The Defenders (vol. 1) #38 (Aug. 1976):
“Exile to Oblivion!”
by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson

The Defenders (vol. 1) #38

Title: “Exile to Oblivion!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 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.
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
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
Jack Norriss	Cult of the Nameless One (lapsed)	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Defenders (ally) [husband of Barbara Norriss (Valkyrie)]		41
Porcupine (Alex Gentry)		Batroc's Brigade; Crime Wave...  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Maggia		36
The Eel (Leopold Stryke)		Crime Wave; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Fellowship of Fear; Serpent Squad		30
Nebulon	Celestial Mind Control Movement (founder/guru); Ul'lula'n religion	Squadron Sinister (ally)		23
Elf with a Gun	elf	[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #25 (July 1975)]		15
Shirley		[was in same prison as Valkyrie]		2
Stu	religious	[murdered in Grand Canyon by Elf with a Gun]		1
unnamed girlfriend		[murdered in Grand Canyon by Elf with a Gun]		1
Sally		[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #38 (Aug. 1976)]		1
Celestial Mind Control Movement	Celestial Mind Control Movement	[religious group founded by Nebulon]		6
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (only on cover)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551

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