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Giant-Size Defenders #5 (July 1975):
“Quoth the Nighthawk, “Nevermore!"”
by Roy Thomas, Gene Colan, Syd Shores

Giant-Size Defenders #5

Title: “Quoth the Nighthawk, “Nevermore!””

Feature: Daredevil and Nighthawk

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1975

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Gene Colan, Syd Shores


10 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.
Daredevil Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles) Marvel 1,801
Foggy Nelson Foggy Nelson supporting character
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
[law partner of Matt Murdock (Daredevil)] Marvel 488
Karen Page Karen Page supporting character
  [was Daredevil's longtime girlfriend] Marvel 223
Nighthawk Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) hero
  Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Marvel 361
NYPD NYPD supporting character group real/historical person
  [police department] Marvel DC 1,396
Jo-Jo villain
  [gangster] Marvel 1
Weepin' Willie (Willie) villain
  [gangster] Marvel 1
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(flashback cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
(flashback cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
The Grandmaster The Grandmaster (En Dwi Gast)
(flashback cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: D quasi-cosmic entity w/ personal obsession
Elders of the Universe Marvel 71

This comic was reprinted from: Daredevil (vol. 1) #62 (Mar. 1970): "Quoth the Nighthawk, "Nevermore!"".

Notes from original source:
This story features an early appearance of Defenders mainstay Nighthawk as a villain.