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The Champions (vol. 1) #17 (Jan. 1978):
“The Sentinels Hunt Again!”
by Bill Mantlo, George Tuska, John Byrne

The Champions (vol. 1) #17

Title: “The Sentinels Hunt Again!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1978

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Bill Mantlo
Art by: George Tuska, John Byrne


14 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.
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741
Black Widow Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) hero
CBR Scale: I Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)
Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  Marvel 1,789
Hercules Hercules hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman classical religion
Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  DC Marvel 1,029
Darkstar Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna) hero
CBR Scale: S Communist Party member; Christian (denomination unknown)
Exiles (Russian); Republican Guard...  Marvel 116
Ghost Rider Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) hero
CBR Scale: U Baptist (nominal); eclectic
Midnight Sons Marvel 306
Sentinels Sentinels villain group
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robots
[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)] Marvel 245
Vanisher Vanisher (Telford Porter) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Factor Three...  Marvel 90
Blob Blob (Fred J. Dukes) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Marvel 403
Unus the Untouchable Unus the Untouchable (Angelo Unuscione) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three Marvel 69
Lorelei Lorelei (Lani Ubana) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Savage Land Mutates Marvel 10
G-7 villain
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robot
[one of Sentinels (MK) used by Vanisher against Champions] Marvel 1
Eric the Red Eric the Red (Davan Shakari)
(flashback cameo)
villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Shi'ar religious sect: Crystal
Claws (leader)
Shi'ar Marvel 16
Steven Lang Steven Lang
(mentioned) 
villain scientist
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
Phalanx; Project Armageddon (leader)
[designed Mark III Sentinels]
Marvel 26