The Defenders (vol. 1) #63 (Sep. 1978):
“Deadlier by the Dozen!”
by David Anthony Kraft, Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney

The Defenders (vol. 1) #63

Title: “Deadlier by the Dozen!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1978

Publisher:
Written by: David Anthony Kraft
Art by: Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney

34 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
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Iron Fist (Danny Rand)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
Havok (Alex Summers)	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Beetle (Abner Jenkins)		black; Initiative...  Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		152
Plantman (Samuel Smithers)		Chain Gang; Crime Wave...  The Thunderbolts		86
Paladin		Heroes for Hire; Intruders...  Outlaws; The Thunderbolts; Wild Pack		136
Nova (Richard Rider)		Nova Corps; Secret Defenders...  The Champions of Xandar; The Defenders; The New Warriors [attended Harry S. Truman High]		427
Polaris (Lorna Dane)	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom)	Catholic (former priest)	Shadow Hunters; The Defenders...  The Howling Commandos		207
Prowler (Hobie Brown)		black; Outlaws...  Wild Pack		82
Electro (Max Dillon)		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Hood's Army; Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Frightful Four		274
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)	Kree religion	Kree [former captain of Kree star fleet]		142
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
Blob (Fred J. Dukes)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Freedom Force; X-Cell; X-Corps		403
Marvel Man (Wendell Vaughn)	atheist	Protectors of the Universe; S.H.I.E.L.D....  SHIELD Super-Agents; Star Masters; The Avengers		317
Stingray (Walter Newell)		Initiative: Point Men (leader); Initiative...  The Avengers; The Defenders		124
Jack of Hearts (Jonathan Hart)		The Avengers; The Defenders		144
Torpedo (Brock Jones)		[Stivak's successor]		33
Captain Ultra (Griffin Gogol)		Initiative: Nebraska team; The Defenders		30
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)		Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army		129
Whirlwind (David Cannon)		Batroc's Brigade; Initiative...  Lethal Legion; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army [ice skating competitor]		113
Black Goliath (Bill Foster)		Project: Pegasus; Secret Avengers...  The Avengers; The Champions		118
Porcupine (Alex Gentry)		Batroc's Brigade; Crime Wave...  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Maggia		36
Presence (Sergei Krylov)	Communist	[ 1st app: (cameo) Defenders (vol. 1) #51 (Sep. 1977); (full) Defenders (vol. 1) #52 (Oct. 1977) ]		29
Sagittarius	astrology	Zodiac (LMDs)		7
Looter (Norton G. Fester)		[inventor; thief]		5
Tagak the Leopard Lord (Tagak)	Sacred Krill religion	[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #72 (Jan. 1971)]		5
White Tiger (Hector Ayala)	Catholic	[college student]		15

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