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The Defenders (vol. 1) #72 (June 1979):
“Up from the Sky!”
by Ed Hannigan, Herb Trimpe, Fred Kida

The Defenders (vol. 1) #72

Title: “Up from the Sky!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 1979

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Ed Hannigan
Art by: Herb Trimpe, Fred Kida


16 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
Clea hero
CBR Scale: S occult
The Defenders
[disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]
Marvel 222
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
Aragorn Aragorn supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
horse
[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]
Marvel 105
Dollar Bill Dollar Bill (Aaron Tagma English) supporting character
  [tried to make documentary about Defenders] Marvel 19
Lunatik Lunatik (Arisen Tyrk) villain deity
CBR Scale: M sorcerer
[ruler] Marvel 19
Hal Hal supporting character
  [1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #66 (Dec. 1978)] Marvel 4
Ron Rice Ron Rice supporting character
  black
[investigated Nighthawk's Richmond Industries]
Marvel 3
Nilffim supporting character group
CBR Scale: I N.A.
bird
[giant birds ridden by Arisen Tyrk fragments]
Marvel 5
Mr. Blandon Mr. Blandon supporting character
  [designed Nighthawk's jetpack] Marvel 1
Stalwag supporting character
CBR Scale: I dwarf
Sput
[a Sput (Tunnelworld dwarf)]
Marvel 2
The Unnamed One The Unnamed One villain deity
CBR Scale: D alien deity
[god and ruler of Tunnelworld; sorcerer] Marvel 9
Xhoohx Xhoohx
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: D sorcerer
[able to summon the Nya (energy spirits)] Marvel 5