The Defenders (vol. 1) #85 (July 1980):
“Like a Proud Black Panther...”
by Ed Hannigan, Don Perlin, Jim Mooney

The Defenders (vol. 1) #85

Title: “Like a Proud Black Panther...”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1980

Publisher:
Written by: Ed Hannigan
Art by: Don Perlin, Jim Mooney

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 (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 Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
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
Mandrill (Jerome Beechman)		Black Spectre (leader); Crossfire's Mind Control Gang...  Hood's Army; Mutant Force		61
Omoro Kaysbe	African primal-indigenous religion: Black Panther Cult	[butler; security chief]		22
Fem-Force		[black warrior mental slaves of Mandrill]		7
Milton Rosenblum		[attorney]		15
Ronga	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean [impertinently imported Wakandan technology to Atlantis]		2
Taku	African primal-indigenous religion (Black Panther cult)	[Wakandan communications advisor; Minister of Information]		34
Melva Oliver		[news anchor]		1
Aragorn (cameo)	N.A.	horse [winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105

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