The Defenders (vol. 1) #150 (Dec. 1985):
“Sassafras, the Dog Filled with Fear”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Alan Kupperberg, Randy Emberlin

The Defenders (vol. 1) #150

Title: “Sassafras, the Dog Filled with Fear”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1985

Publisher:
Written by: Peter Gillis
Art by: Don Perlin, Alan Kupperberg, Randy Emberlin

21 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.
Sassafras (lead character)	N.A.	dog [Beast's pet dog while he was with Defenders]		20
Manslaughter		Dragon Circle; The Defenders		17
Michael Kaye		U.S. Army [cleaned up Defenders mansion after Dragon of Moon battle]		1
Barry		U.S. Army [cleaned up Defenders mansion after Dragon of Moon battle]		1
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (hologram)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (hologram)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Thor (Donald Blake) (hologram)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (hologram)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Nick Fury (hologram)	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (hologram)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (hologram)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (hologram)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (hologram)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (hologram)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (hologram)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (hologram)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (hologram)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (hologram)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) (hologram)	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Midnight Sons		306
Sherlock Holmes (hologram)	Anglican	[private investigator]		510
Doctor Watson (hologram)	Anglican	[doctor; soldier...]		261

This publication is also known as: The New Defenders #150.

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