The whole damn place wants this bum [Norman Osborn] to suffer for what he did to Barbara. Only right you should get revenge." There are other references to Scotty's late wife, but this is the only reference to her by name.		[Norman Osborn tried to cure her illness, but she died]		1
Tony (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  guard: "Tony, could we get some lights in four-five-one?"		[one of the "monitor room boys" supporting Scotty]		1

This issue features a short-lived super-villain team known as the "Sinister Twelve." The team consists of numerous major Spider-Man villains. It was organized by Norman Osborn (the Green Goblin) and was comprised of himself and 11 other villains: Boomerang, Chameleon, Electro, Hammerhead, Hydro-Man, Lizard, Sandman, Shocker, Tombstone, Venom (Mac Gargan), Vulture.

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