The Defenders (vol. 1) #54 (Dec. 1977):
“The Power Principle, Part Two: A Study in Survival!”
by David Anthony Kraft, Michael Golden, Keith Giffen, Bob McLeod

The Defenders (vol. 1) #54

Title: “The Power Principle, Part Two: A Study in Survival!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1977

Publisher:
Written by: David Anthony Kraft
Art by: Michael Golden, Keith Giffen, Bob McLeod

15 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
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Atlanteans	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	[hidden race]		165
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
Presence (Sergei Krylov)	Communist	[ 1st app: (cameo) Defenders (vol. 1) #51 (Sep. 1977); (full) Defenders (vol. 1) #52 (Oct. 1977) ]		29
Dollar Bill (Aaron Tagma English)		[tried to make documentary about Defenders]		19
The Behemoth from Below	N.A.	[giant sea monster]		3
Ledge (cameo)		Empire State University [old friend of TV producer "Dollar Bill"]		14
Penelope (cameo)		[Dollar Bill's first high school girlfriend]		1
Jeeves (cameo)		[butler]		1
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned)		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188

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