Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #63 (Sep. 1978):
“Deadlier by the Dozen!”
by David Kraft, 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)	Defenders; Hulkbusters  Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; X-Saviours; Warbound; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Illuminati; Ultimates  Force Works; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist (lapsed)	SHIELD Super-Agents; The Avengers		531
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)	Protestant	NASA; Starjammers  Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles); The Avengers		784
Iron Fist (Danny Rand)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; The Avengers  Secret Defenders		672
Havok (Alex Summers)	Catholic (lapsed)	Dark Descendants; Academy of Tomorrow  Starjammers; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Factor; X-Men; Magistrates [studied geophysics in college]		592
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Renegades; Heroes for Hire  The Champions; The Avengers [Greece]		1,029
Beetle (Abner Jenkins)		Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate  Thunderbolts; Initiative; The Masters of Evil		152
Plantman (Samuel Smithers)		Thunderbolts; Crime Wave  Chain Gang [England]		86
Paladin		Wild Pack; Intruders  Outlaws; Thunderbolts; Heroes for Hire		136
Nova (Richard Rider)		Nova Corps; Champions of Xandar  Defenders; Secret Defenders; The New Warriors [attended Harry S. Truman High]		427
Polaris (Lorna Dane)	Jewish Catholic	The Twelve (mutants); Horsemen of Apocalypse  Academy of Tomorrow; Starjammers; X-Men; X-Factor; The Acolytes [studied geophysics in college]		464
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom)	Catholic (former priest)	Defenders; Howling Commandos		207
Prowler (Hobie Brown)		Wild Pack; Outlaws		82
Electro (Max Dillon)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve  Emissaries of Evil (Electro); Doom's Brigade; Hood's Army; The Frightful Four		274
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)	Kree religion	[former captain of Kree star fleet]		142
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme  Redeemers; Secret Avengers; Redeemers (Earth-712); The Defenders; The Thunderbolts		361
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Defenders; Legion of Unliving  Lady Liberators; The Avengers		639
Blob (Fred J. Dukes)	mutant supremacist	Factor Three; Freedom Force  X-Cell; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Corps		403
Marvel Man (Wendell Vaughn)	atheist	SHIELD Super-Agents; Protectors of the Universe  Star Masters; S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers		317
Stingray (Walter Newell)		Defenders; Initiative  Initiative: Point Men (leader); The Avengers		124
Jack of Hearts (Jonathan Hart)		Defenders; The Avengers		144
Torpedo (Brock Jones)		[Stivak's successor]		33
Captain Ultra (Griffin Gogol)		Defenders; Initiative: Nebraska team		30
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)		Initiative; Batroc's Brigade  Thunderbolts Army; The Masters of Evil [France]		129
Whirlwind (David Cannon)		Lethal Legion; Initiative  Thunderbolts Army; The Masters of Evil; Batroc's Brigade [ice skating competitor]		113
Black Goliath (Bill Foster)		Project: PEGASUS; Secret Avengers  The Champions; The Avengers		118
Porcupine (Alex Gentry)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Crime Wave  Maggia; Batroc's Brigade		36
Presence (Sergei Krylov)	Communist	[USSR; Belarus]		29
Sagittarius	astrology	Zodiac (LMDs)		7
Looter (Norton G. Fester)		[inventor; thief]		5
Tagak the Leopard Lord (Tagak)	Sacred Krill religion			5
White Tiger (Hector Ayala)	Catholic	[college student]		15

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