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The Defenders (vol. 1) #43 (Jan. 1977):
“This World Is Mine!”
by Gerry Conway, Keith Giffen, Klaus Janson

The Defenders (vol. 1) #43

Title: “This World Is Mine!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1977

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Gerry Conway
Art by: Keith Giffen, 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
Rhino Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) villain
  Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Marvel 305
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
Egghead Egghead (Elihas Starr) villain
  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); The Masters of Evil Marvel 48
Red Rajah Red Rajah villain
CBR Scale: D Cult of the Unliving Four
[human host to the Star of Capistan] Marvel 6
Cobalt Man Cobalt Man (Ralph Roberts) villain scientist
  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead) Marvel 9
Solarr Solarr (Silas King) villain
  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth) Marvel 11
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy)
(cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741