Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #98 (Aug. 1981):
“The Hand Closes!”
by J.M. DeMatteis, Don Perlin, Joe Sinnott, Sal Trapani

20 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.
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Defenders; Avengers; X-Factor; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		5,233
Wonder Man (Simon Williams)	religious	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Guardians of the Galaxy; Galactic Guardians; Mighty Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom)	Catholic (former priest)	Defenders; Howling Commandos		207
Clea	occult	Defenders [disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]		222
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	Defenders; Lady Liberators [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme  Defenders; Thunderbolts; Redeemers; Secret Avengers; Redeemers (Earth-712)		361
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Defenders; Avengers  Legion of Unliving; Lady Liberators		639
Devil-Slayer (Eric Simon Payne)	Cult of the Harvester of Eyes (former)	Defenders		44
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	Defenders		125
Mephisto	Devil	Six-Fingered Hand		381
Man-Thing (Ted Sallis)		U.S. Army; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Daydreamers; Legion of Monsters [Guardian of the Nexus of Realities]		176
Wong	Tibetan Buddhism; occult	[Tibet. house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Luann Bloom	N.A.	[ultimately revealed to be robot created by Tribunal]		14
Thog (behind the scenes)	demon; Satanism	[ 1st app: "Night of the Nether-Spawn" in Adventure Into Fear #11 (Nov. 1972) ]		27

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