Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #138 (Dec. 1984):
“Three Women”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder

25 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 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	Secret Defenders; X-Factor...  The Defenders; X-Men; The Champions; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; The Twelve		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
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
Mantis (Mandy Celestine)	Priests of Pama (pacifistic Kree sect); Celestial Madonna	Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers		161
Aragorn	N.A.	horse [winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
demons	demon	[generic unnamed demons]		2,000
The Gnostic Wizard	Gnostic	[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #135 (Sep. 1984)]		5
Sassafras	N.A.	dog [Beast's pet dog while he was with Defenders]		20
Dragon of the Moon	demon god dragon	[spawn of Set, the Elder God]		13
Dolly Donahue		[housekeeper]		31
Mentor (A'Lars) (cameo)	Titanian religion	Eternals of Titan (leader); Eternals [ruler of the Eternals of Titan]		7
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (hologram)	Protestant	Redeemers; The Invaders...  Weapon Plus; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (hologram)	Catholic (lapsed)	Secret Defenders; The Defenders...  The Avengers; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Pantheon; Hulkbusters; X-Saviours; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (hologram)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	The Avengers; Atlantean...  human; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; The All-Winners Squad; The Defenders; The Invaders; X-Men		1,864
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (hologram)	Jewish	The Fantastic Four; U.S. Air Force...  Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five; The Avengers; The Yancy Street Gang		5,017
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (hologram)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Secret Defenders; Alpha Flight...  X-Force; X-Men; The Avengers; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Team X; Weapon Plus; First Flight; Weapon X; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		10,121
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (hologram)	Zenn-La religion	The Order; Heralds of Galactus...  Star Masters; Secret Defenders; The Defenders		826
Galactus (Galan) (hologram)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Humphrey Bogart (hologram)	Episcopalian	[actor]		156
Rich Little (hologram)		[famed impersonator, voice actor]		120

This publication is also known as: The New Defenders #138.

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