The Defenders (vol. 1) #59 (May 1978):
“Xenogenesis Day of the Demons, Part 2: Tyranny and Mutation”
by David Anthony Kraft, Ed Hannigan, Dan Green

The Defenders (vol. 1) #59

Title: “Xenogenesis Day of the Demons, Part 2: Tyranny and Mutation”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1978

Publisher:
Written by: David Anthony Kraft, Ed Hannigan
Art by: Ed Hannigan, Dan Green

22 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
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
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
Devil-Slayer (Eric Simon Payne)	Cult of the Harvester of Eyes (former)	The Defenders		44
Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya)	Communist Party member	The Defenders [former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]		39
Aragorn	N.A.	horse [winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
Vera Gemini	Cult of the Harvester of Eyes (leader); human-demon hybrid	[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #58 (Apr. 1978)]		4
The Agent of Fortune	Cult of the Harvester of Eyes	[agent of Vera Gemini]		3
Dollar Bill (Aaron Tagma English)		[tried to make documentary about Defenders]		19
Cult of the Harvester of Eyes	Harvester of Eyes Cult (demonolatry)	[worshipped Belathauzer's demon race]		4
Belathauzer	demon	[Elder Demon worshipped by Harvester of Eyes Cult]		4
Fyodr		[researched Red Guardian's new form]		1
Vladimer		[researched Red Guardian's new form]		1
Ort-Beast	N.A.	[crystalline creatures]		2
Anita Bryant (cameo)	SOOFI (leader); Southern Baptist	[singer]		42
Idi Amin (cameo)	Muslim	[dictator president of Uganda (1971-1979)]	Ec, etc.	32
Yasser Arafat (cameo)	Muslim	[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #59 (May 1978)]		61
Xiaoping Deng (cameo)	Communist (leader)	[politician; diplomat]		10
Charles Manson (cameo)	Scientologist; self-declared messiah	[criminal]		61
Son of Sam (David Berkowitz) (cameo)	Jewish; occult; Born-Again Christian (convert)	[mail carrier]		27

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