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The Defenders (vol. 1) #39 (Sep. 1976):
“Riot in Cellblock 12!”
by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson

The Defenders (vol. 1) #39

Title: “Riot in Cellblock 12!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1976

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


17 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 The Hulk (Bruce Banner) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
Doctor Strange Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687
Luke Cage Luke Cage hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Heroes for Hire... 
[formerly owned a bar and theater]
Marvel 951
Clea hero
CBR Scale: S occult
The Defenders
[disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]
Marvel 222
Valkyrie Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) hero
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic paganism
(Asgardian)
The Defenders
[former Chooser of the Slain]
Marvel 325
Nighthawk Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) hero
  Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Marvel 361
Red Guardian Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya) hero
CBR Scale: S Communist Party member
The Defenders
[former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]
Marvel 39
Wong Wong supporting character
CBR Scale: S Tibetan Buddhism; occult
[house servant of Doctor Strange] Marvel 333
Aragorn Aragorn supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
horse
[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]
Marvel 105
Jack Norriss Jack Norriss supporting character
CBR Scale: S Cult of the Nameless One
(lapsed)
S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Defenders (ally)
[husband of Barbara Norriss (Valkyrie)]
Marvel 41
Shirley supporting character
  [was in same prison as Valkyrie] Marvel 2
Commissioner Feingold Commissioner Feingold supporting character
  [police commissioner] Marvel 8
Felicia supporting character
  [was in same prison as Valkyrie] Marvel 1
Dormammu Dormammu
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: D Faltine energy being;
extra-dimensional mystic
entity/powerful magic user
The Cabal Marvel 170
Baron Mordo Baron Mordo (Karl Amadeus Mordo)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M sorcerer
The Offenders
[Ancient One's former disciple; minion of Dormammu]
Marvel 106
Chondu the Mystic Chondu the Mystic (Harvey Schlemerman)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M occult; yoga
Headmen Atlas Marvel 25
Umar Umar
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M Faltine; mystical/occult
Faltine
[ruler of Dark Dimension; Clea's mother; Dormammu's sister]
Marvel 54