The New Avengers (vol. 1) #7 (July 2005):
“The Sentry: Part One”
by Brian Michael Bendis, Steve McNiven, Mark Morales

The New Avengers (vol. 1) #7

Title: “The Sentry: Part One”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2005

Publisher:
Written by: Brian Michael Bendis
Art by: Steve McNiven, Mark Morales

29 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	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (details)  Later it was revealed that Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman) was actually Skrull queen Veranke.	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		353
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)		Hood's Army; Lethal Legion...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew (leader)		190
Spider-Woman (Veranke) (details)  masquerading as Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman)	Skrull religion	The Avengers		8
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (details)  appears as a member of the Illuminati	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
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (details)  appears as a member of the Illuminati	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (details)  appears as a member of the Illuminati	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (details)  appears as a member of the Illuminati	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Sentry (Bob Reynolds)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (details)  appears as a member of the Illuminati	Inhuman religion	Illuminati; Inhuman Royal Family...  Inhumans; Inhuman		505
Miss Gross		[father owns super-villain paraphernalia collection]		3
Ronin (Maya Lopez) (only on cover)	Native American	Hispanic; The Avengers		63
Lindy Reynolds (7-panel cameo, pg. 19-22)		[The Sentry's wife; old friend of Invisible Woman]		39
S.H.I.E.L.D. (6-panel cameo, pg. 19-20, 22)  Acting SHIELD director Maria Hill appears, alongside a substantial contingent of uniformed SHIELD agents.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Maria Hill (6-panel cameo, pg. 19-20, 22)		S.H.I.E.L.D. [Deputy commander of S.H.I.E.L.D. (former commander)]		196
Paul Jenkins (5-panel cameo, pg. 19-22)  seen in shadows in 4 panels, and finally seen clearly in 5th panel on page 22		[creator of Sentry; appeared as actual character]		6
Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (visual reference, pg. 9-10, panel 1)  part of Mac Gargan's Scorpion suit seen in display case in personal collection of Ed Gross	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Beetle (Abner Jenkins) (visual reference, pg. 9, panel 1)  part of Abner Jenkins' MK-1 Beetle suit seen in display case in private collection of Ed Gross		black; Initiative...  Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		152
Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (visual reference, pg. 9, panel 1)  Vulture's wings seen in display case in personal collection of Ed Gross		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
Mysterio (Quentin Beck) (visual reference, pg. 9, panel 1)  Mysterio's helmet and cape seen in display case in personal collection of Ed Gross		Sinister Six		116
Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff) (visual reference, pg. 10, panel 1)  part of Kraven's suit seen in display case in personal collection of Ed Gross	hunting	Sinister Six		92
Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) (visual reference, pg. 10, panel 1)  part of Rhino's suit seen in display case in personal collection of Ed Gross		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Sinister Syndicate		305
Shocker (Herman Schultz) (visual reference, pg. 10, panel 1)  part of Kraven's suit seen in display case in personal collection of Ed Gross		Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate...  Sinister Twelve; The Masters of Evil		157
Mirage (Desmond Charne) (visual reference, pg. 10, panel 1)  part of Kraven's suit seen in display case in personal collection of Ed Gross		Hood's Army [holography technician; leader of own gang]		3
Ed Gross (mentioned, pg. 7-11)  Wrecker show up to retrieve his crowbar from Ed Gross's extensive super-villain paraphernalia collection. His home, collection are seen, he is mentioned by name.	obsessed collector of super-villain paraphernalia	[Wrecker retrieved his crowbar from Gross's collection]		3

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