Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #149 (Nov. 1985):
“Lonely as a Cloud”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Art Nichols, Dell Barras

18 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
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
Vera Cantor		[long-time girlfriend of Hank McCoy (Beast)]		45
Interloper	Eternals religion	Eternals; Defenders		14
Manslaughter		Defenders; Dragon Circle		17
Seraph (Nancy Turpin)	religious	KGB; Secret Empire  Defenders (ally) [Russia. double agent]		11
Carol Faber		[died in car crash with Cloud, who adopted her form]		3
Danny Milligan		[car crashed with Cloud, who adopted his form]		3
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (cameo)	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) (cameo)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Tony (cameo)		[became Andromeda's friend when she posed as human]		3

Title appears on the cover as The New Defenders #149.

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