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The Defenders (vol. 1) #16 (Oct. 1974):
“Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant!”
by Len Wein, Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

The Defenders (vol. 1) #16

Title: “Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1974

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Len Wein
Art by: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito


13 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 The Hulk (Bruce Banner) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
Doctor Strange Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier) hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
Magneto Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) villain hero scientist
CBR Scale: S Jewish; Gypsy/Roma
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 916
Valkyrie Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) hero
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic paganism
(Asgardian)
The Defenders
[former Chooser of the Slain]
Marvel 325
Nighthawk Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) hero
  Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Marvel 361
Blob Blob (Fred J. Dukes) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Marvel 403
Mastermind Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Marvel 140
Unus the Untouchable Unus the Untouchable (Angelo Unuscione) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three Marvel 69
Aragorn Aragorn supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
horse
[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]
Marvel 105
Lorelei Lorelei (Lani Ubana) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Savage Land Mutates Marvel 10
Alpha the Ultimate Mutant Alpha the Ultimate Mutant villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
Brotherhood of Mutants (ally)
[bioengineered humanoid created by Magneto]
Marvel 12
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
(only on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864