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The Defenders (vol. 1) #52 (Oct. 1977):
“Defender of the Realm!”
by David Anthony Kraft, Keith Giffen, Chic Stone

The Defenders (vol. 1) #52

Title: “Defender of the Realm!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1977

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: David Anthony Kraft
Art by: Keith Giffen, Chic Stone


12 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
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
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
Hellcat Hellcat (Patsy Walker) hero
  Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  Marvel Timely 656
Red Guardian Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya) hero
CBR Scale: S Communist Party member
The Defenders
[former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]
Marvel 39
Presence Presence (Sergei Krylov) villain
CBR Scale: S Communist
[] Marvel 29
Dollar Bill Dollar Bill (Aaron Tagma English) supporting character
  [tried to make documentary about Defenders] Marvel 19
Ledge Ledge supporting character
  Empire State University
[old friend of TV producer "Dollar Bill"]
Marvel 14
Lunatik Lunatik (Arisen Tyrk) villain deity
CBR Scale: M sorcerer
[ruler] Marvel 19
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Edwin Jarvis Edwin Jarvis
(cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Anglican
The Avengers (staff) Marvel 669