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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: Marvel
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 The Hulk (Bruce Banner) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
Doctor Strange Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687
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
Devil-Slayer Devil-Slayer (Eric Simon Payne) hero
CBR Scale: M Cult of the Harvester of Eyes
(former)
The Defenders Marvel 44
Red Guardian Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya) hero
CBR Scale: S Communist Party member
The Defenders
[former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]
Marvel 39
Aragorn Aragorn supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
horse
[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]
Marvel 105
Vera Gemini Vera Gemini villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Cult of the Harvester of Eyes (leader); human-demon hybrid
[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #58 (Apr. 1978)] Marvel 4
The Agent of Fortune The Agent of Fortune villain
CBR Scale: D Cult of the Harvester of Eyes
[agent of Vera Gemini] Marvel 3
Dollar Bill Dollar Bill (Aaron Tagma English) supporting character
  [tried to make documentary about Defenders] Marvel 19
Cult of the Harvester of Eyes Cult of the Harvester of Eyes villain group
CBR Scale: D Harvester of Eyes Cult
(demonolatry)
[worshipped Belathauzer's demon race] Marvel 4
Belathauzer Belathauzer villain
CBR Scale: D demon
[Elder Demon worshipped by Harvester of Eyes Cult] Marvel 4
Fyodr supporting character scientist
  [researched Red Guardian's new form] Marvel 1
Vladimer supporting character scientist
  [researched Red Guardian's new form] Marvel 1
Ort-Beast villain
CBR Scale: U N.A.
[crystalline creatures] Marvel 2
Anita Bryant
(cameo)
villain clergy/religious leader real/historical person
CBR Scale: D SOOFI (leader); Southern Baptist
[singer] Marvel 42
Idi Amin Idi Amin
(cameo)
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Muslim
[dictator president of Uganda (1971-1979)] Marvel Ec, etc. 32
Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat
(cameo)
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Muslim
[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #59 (May 1978)] Marvel 61
Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping Deng
(cameo)
clergy/religious leader real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Communist (leader)
[politician; diplomat] Marvel 10
Charles Manson Charles Manson
(cameo)
villain clergy/religious leader real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Scientologist; self-declared
messiah
[criminal] Marvel 61
Son of Sam Son of Sam (David Berkowitz)
(cameo)
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Jewish; occult; Born-Again Christian (convert)
[mail carrier] Marvel 27