The Defenders (vol. 1) #152 (Feb. 1986):
“The End of All Songs”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Dell Barras

The Defenders (vol. 1) #152

Title: “The End of All Songs”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1986

Publisher:
Written by: Peter Gillis
Art by: Don Perlin, Dell Barras

25 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; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Moondragon (Heather Douglas)	Titanian priestess	Infinity Watch; The Avengers...  The Defenders [raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		335
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	The Defenders		125
Andromeda (Andromeda Attumasen)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Dragon Circle; The Defenders		46
Candy Southern		Archer College; The Defenders (leader)		66
The Beyonder	cosmic entity; Inhuman religion	Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		100
Interloper	Eternals religion	Eternals; The Defenders		14
Manslaughter		Dragon Circle; The Defenders		17
Sassafras	N.A.	dog [Beast's pet dog while he was with Defenders]		20
Gargoyle, Son of Pan	Druidic/Celtic pagan demon; Greco-Roman classical religion (follower of Pan); animated inanimate	Six-Fingered Hand		5
Dragon of the Moon	demon god dragon	[spawn of Set, the Elder God]		13
Carol Faber		[died in car crash with Cloud, who adopted her form]		3
Danny Milligan		[car crashed with Cloud, who adopted his form]		3
Gamma Spores (Ephraim Soles)		[scavenger mutated by Gamma Spores]		5
Chris Larmouth		[airplane mechanic mutated by Gamma Spores]		11
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (cameo)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Morgan Le Fay (cameo)	Celtic goddess-worship/Druidism (former priestess); half faerie; Darkholders cult (leader)	[1st app: Black Knight (vol. 1) #1 (May 1955)]		157
Merlin the Magician (Merlin) (cameo)	Druid wizard, prophet	[King Arthur's chief advisor]		406
Artus Dux Bellorum (King Arthur) (cameo)	Celtic Pagan; Christian (medieval)	[king]		831
Mordred the Evil (Sir Mordred) (cameo)	Druid/Celtic pagan; spirit	[was in Royal Court of Camelot]		29
Cloud ("Carol Faber") (mentioned)	sentient nebula	Secret Empire; The Defenders		31

This publication is also known as: The New Defenders #152.

Issue #152 is the last issue of this series. Four of the main characters - Beast, Angel Iceman, and Candy Southern - continue directly into the new X-Factor series, which began immediately after Defenders was canceled.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for The Defenders #152 (Feb. 1986) created 2 September 2010. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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