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The Defenders (vol. 1) #123 (Sep. 1983):
“Of Elves and Androids!”
by J. M. DeMatteis, Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder

The Defenders (vol. 1) #123

Title: “Of Elves and Androids!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1983

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: J. M. DeMatteis
Art by: Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder


23 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 The Hulk (Bruce Banner) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
Doctor Strange Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) hero
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress
A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 1,624
Vision Vision hero
CBR Scale: MCBR Scale: I synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)
A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Marvel 1,393
Silver Surfer Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) hero
CBR Scale: S Zenn-La religion
Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 826
Cloud Cloud ("Carol Faber") hero
CBR Scale: D sentient nebula
Secret Empire; The Defenders Marvel 31
Valkyrie Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) hero
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic paganism
(Asgardian)
The Defenders
[former Chooser of the Slain]
Marvel 325
Moondragon Moondragon (Heather Douglas) hero clergy/religious leader scientist
CBR Scale: S Titanian priestess
Infinity Watch; The Avengers... 
[raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]
Marvel 335
Gargoyle Gargoyle (Isaac Christians) hero
CBR Scale: S Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult
The Defenders Marvel 125
Odin supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian
[Thor's father]
Marvel 307
Secret Empire Secret Empire villain group
  [1st app: Tales to Astonish (vol. 1) #81 (July 1966)] Marvel 120
Number 1 (Anthony Power) villain
CBR Scale: M right-wing extremist; resurrected
Secret Empire
[led an army of right-wing extremists]
Marvel 21
Elf with a Gun Elf with a Gun villain
CBR Scale: D elf
[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #25 (July 1975)] Marvel 15
The Tribunal supporting character group
CBR Scale: U cosmic entity
[preside over cosmically significant events] Marvel 8
Luann Bloom Luann Bloom supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[ultimately revealed to be robot created by Tribunal] Marvel 14
Seraph Seraph (Nancy Turpin) villain hero
CBR Scale: U religious
KGB; Secret Empire... 
[double agent]
Marvel 11
Harridan villain
  Secret Empire
[old woman; drained life force from others]
Marvel 2
Carol Faber
(someone disguised or dressed as)
supporting character
  [died in car crash with Cloud, who adopted her form] Marvel 3
Danny Milligan
(behind the scenes)
supporting character
  [car crashed with Cloud, who adopted his form] Marvel 3
Spock Spock
(mentioned)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: M Vulcan religion
human; Starfleet...  NBC Paramount Pictures, etc. 448