The Defenders (vol. 1) #125 (Nov. 1983):
“Hello, I Must Be Going. (or...Mad Dogs and Elvishmen!)”
by J. M. DeMatteis, Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder

The Defenders (vol. 1) #125

Title: “Hello, I Must Be Going. (or...Mad Dogs and Elvishmen!)”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1983

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

37 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)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom)	Catholic (former priest)	Shadow Hunters; The Defenders...  The Howling Commandos		207
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  The Avengers; The Defenders		656
Moondragon (Heather Douglas)	Titanian priestess	Infinity Watch; The Avengers...  The Defenders [raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		335
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	The Defenders		125
Drax the Destroyer (Arthur Douglas)		Guardians of the Galaxy; Infinity Watch...  Secret Defenders; United Front		217
Aragorn	N.A.	horse [winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
Secret Empire		[1st app: Tales to Astonish (vol. 1) #81 (July 1966)]		120
Burner (Byron Calley)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Mutant Force...  The Resistants [terrorist, mutant rights activist]		21
Lifter (Ned Lathrop)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Mutant Force...  The Resistants		17
Shocker (Randall Darby)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Mutant Force...  The Resistants		20
Slither (Aaron Solomon)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Fangs...  Mutant Force; Serpent Society; The Resistants		22
Mad Dog (Buzz Baxter)	manifestly non-religious	Secret Empire; U.S. Air Force [ex-husband of Patsy Walker/Hellcat]		40
Ch'kra	Kamado religion (leader of peaceful branch)	Kamado [worshipped by Ch'kra's peaceful branch of Kamado]		2
Ch'kri	Kamado religion	Kamado [Kamado king; father of Ch'kra; destroyed Earth]		1
Sassafras	N.A.	dog [Beast's pet dog while he was with Defenders]		20
Elf with a Gun	elf	[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #25 (July 1975)]		15
The Tribunal	cosmic entity	[preside over cosmically significant events]		8
Dolly Donahue		[housekeeper]		31
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (cameo)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Callisto (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Gene Nation; Genoshan Excalibur...  Morlocks; X-Cell		164
Odin (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian [Thor's father]		307
Barry (cameo)		[Hellcat's young step-brother]		2
Bea Walker (cameo)		[married Hellcat's dad after he divorced her mom]		2
Joshua Walker (cameo)		[father of Patsy Walker (Hellcat); aeronautical engineer]		11
Sacred Duality (mentioned)	Kamado deity	[worshipped by Ch'kra's peaceful branch of Kamado]		1

This publication is also known as: The New Defenders #125. With this issue (#125), the title of this series, as it appeared on the cover, was changed to The New Defenders.

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