The Defenders (vol. 1) #31 (Jan. 1976):
“Nighthawk’s Brain!”
by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney

The Defenders (vol. 1) #31

Title: “Nighthawk’s Brain!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1976

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Gerber
Art by: Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney

16 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.
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (lead character)		Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Secret Avengers; Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme; The Defenders; The Thunderbolts		361
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
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Wong	Tibetan Buddhism; occult	[house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Aragorn	N.A.	horse [winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
Jack Norriss	Cult of the Nameless One (lapsed)	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Defenders (ally) [husband of Barbara Norriss (Valkyrie)]		41
Chondu the Mystic (Harvey Schlemerman)	occult; yoga	Headmen		25
Gorilla-Man (Dr. Arthur Nagan)		Headmen; Lethal Legion		25
Shrunken Bones (Dr. Jerold Morgan)		Headmen		22
Trish Starr	eclectic spiritual seeker; mysticism; meditation	[niece of Egghead]		16
Bambi	N.A.	deer [deer befriended by Hulk, possessed by Chondu the Mystic]		5
Elf with a Gun	elf	[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #25 (July 1975)]		15
Whizzo (Charles Lester)		[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #31 (Jan. 1976)]		1
Frances Lester		[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #31 (Jan. 1976)]		1
Clea (cameo)	occult	The Defenders [disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]		222

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