Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #145 (July 1985):
“Five Women”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder

28 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
Johnny Blaze	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Champions (of Los Angeles); Midnight Sons		306
Argyle Fist		U.S. Army		13
Sassafras	N.A.	[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
Nancy Turpin	religious	KGB; Secret Empire  Defenders (ally) [Russia. double agent]		11
Tony		[became Andromeda's friend when she posed as human]		3
Roxanne Simpson	demon	[Johnny Blaze's wife; reincarnated as a demon]		78
Bob		U.S. Army [occupied Defenders Mansion for General Argyle Fist]		1
Royalist Forces of America (cameo)	Royalist Forces of America	Royalist Forces of America [secretly funded by then-evil Helmut Zemo]		12
William Taurey (cameo)	British Loyalist in U.S.	Royalist Forces of America (founder); The Elite  Secret Empire [tried to end democracy in America]		7
Chris Larmouth (cameo)		[airplane mechanic mutated by Gamma Spores]		11
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (hologram)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (hologram)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (hologram)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (hologram)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (hologram)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Carol Faber (mentioned)		[died in car crash with Cloud, who adopted her form]		3
The Valkyrior (mentioned)	Norse/Teutonic demigoddesses	[bring honored dead to Valhalla]		29

Title appears on the cover as The New Defenders #145.

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