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	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
Candy Southern		Defenders (leader)		66
Secret Empire		Secret Empire		120
Professor Power (Anthony Power)	right-wing extremist; resurrected	Secret Empire [led an army of right-wing extremists]		21
Colonel Rodian Razumihin	Communist	[Russia. high-level Russian agent, comparable to Nick Fury]		2
Mad Dog (Buzz Baxter)	manifestly non-religious	U.S. Air Force; Secret Empire  Roxxon [ex-husband of Patsy Walker/Hellcat]		40
Sassafras	N.A.	[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	KGB; Secret Empire  Defenders (ally) [Russia. 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	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates		1,624
Vision (cameo)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
Burner (Byron Calley) (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Brotherhood of Mutants  Resistants [terrorist, mutant rights activist]		21
Lifter (Ned Lathrop) (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Brotherhood of Mutants  Resistants		17
Shocker (Randall Darby) (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Brotherhood of Mutants  Resistants		20
Slither (Aaron Solomon) (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Force; Brotherhood of Mutants  Resistants; Serpent Society; Fangs		22
Leviathan (Edward Cobert) (cameo)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Empire  Masters of Evil		10
Dragon of the Moon (behind the scenes)	demon god dragon	[spawn of Set, the Elder God]		13
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (illusion)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (illusion)	Baptist	New Mutants; X-Force  X-Men; X-Corporation; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Strike; Avengers		831
Psyche (Danielle Moonstar) (illusion)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	New Mutants; Mutant Liberation Front  X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) (illusion)	Presbyterian	New Mutants; X-Factor  Excalibur; X-Factor Investigations; X-Force [Scotland]		576
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (illusion)	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) (illusion)	Catholic; LGBT	New Mutants; 198  Academy of Tomorrow; X-Men [Vietnam]		260

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

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