The Defenders (vol. 1) #77 (Nov. 1979):
“Waiting for the End of the World!”
by Steven Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Herb Trimpe, Al Milgrom, etc.

The Defenders (vol. 1) #77

Title: “Waiting for the End of the World!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1979

Publisher:
Written by: Steven Grant, Mark Gruenwald
Art by: Herb Trimpe, Al Milgrom, Chic Stone, Steve Mitchell

18 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
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  The Avengers; The Defenders		656
Moondragon (Heather Douglas)	Titanian priestess	Infinity Watch; The Avengers...  The Defenders [raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		335
Ruby Thursday (Thursday Rubinstein)	Jewish	Headmen		39
James-Michael Starling		[12-year-old boy]		22
Richard Rory	hippie	[friend of Man-Thing, She-Hulk]		36
Ruth Hart	hippie	[friend of Richard Rory, Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown]		22
Omega the Unknown (Model X3Z)	N.A.	Srenesk		8
Amber Grant		[James-Michael Starling's friend/classmate]		18
Dibbuk	demon	[1st app: Omega the Unknown (vol. 1) #10 (Oct. 1977)]		4
Dian Wilkins		[James-Michael Starling's classmate/friend]		12
Protarians	alien	[alien race that created Omega the Unknown]		6
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (cameo)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Luke Cage (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (cameo)		Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Secret Avengers; Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme; The Defenders; The Thunderbolts		361
Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya) (cameo)	Communist Party member	The Defenders [former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]		39

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