Religion and Characters in
The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #596 (Aug. 2009):
“American Son: Part 2”
by Joe Kelly, Paulo Siqueira, Amilton Santos

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.
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
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
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Spider-Man Revenge League; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Harry Osborn	resurrected	[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son]		607
Norah Winters		[Peter Parker's friend, co-worker]		6
J. Jonah Jameson Sr.	religious	[Aunt May's boyfriend; J. Jonah Jameson's father]		11
unnamed prostitute (8-panel cameo)		[Venom (Gargan) tried to eat her; saved by Spider-Man]		1
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (6-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Aunt May (5-panel cameo)	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (5-panel cameo)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (4-panel cameo)	Buddhist	Masters of Evil; Femizons  Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers		235
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) (4-panel cameo)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
H.A.M.M.E.R. (4-panel cameo)		H.A.M.M.E.R.		207
Menace (Lily Hollister) (4-panel cameo)		[Harry Osborn's girlfriend]		20
Ares (2-panel cameo)	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Mighty Avengers  Dark Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (2-panel cameo)	angel	Avengers; New Avengers  Mighty Avengers; Dark Avengers		260
unnamed guard (2-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[infatuated with reporter Norah Winters (undercover as page)]		2
J. Jonah Jameson (1-panel cameo)	hates Spider-Man	Daily Bugle [Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
Charlie Brown (toy)		[student]		197
Mary Jane Watson (mentioned)	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
Skrulls (mentioned)	Skrull religion			344
Mole Man (Harvey Elder) (mentioned)		[ruler of much of Subterranea]		297
Gwen Stacy (mentioned)		[Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend]		560
Jack Ryan (mentioned)	Catholic	[intelligence agent; U.S. President]	Naval Institute Press / G.P. Putnam's Sons	19
Mrs. Jameson (mentioned)		[J. Jonah Jameson's biological mother]		1
Betty Jameson (mentioned)		[J. Jonah Jameson's adoptive mother]		1
David Jameson (mentioned)		[J. Jonah Jameson's uncle/step-father who raised him]		1
Samuel L. Jackson (mentioned)	Christian (denomination unknown)	[actor]		277
baby Osborn (mentioned)		[yet unborn child of Norman Osborn, Lily Hollister]		4
Randy Robertson (mentioned)		[Daily Bugle editor Robbie Robertson's son]		52
Uncle Sam (mentioned)		[from American folklore]		17

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