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Giant-Size Defenders #3 (Jan. 1975):
“Games Godlings Play!”
by Steve Gerber, Jim Starlin, Len Wein, Dan Adkins, etc.

Giant-Size Defenders #3

Title: “Games Godlings Play!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1975

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Steve Gerber, Jim Starlin, Len Wein
Art by: Jim Starlin, Dan Adkins, Don Newton, Jim Mooney


29 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 Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
Daredevil Daredevil (Matt Murdock) hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles) Marvel 1,801
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
Doctor Strange Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687
Valkyrie Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) hero
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic paganism
(Asgardian)
The Defenders
[former Chooser of the Slain]
Marvel 325
Nighthawk Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) hero
  Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Marvel 361
Aragorn Aragorn supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
horse
[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]
Marvel 105
The Grandmaster The Grandmaster (En Dwi Gast) villain
CBR Scale: D quasi-cosmic entity w/ personal obsession
Elders of the Universe Marvel 71
Dumog villain
CBR Scale: I alien
Fomalhauti; Intimidators...  Marvel 4
Grott the Man-Slayer villain
CBR Scale: I alien
Grund; Intimidators...  Marvel 4
Prime Mover supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
Prime Mover's minions (leader)
[plays chess with Dr. Doom]
Marvel 14
Takkor villain
CBR Scale: I alien
Prime Mover's minions
[monstrous winged horse]
Marvel 1
Teju villain
CBR Scale: I alien
Intimidators; Prime Mover's minions...  Marvel 4
Korvac Korvac (Michael Korvac) villain
  Intimidators (leader); Prime Mover's minions
[born 2977 A.D.; would-be universal conqueror]
Marvel 17
Screechy villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
Prime Mover's minions
[winged creature]
Marvel 1
Grunds supporting character group
CBR Scale: I alien
[alien race to which Grott the Man-Slayer belongs] Marvel 1
Reptoids supporting character group
CBR Scale: I alien
[alien race to which Teju belongs] Marvel 2
Fomalhauti villain group
CBR Scale: I alien
[amoeba-like alien race] Marvel 12
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Thor Thor (Donald Blake)
(cameo)
hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
Nick Fury Nick Fury
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
Hawkeye Goliath (Clint Barton)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Chain Gang; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,515
Doctor Doom Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)
(cameo)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: S Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism
Fearsome Four; The Cabal Marvel 1,176
Speed Demon Whizzer (James Saunders)
(cameo)
villain
  Hood's Army; Sinister Syndicate...  Marvel 86
Kang Kang (Nathaniel Richards)
(cameo)
villain scientist
  Council of Kangs
[born in 31th century]
Marvel 274
Hyperion Hyperion (Mark Milton)
(cameo)
hero
  Squadron Supreme; Star Masters...  Marvel 175
The Badoon The Badoon
(cameo)
supporting character villain group
CBR Scale: M Badoon religion
[alien race] Marvel 55
Doctor Spectrum Doctor Spectrum (Dr. Kinji Obatu)
(cameo)
villain
  Squadron Sinister Marvel 6