Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #129 (Mar. 1984):
“Countdown”
by J.M. DeMatteis, Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder

38 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; The Ultimates...  The Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.		1,898
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian	X-Club; Academy of Tomorrow...  Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Factor; The Defenders; X-Men; The Avengers		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	X-Factor; The Defenders...  X-Men; The Champions; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; The Twelve; Secret Defenders		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Renegades; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  X-Saviours; X-Club; Academy of Tomorrow; Secret Defenders; X-Force; X-Factor; The Defenders; X-Men; The Champions		1,741
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[intelligence agent; government agency...]		1,188
Cloud ("Carol Faber")	sentient nebula	The Defenders; Secret Empire		31
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Moondragon (Heather Douglas)	Titanian priestess	Infinity Watch; The Defenders...  The Avengers [raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		335
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	The Defenders		125
Candy Southern		The Defenders (leader)		66
Secret Empire		[1st app: Tales to Astonish #81 (1966)]		120
Professor Power (Anthony Power)	right-wing extremist; resurrected	Secret Empire [led an army of right-wing extremists]		21
Colonel Rodian Razumihin	Communist	[high-level Russian agent, comparable to Nick Fury]		2
Mad Dog (Buzz Baxter)	manifestly non-religious	Secret Empire; U.S. Air Force [ex-husband of Patsy Walker/Hellcat]		40
Sassafras	N.A.	dog [Beast's pet dog while he was with Defenders]		20
Matthew Aaron Power		[Professor Power's beloved son]		12
Dolly Donahue		[housekeeper]		31
Seraph (Nancy Turpin)	religious	The Defenders (ally); KGB...  Secret Empire [double agent]		11
Number 6		Secret Empire		12
Number 4		Secret Empire [Professor Power snapped his neck, killing him]		1
Number 16	sadist; White Supremacist	Sons of the Serpent; Secret Empire...  HYDRA		5
Number 41		Secret Empire		1
Number 82		Secret Empire		1
Stein		S.H.I.E.L.D.		1
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	The Ultimates; Lady Liberators...  Brotherhood of Mutants; Force Works; Secret Defenders; A-Next; The Avengers		1,624
Vision (cameo)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers...  A-Next; The Avengers		1,393
Burner (Byron Calley) (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Resistants [terrorist, mutant rights activist]		21
Lifter (Ned Lathrop) (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Resistants		17
Shocker (Randall Darby) (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Resistants		20
Slither (Aaron Solomon) (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Fangs...  Serpent Society; Brotherhood of Mutants; The Resistants		22
Leviathan (Edward Cobert) (cameo)		The Masters of Evil; Secret Empire...  S.H.I.E.L.D.		10
Dragon of the Moon (behind the scenes)	demon god dragon	[spawn of Set, the Elder God]		13
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (illusion)	religious	The Twelve; X-Men (founder)...  The Mutant Underground (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants; Illuminati; Genoshan Excalibur		4,999
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (illusion)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; X-Corporation...  X-Force; The New Mutants; X-Men; The Avengers; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Psyche (Danielle Moonstar) (illusion)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	Native American; Mutant Liberation Front...  Young X-Men (teacher); X-Force; The New Mutants; X-Men		470
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) (illusion)	Presbyterian	Excalibur; X-Force...  The New Mutants; X-Factor		576
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (illusion)	Catholic	X-Corporation; Young X-Men (teacher)...  X-Force; The New Mutants; The Avengers; Hellfire Club; black; Mutant Liberation Front; Fallen Angels; X-Ternals; Academy of Tomorrow		574
Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh) (illusion)	Catholic; LGBT	Asian; Academy of Tomorrow...  The 198; The New Mutants; X-Men		260

Title appears on the cover as The New Defenders #129.

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