The Defenders (vol. 1) #55 (Jan. 1978):
“The Power Principle, Part Three: Emotion, Ego... and Empty Expectations!”
by David Anthony Kraft, Carmine Infantino, Klaus Janson

The Defenders (vol. 1) #55

Title: “The Power Principle, Part Three: Emotion, Ego... and Empty Expectations!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1978

Publisher:
Written by: David Anthony Kraft
Art by: Carmine Infantino, Klaus Janson

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 (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
Presence (Sergei Krylov)	Communist	[ 1st app: (cameo) Defenders (vol. 1) #51 (Sep. 1977); (full) Defenders (vol. 1) #52 (Oct. 1977) ]		29
Ledge		Empire State University [old friend of TV producer "Dollar Bill"]		14
Lunatik (Arisen Tyrk)	sorcerer	[ruler]		19
The Behemoth from Below	N.A.	[giant sea monster]		3
Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov) (cameo)	Communist	[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #43 (Aug. 1967)]		21

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