Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #122 (Aug. 1983):
“Things to Come!”
by J.M. DeMatteis, Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder

21 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
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; X-Factor; The Twelve (mutants); Secret Defenders		1,752
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
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	Defenders; Lady Liberators [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Defenders; Avengers  Legion of Unliving; Lady Liberators		639
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	Defenders		125
Odin	Norse/Teutonic deity	[Thor's father]		307
Wong	Tibetan Buddhism; occult	[Tibet. house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Aragorn	N.A.	[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
Overmind (Grom)		Defenders; Thunderbolts Army		41
Vera Cantor		[long-time girlfriend of Hank McCoy (Beast)]		45
Miracle Man (Joshua Ayers)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Hood's Army [lived in monastery for a time]		22
Sassafras	N.A.	[Beast's pet dog while he was with Defenders]		20
Elf with a Gun	elf			15
The Tribunal	cosmic entity	[preside over cosmically significant events]		8
Father Raymond Gossett	Catholic priest	[Daimon Hellstrom studied under him in monastery]		3
The Chorus (details)  merged with Overmind		[ESP-powered group]		17

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