The Defenders (vol. 1) #35 (May 1976):
“Bring Back My Body to Me, to Me...!”
by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson

The Defenders (vol. 1) #35

Title: “Bring Back My Body to Me, to Me...!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1976

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Gerber
Art by: Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson

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.
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
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Secret Avengers; Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme; The Defenders; The Thunderbolts		361
Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya)	Communist Party member	The Defenders [former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]		39
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
Ruby Thursday (Thursday Rubinstein)	Jewish	Headmen		39
Shrunken Bones (Dr. Jerold Morgan)		Headmen		22
Bambi	N.A.	deer [deer befriended by Hulk, possessed by Chondu the Mystic]		5
Nebulon	Celestial Mind Control Movement (founder/guru); Ul'lula'n religion	Squadron Sinister (ally)		23
Pytor		[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #35 (May 1976)]		1
Mr. Kaslov		[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #35 (May 1976)]		2
Taylor Charles		[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #35 (May 1976)]		2

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