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

The Defenders (vol. 1) #51

Title: “A Round with the Ringer!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1977

Publisher:
Written by: David Anthony 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 (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Moon Knight (Marc Spector)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	CIA; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; United States Marine Corps		423
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
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
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  The Avengers; The Defenders		656
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
Life Model Decoys	N.A.	S.H.I.E.L.D. [android duplicates of people, usually VIPs]		24
Lieutenant Kris Keating		NYPD [led NYPD's Special Powers Task Force]		9
The Ringer (Tony Davis)	resurrected	A.I.M.		11
Dollar Bill (Aaron Tagma English)		[tried to make documentary about Defenders]		19
Ledge		Empire State University [old friend of TV producer "Dollar Bill"]		14
Lunatik (Arisen Tyrk)	sorcerer	[ruler]		19
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (cameo)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Deathlok (Luther Manning) (cameo)		black; CIA...  Hood's Army; U.S. Army		52
The Foreigner (cameo)		NYPD; The 1400 Club (founder) [head of 1400 Club; masqueraded as police captain]		40
Ruby Thursday (Thursday Rubinstein) (cameo)	Jewish	Headmen		39
Presence (Sergei Krylov) (cameo)	Communist	[ 1st app: (cameo) Defenders (vol. 1) #51 (Sep. 1977); (full) Defenders (vol. 1) #52 (Oct. 1977) ]		29
Scorpio (Jacob Fury) (cameo)	astrology	Zodiac (Cartel); Zodiac (LMDs) [Nick Fury's evil brother; died, was "remade" as LMD]		45
Gemini (cameo)	astrology	Zodiac (LMDs)		7
John Steed (mentioned)		The Avengers	Associated British Corporation	193
Emma Peel (mentioned)		The Avengers	Associated British Corporation	60

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