Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #143 (May 1985):
“Another Runner...”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder

17 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-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
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
Andromeda (Andromeda Attumasen)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Defenders; Dragon Circle [Atlantis]		46
Candy Southern		Defenders (leader)		66
The Runner	quasi-cosmic entity w/ personal obsession	Elders of the Universe		20
Dragon of the Moon	demon god dragon	[spawn of Set, the Elder God]		13
Tony		[became Andromeda's friend when she posed as human]		3
Arthur Douglas (cameo)		Infinity Watch; Secret Defenders  United Front; Guardians of the Galaxy		217
Mentor (A'Lars) (cameo)	Titanian religion	Eternals of Titan (leader); Eternals [Asia. ruler of the Eternals of Titan]		7
Yvette Steckley (cameo)		[wife of Drax; Moondragon's mother]		3
Thanos (mentioned)	occult; nihilist; worships Death	Eternals of Titan; Infinity Watch		306
Gamma Spores (Ephraim Soles) (mentioned)		[scavenger mutated by Gamma Spores]		5

Title appears on the cover as The New Defenders #143.

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