Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #40 (Oct. 1976):
“Love, Anarchy and, Oh Yes... The Assassin!”
by Steve Gerber, 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)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
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
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	Heroes for Hire; Defenders  Marvel Knights; New Avengers [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
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
Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya)	Communist Party member	Defenders [Russia. former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]		39
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
Elf with a Gun	elf			15
Senator Winthrop		[U.S. Senator]		1
Mrs. Rosenzweig	anti-Communist	[member of the Committee for Free Emigration]		1
Citizens for Free Emigration	anti-Communist	[objected to Red Guardian being on Defenders team]		1
The Assassin	anti-Communist	[worked for anti-Communist group]		1
Celestial Mind Control Movement (behind the scenes)	Celestial Mind Control Movement	[religious group founded by Nebulon]		6

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