Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 2) #10 (Dec. 2001):
“Head to Head”
by Kurt Busiek, Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson, Sal Buscema

34 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 (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	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)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
A.I.M.	Scientism	A.I.M.		390
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton)	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme  Defenders; Thunderbolts; Redeemers; Secret Avengers; Redeemers (Earth-712)		361
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Defenders; Avengers  Legion of Unliving; Lady Liberators		639
Aragorn	N.A.	[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
Valkyrie (Samantha Parrington)	Norse/Teutonic paganism; former radical Feminist	Defenders		26
Chondu the Mystic (Harvey Schlemerman)	occult; yoga	Headmen		25
Gorilla-Man (Dr. Arthur Nagan)		Headmen; Lethal Legion		25
Ruby Thursday (Thursday Rubinstein)	Jewish	Headmen		39
Shrunken Bones (Dr. Jerold Morgan)		Headmen		22
Orrgo	alien religion (deity)	Howling Commandos [extraterrestrial "space god" summoned by Headmen]		11
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (cameo)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (cameo)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (cameo)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (hologram)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (hologram)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
The Abomination (Emil Blonsky) (hologram)	Communist atheist	KGB; Home Base  Masters of Evil [Yugoslavia; Croatia; Russia. Foe of: Hulk (arch-enemy)]		180
Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (hologram)	Christian (denomination unknown)	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Exemplars; Exiles (Ultraverse); Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		387
Sandman (Flint Marko) (hologram)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve  Frightful Four; Avengers; Wild Pack; Next Wave; Intruders (leader)		388
Venom (Eddie Brock) (hologram)	Catholic	Sinister Six; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		416
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (hologram)		Sinister Six; Masters of Evil  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Electro (Max Dillon) (hologram)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve  Emissaries of Evil (Electro); Frightful Four; Doom's Brigade; Hood's Army		274
Mysterio (Quentin Beck) (hologram)		Sinister Six		116
Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) (hologram)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Sinister Syndicate [Russia]		305
Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel) (hologram)	temporarily became follower of Thor	Masters of Evil		270
Klaw (Ulysses Klaw) (hologram)		A.I.M.; Frightful Four  Masters of Evil; Fearsome Four [Netherlands]		151
Blastaar (hologram)		Frightful Four		97
The Destroyer (hologram)	N.A.	Heralds of Galactus		58

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