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The Defenders (vol. 1) #51 (Sep. 1977):
“A Round with the Ringer!”
by David Kraft, Keith Giffen, Klaus Janson

The Defenders (vol. 1) #51

Title: “A Round with the Ringer!”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Sep 1977

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: David Kraft

Art by: Keith Giffen, Klaus Janson


24 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)
 Avengers; Defenders  Marvel 4,551
Nick Fury Nick Fury hero
CBR Scale: U secular
 Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Marvel 1,898
Moon Knight Moon Knight (Marc Spector) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Egyptian classical religion
(raised Jewish)
 U.S. Marines; CIA  Marvel 423
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. supporting character
   S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel 1,188
Valkyrie Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) hero
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic paganism
(Asgardian)
 Defenders; Lady Liberators
[former Chooser of the Slain]		 Marvel 325
Nighthawk Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) hero
   Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme  Marvel 361
Hellcat Hellcat (Patsy Walker) hero
   Defenders; Avengers  Marvel 639
Red Guardian Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya) hero
CBR Scale: S Communist Party member
 Defenders
[Russia. former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]		 Marvel 39
Jack Norriss Jack Norriss supporting character
CBR Scale: S Cult of the Nameless One
(lapsed)
 S.H.I.E.L.D.; Defenders (ally)
[husband of Barbara Norriss (Valkyrie)]		 Marvel 41
Life Model Decoys Life Model Decoys supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
 S.H.I.E.L.D.
[android duplicates of people, usually VIPs]		 Marvel 24
Lieutenant Kris Keating supporting character
   NYPD
[led NYPD's Special Powers Task Force]		 Marvel 9
The Ringer The Ringer (Tony Davis) villain
CBR Scale: I resurrected
 A.I.M. Marvel 11
Dollar Bill Dollar Bill (Aaron Tagma English) supporting character
   [tried to make documentary about Defenders] Marvel 19
Ledge Ledge supporting character
   [old friend of TV producer "Dollar Bill"] Marvel 14
Lunatik Lunatik (Arisen Tyrk) villain deity
CBR Scale: M sorcerer
 [ruler] Marvel 19
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm)
(cameo)		 hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
 U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  Marvel 5,017
Deathlok Deathlok (Luther Manning)
(cameo)		 hero
   U.S. Army; CIA  Marvel 52
The Foreigner The Foreigner
(cameo)		 villain
   NYPD
[England. head of 1400 Club; masqueraded as police captain]		 Marvel 40
Ruby Thursday Ruby Thursday (Thursday Rubinstein)
(cameo)		 villain scientist
CBR Scale: U Jewish
 Headmen Marvel 39
Presence Presence (Sergei Krylov)
(cameo)		 villain
CBR Scale: S Communist
 [USSR; Belarus] Marvel 29
Scorpio Scorpio (Jacob Fury)
(cameo)		 villain
CBR Scale: U astrology
 Zodiac (Cartel); Zodiac (LMDs)
[Nick Fury's evil brother; died, was "remade" as LMD]		 Marvel 45
Gemini
(cameo)		 villain
CBR Scale: D astrology
 Zodiac (LMDs) Marvel 7
John Steed John Steed
(mentioned)		 hero
   Avengers (UK) (leader)
[England]		 Associated British Corporation 193
Emma Peel Emma Peel
(mentioned)		 hero
   Avengers (UK)
[England]		 Associated British Corporation 60

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