Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #128 (Feb. 1984):
“Assault on the Empire”
by J.M. DeMatteis, 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	Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Ultimates		1,898
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
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Defenders  Champions (of Los Angeles); X-Factor; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Academy of Tomorrow; Renegades; X-Force; X-Club		1,741
S.H.I.E.L.D.		S.H.I.E.L.D.		1,188
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
Aragorn	N.A.	[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
Secret Empire		Secret Empire		120
Professor Power (Anthony Power)	right-wing extremist; resurrected	Secret Empire [led an army of right-wing extremists]		21
Burner (Byron Calley)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Brotherhood of Mutants  Resistants [terrorist, mutant rights activist]		21
Lifter (Ned Lathrop)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Brotherhood of Mutants  Resistants		17
Shocker (Randall Darby)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Brotherhood of Mutants  Resistants		20
Slither (Aaron Solomon)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Brotherhood of Mutants  Resistants; Serpent Society; Fangs		22
Leviathan (Edward Cobert)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Empire  Masters of Evil		10
Mad Dog (Buzz Baxter)	manifestly non-religious	U.S. Air Force; Secret Empire  Roxxon [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	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (cameo)	Baptist	New Mutants; X-Force  X-Men; X-Corporation; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Strike; Avengers		831
Psyche (Danielle Moonstar) (cameo)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	New Mutants; Mutant Liberation Front  X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) (cameo)	Presbyterian	New Mutants; X-Factor  Excalibur; X-Factor Investigations; X-Force [Scotland]		576
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (cameo)	Catholic	New Mutants; Fallen Angels  X-Force; Mutant Liberation Front; X-Corporation; Hellfire Club; X-Ternals; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Strike; Young X-Men (teacher); Avengers [Brazil]		574
Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh) (cameo)	Catholic; LGBT	New Mutants; 198  Academy of Tomorrow; X-Men [Vietnam]		260
Odin (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	[Thor's father]		307
Seraph (Nancy Turpin) (cameo)	religious	KGB; Secret Empire  Defenders (ally) [Russia. 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

Title appears on the cover as The New Defenders #128.

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