The Defenders (vol. 1) #71 (May 1979):
“Stranger & Stranger in a Strange Land”
by Ed Hannigan, Herb Trimpe, Jack Abel

The Defenders (vol. 1) #71

Title: “Stranger & Stranger in a Strange Land”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1979

Publisher:
Written by: Ed Hannigan
Art by: Herb Trimpe, Jack Abel

17 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
Clea	occult	The Defenders [disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]		222
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
Wong	Tibetan Buddhism; occult	[house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Aragorn	N.A.	horse [winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
Dollar Bill (Aaron Tagma English)		[tried to make documentary about Defenders]		19
Ledge		Empire State University [old friend of TV producer "Dollar Bill"]		14
Lunatik (Arisen Tyrk)	sorcerer	[ruler]		19
Hal		[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #66 (Dec. 1978)]		4
Ron Rice		black [investigated Nighthawk's Richmond Industries]		3
Nilffim	N.A.	bird [giant birds ridden by Arisen Tyrk fragments]		5
Stalwag	dwarf	Sput [a Sput (Tunnelworld dwarf)]		2
Oguot	dwarf	Sput [a Sput (Tunnelworld dwarf)]		1
Stargod (John Jameson) (cameo)		The Avengers (staff); U.S. Air Force [J. Jonah Jameson's son]		231

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