The Defenders (vol. 1) #128 (Feb. 1984):
“Assault on the Empire”
by J. M. DeMatteis, Alan Kupperberg, Mike Mignola

The Defenders (vol. 1) #128

Title: “Assault on the Empire”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1984

Publisher:
Written by: J. M. DeMatteis
Art by: Alan Kupperberg, Mike Mignola

32 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.
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
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
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Cloud ("Carol Faber")	sentient nebula	Secret Empire; The Defenders		31
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
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
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
Professor Power (Anthony Power)	right-wing extremist; resurrected	Secret Empire [led an army of right-wing extremists]		21
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
Leviathan (Edward Cobert)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Empire...  The Masters of Evil		10
Mad Dog (Buzz Baxter)	manifestly non-religious	Secret Empire; U.S. Air Force [ex-husband of Patsy Walker/Hellcat]		40
Matthew Aaron Power		[Professor Power's beloved son]		12
Dolly Donahue		[housekeeper]		31
Number 101		Secret Empire		1
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (cameo)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (cameo)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Psyche (Danielle Moonstar) (cameo)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	Mutant Liberation Front; Native American...  The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) (cameo)	Presbyterian	Excalibur; The New Mutants...  X-Factor; X-Force		576
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (cameo)	Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; black...  Fallen Angels; Mutant Liberation Front; The Avengers; The Hellfire Club; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Ternals; Young X-Men (teacher)		574
Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh) (cameo)	Catholic; LGBT	Academy of Tomorrow; Asian...  The 198; The New Mutants; X-Men		260
Odin (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian [Thor's father]		307
Seraph (Nancy Turpin) (cameo)	religious	KGB; Secret Empire...  The Defenders (ally) [double agent]		11
Harridan (cameo)		Secret Empire [old woman; drained life force from others]		2
Mr. Faber (mentioned)		[father of Carol Faber (whose form was assumed by Cloud)]		2
Mrs. Faber (mentioned)		[mother of Carol Faber (whose form was assumed by Cloud)]		2

This publication is also known as: The New Defenders #128.

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