Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #148 (Oct. 1985):
“The Kicksaws Consignment”
by Peter Gillis, Sal Buscema, Art Nichols

12 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
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom)	Catholic (former priest)	Defenders; Howling Commandos		207
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Defenders; Avengers  Legion of Unliving; Lady Liberators		639
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	Defenders		125
Hannibal King		Nightstalkers; Midnight Sons		62
Rufus T. Hackstabber	Jewish	[based on Groucho Marx; had Lesser Grey God as hood ornament]		4
Cutlass (Oliver Cutlass)		[Typhoon's husband/partner]		2
Typhoon (Kwan Tai-Fun)		[wife/partner of Cutlass]		3
Minerva Bannister	vampire (would-be)	[wanted to become a vampire; used Lesser Grey God]		1
Harry Crun		SFPD [hired by would-be vampire Minerva Bannister; loved her]		1
Mr. Van Vliet	occult	[specialized in occult antiques]		1
Groucho Marx (character based on)	Jewish	The Marx Brothers		159

Title appears on the cover as The New Defenders #148.

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