The Defenders (vol. 1) #17 (Nov. 1974):
“Power Play!”
by Len Wein, Sal Buscema, Dan Green

The Defenders (vol. 1) #17

Title: “Power Play!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1974

Publisher:
Written by: Len Wein
Art by: Sal Buscema, Dan Green

15 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
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
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
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)		Hood's Army; Lethal Legion...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew (leader)		190
Bulldozer (Henry Camp)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  U.S. Army; Wrecking Crew		125
Piledriver (Brian Calusky)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Wrecking Crew		137
Thunderball (Eliot Franklin)		black; Hood's Army...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew		151
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Secret Avengers; Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme; The Defenders; The Thunderbolts		361
Aragorn	N.A.	horse [winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
J. C. Pennysworth	Sons of the Serpent (leader)	black; Sons of the Serpent [posed as a white man to seek wealth, power]		10
Walter Cronkite	Episcopalian	[reporter; news anchor]		570
Wrecking Crew		[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #17 (Nov. 1974)]		244
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (only on cover)	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
Barbara Norriss (mentioned)	Cult of the Nameless One; Norse/Teutonic paganism	The Defenders		24

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