The Order (vol. 1) #4 (July 2002):
“Norrin’s Rib”
by Jo Duffy, Kurt Busiek, Dan Jurgens, Bob Layton

The Order (vol. 1) #4

Title: “Norrin’s Rib”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2002

Publisher:
Written by: Jo Duffy, Kurt Busiek
Art by: Dan Jurgens, Bob Layton

22 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)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Namorita (Nita Prentiss)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Secret Defenders...  The Defenders; The New Warriors		305
Clea	occult	The Defenders [disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]		222
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Secret Avengers; Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme; The Defenders; The Thunderbolts		361
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  The Avengers; The Defenders		656
Valkyrie (Samantha Parrington)	Norse/Teutonic paganism; former radical Feminist	Lady Liberators; The Defenders		26
The Star of Capistan	Cult of the Unliving Four	[human host to the Star of Capistan]		6
The Locust (August Hopper)	vengeance	[scientist; college professor...]		6
Ardina	tabula rasa	[created by Galactus from Shalla Bal's genetic material]	, etc.	5
Yandroth	Nihilist	[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #164]		5
Papa Hagg	Vodoun mystic	[Nighthawk enlisted him to remove his demonic powers]		11
Reginald Parrington		[father of Samantha (Valkyrie)]		7
Malicia Parrington		[mother of Samantha (Valkyrie)]		7
Bunnyhopper	N.A.	rabbit [Defenders HQ computer program]		5
The Order		[short-lived Defenders off-shoot]		6
Avians (mentioned)	Avian religion	[winged race of Inhumans among whom Red Raven was raised]		12
Hecate (mentioned)	Greco-Roman deity	Olympian [goddess of moon; patron of witches]	Legend	16
Demeter (mentioned)	Greco-Roman deity	Olympian [goddess of the harvest]		44

This publication is also known as: The Defenders (vol. 2) #16. The cover of The Order #4 features two issue numbers. It also has a "16" because this is essentially The Defenders (vol. 2) #16.

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