Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #65 (Nov. 1978):
“Of Ambitions and Giant Amoebas”
by David Kraft, Don Perlin, Bruce D. Patterson

25 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.
Iron Fist (Danny Rand)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Secret Defenders; The Avengers  Heroes for Hire		672
Havok (Alex Summers)	Catholic (lapsed)	Dark Descendants; Academy of Tomorrow  Starjammers; X-Men; Magistrates; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Factor [studied geophysics in college]		592
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Renegades; Heroes for Hire  The Champions; The Avengers [Greece]		1,029
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
Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya)	Communist Party member	Defenders [Russia. former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]		39
Valkyrie (Barbara Norriss)	Cult of the Nameless One; Norse/Teutonic paganism	Defenders		24
Aragorn	N.A.	[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
Whirlwind (David Cannon)		Lethal Legion; Initiative  Thunderbolts Army; Batroc's Brigade; The Masters of Evil [ice skating competitor]		113
Black Goliath (Bill Foster)		Project: PEGASUS; Secret Avengers  The Champions; The Avengers		118
Millie the Model (Millie Collins)		[model; actress...]		327
Porcupine (Alex Gentry)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Maggia  Batroc's Brigade; Crime Wave		36
Presence (Sergei Krylov)	Communist	[USSR; Belarus]		29
Sagittarius	astrology	Zodiac (LMDs)		7
Lieutenant Kris Keating		NYPD [led NYPD's Special Powers Task Force]		9
Dollar Bill (Aaron Tagma English)		[tried to make documentary about Defenders]		19
Ledge		[old friend of TV producer "Dollar Bill"]		14
Lunatik (Arisen Tyrk)	sorcerer	[ruler]		19
General Kharkov	Communist	[Russia]		2
Giant Amoeba	N.A.	[Russia]		1
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Defenders; Hulkbusters  Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; X-Saviours; Warbound; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Secret Defenders		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	All-Winners Squad; Defenders  The Order; Illuminati; X-Men; The Invaders; The Avengers; Dark X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (cameo)	occult	Defenders; The Order  Illuminati; Midnight Sons; The Avengers; Secret Defenders		1,687

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