Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #123 (Sep. 1983):
“Of Elves and Androids!”
by J.M. DeMatteis, 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 (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
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
Cloud ("Carol Faber")	sentient nebula	Secret Empire; Defenders		31
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	Defenders; Lady Liberators [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Moondragon (Heather Douglas)	Titanian priestess	Defenders; Avengers  Infinity Watch [raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		335
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	Defenders		125
Odin	Norse/Teutonic deity	[Thor's father]		307
Secret Empire		Secret Empire		120
Number 1 (Anthony Power)	right-wing extremist; resurrected	Secret Empire [led an army of right-wing extremists]		21
Elf with a Gun	elf			15
The Tribunal	cosmic entity	[preside over cosmically significant events]		8
Luann Bloom	N.A.	[ultimately revealed to be robot created by Tribunal]		14
Seraph (Nancy Turpin)	religious	KGB; Secret Empire  Defenders (ally) [Russia. double agent]		11
Harridan		Secret Empire [old woman; drained life force from others]		2
Carol Faber (someone disguised as)		[died in car crash with Cloud, who adopted her form]		3
Danny Milligan (behind the scenes)		[car crashed with Cloud, who adopted his form]		3
Spock (mentioned)	Vulcan religion	Starfleet; U.S.S. Enterprise	, etc.	448

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