The Defenders (vol. 1) #8 (Sep. 1973):
“The Avengers VS the Defenders Chapter 1: Deception!!”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Frank McLaughlin

The Defenders (vol. 1) #8

Title: “The Avengers VS the Defenders Chapter 1: Deception!!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1973

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Englehart
Art by: Sal Buscema, Frank McLaughlin

9 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.
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	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)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)	Christian (medieval)	Excalibur; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers		430
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Loki	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Mighty Avengers (founder)...  The Cabal; The Liberators		696
Dormammu	Faltine energy being; extra-dimensional mystic entity/powerful magic user	The Cabal		170
Valkyrie (Barbara Norriss)	Cult of the Nameless One; Norse/Teutonic paganism	The Defenders		24

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