Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #147 (Sep. 1985):
“...and Games”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Art Nichols

19 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
Cloud ("Carol Faber")	sentient nebula	Secret Empire; Defenders		31
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	Defenders; Lady Liberators [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
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
demons	demon	[generic unnamed demons]		2,000
Interloper	Eternals religion	Eternals; Defenders		14
Lords of Fun	Hedonist	[18th Century wilders]		1
Hotspur	demonolatry	[born in wealthy 18th C. family; made pact with demon]		2
Seraph (Nancy Turpin)	religious	KGB; Secret Empire  Defenders (ally) [Russia. double agent]		11
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom) (cameo)	Catholic (former priest)	Defenders; Howling Commandos		207
Moondragon (Heather Douglas) (cameo)	Titanian priestess	Defenders; Avengers  Infinity Watch [raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		335
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (only on cover)	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
Nick Fury (hologram)	secular	Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Ultimates		1,898
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (mentioned)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Pluto (Hades) (mentioned)	Greco-Roman deity; Cult of Hades	Olympus Group; League of Avengers [god of Death]	/ Portal	148
Dragon of the Moon (mentioned)	demon god dragon	[spawn of Set, the Elder God]		13

Title appears on the cover as Sgt. Fury and his Howling Defenders #147.

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