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The Defenders (vol. 2) #5 (July 2001):
“Headhunt”
by Kurt Busiek, Erik Larsen, Sal Buscema

The Defenders (vol. 2) #5

Title: “Headhunt”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2001

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Kurt Busiek, Erik Larsen
Art by: Erik Larsen, Sal Buscema


24 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
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
Silver Surfer Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) hero
CBR Scale: S Zenn-La religion
Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 826
Doc Samson Doc Samson (Dr. Leonard Samson) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
E.D.I.T. (leader); Initiative Marvel 304
Atlanteans Atlanteans supporting character group
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
[hidden race] Marvel DC 165
Namorita Namorita (Nita Prentiss) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 305
Alicia Masters Alicia Masters supporting character
  [blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend] Marvel 416
Nighthawk Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) hero
  Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Marvel 361
Hellcat Hellcat (Patsy Walker) hero
  Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  Marvel Timely 656
Valkyrie Valkyrie (Samantha Parrington) hero
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic paganism; former radical Feminist
Lady Liberators; The Defenders Marvel 26
Attuma Attuma villain
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Deep Six (leader) Marvel 110
Chondu the Mystic Chondu the Mystic (Harvey Schlemerman) villain
CBR Scale: M occult; yoga
Headmen Atlas Marvel 25
Gorilla-Man Gorilla-Man (Dr. Arthur Nagan) villain
  Headmen; Lethal Legion Atlas Marvel 25
Ruby Thursday Ruby Thursday (Thursday Rubinstein) villain scientist
CBR Scale: U Jewish
Headmen Marvel 39
Shrunken Bones Shrunken Bones (Dr. Jerold Morgan) villain scientist
  Headmen Marvel 22
God from Beyond deity
CBR Scale: U alien religion deity
[used by Headmen to summon, control Orrgo] Marvel 2
Bi-Beast villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[caretaker; lab specimen] Marvel 30
Corak supporting character
CBR Scale: R Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean Marvel 1
Yandroth Yandroth
(vision)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: M Nihilist
[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #164] Marvel 5
Avians Avians
(behind the scenes)
supporting character group
CBR Scale: D Avian religion
[winged race of Inhumans among whom Red Raven was raised] Marvel 12
Bloodravens
(behind the scenes)
villain group
CBR Scale: D Avian religion (Bloodravens
sect)
Avian
[violent sect of Avian religion; summoned Wayfinder]
Marvel 3
Pluto Pluto (Hades)
(mentioned)
villain hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman deity; Cult of
Hades
League of Avengers; Olympus Group
[god of Death]
Marvel Portal Comics 148
Papa Hagg Papa Hagg
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: D Vodoun mystic
[Nighthawk enlisted him to remove his demonic powers] Marvel 11