Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #114 (Dec. 1982):
“Dance of Darkness/Dance of Light!”
by J.M. DeMatteis, Don Perlin, Mike Gustovich

30 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)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
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
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates		1,624
Vision	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
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
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	Defenders		125
Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya)	Communist Party member	Defenders [Russia. former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]		39
Cap'n Hawk (Jim Dore Jr.)	Native American	Squadron Supreme		13
Overmind (Grom)		Defenders; Thunderbolts Army		41
Hyperion (Mark Milton)		Squadron Supreme; Star Masters  Weapon X (Exiles); Thunderbolts		175
Arcanna (Arcanna Jones)	occult; former medium	Squadron Supreme		71
Nuke (Al Gaines)	spirit	Squadron Supreme		7
Power Princess (Princess Zarda)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Squadron Supreme; Exiles  Golden Agency; Imperial Guard [Utopia Isle]		104
Lady Lark (Linda Lewis)		Squadron Supreme		47
Doctor Spectrum (Joe Ledger)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme		139
Whizzer (Stanley Stewart)		Squadron Supreme; Project: Pegasus		32
Golden Archer (Wyatt McDonald)		Squadron Supreme; Redeemers (Earth-712)		29
Tom Thumb (Thomas Thompson)		Squadron Supreme		36
Amphibian (Kingsley Rice)		Squadron Supreme		22
Null the Living Darkness	Nihilist			4
August Masters		Secret Empire		11
Mindy-Psi (Mindy Williams)		[poor woman rescued by Nighthawk; dated him]		11
Philip le Guin		[telepath]		9
Ursula Richards		[telepath]		9
The Chorus		[ESP-powered group]		17

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