Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #24 (June 1975):
“--In the Jaws of the Serpent!”
by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema, Bob McLeod

19 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)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Yellowjacket (Hank Pym)	atheist	Avengers; Defenders  West Coast Avengers; Secret Defenders; Commission on Superhuman Activities; Liberators; Mighty Avengers		1,543
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	Heroes for Hire; Defenders  Marvel Knights; New Avengers [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom)	Catholic (former priest)	Defenders; Howling Commandos		207
Clea	occult	Defenders [disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]		222
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	Defenders; Lady Liberators [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme  Defenders; Thunderbolts; Redeemers; Secret Avengers; Redeemers (Earth-712)		361
Wong	Tibetan Buddhism; occult	[Tibet. house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Jack Norriss	Cult of the Nameless One (lapsed)	S.H.I.E.L.D.; Defenders (ally) [husband of Barbara Norriss (Valkyrie)]		41
Sons of the Serpent	White Supremacist: Sons of the Serpent			42
The Supreme Serpent (J. C. Pennysworth)	Sons of the Serpent (leader)	Sons of the Serpent [posed as a white man to seek wealth, power]		10
Elena		[met Valkyrie during her discovery of poor people]		3
Harold Holliman		[met Valkyrie during her discovery of poor people]		3
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
Leonard Martin Kyzewski (mentioned)	Sons of the Serpent (White Supremacist)	Sons of the Serpent		6

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