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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: Marvel
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 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
She-Hulk She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown) - nominal
Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 952
Silver Surfer Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) hero
CBR Scale: S Zenn-La religion
Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 826
Namorita Namorita (Nita Prentiss) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 305
Clea hero
CBR Scale: S occult
The Defenders
[disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]
Marvel 222
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
Red Rajah The Star of Capistan villain
CBR Scale: D Cult of the Unliving Four
[human host to the Star of Capistan] Marvel 6
The Locust The Locust (August Hopper) villain scientist
CBR Scale: S vengeance
[scientist; college professor...] Marvel 6
Ardina Ardina supporting character
CBR Scale: M tabula rasa
[created by Galactus from Shalla Bal's genetic material] Simon & Schuster Marvel, etc. 5
Yandroth Yandroth villain scientist
CBR Scale: M Nihilist
[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #164] Marvel 5
Papa Hagg Papa Hagg supporting character
CBR Scale: D Vodoun mystic
[Nighthawk enlisted him to remove his demonic powers] Marvel 11
Reginald Parrington Reginald Parrington supporting character
  [father of Samantha (Valkyrie)] Marvel 7
Malicia Parrington Malicia Parrington supporting character
  [mother of Samantha (Valkyrie)] Marvel 7
Bunnyhopper Bunnyhopper supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
rabbit
[Defenders HQ computer program]
Marvel 5
The Order The Order hero group
  [short-lived Defenders off-shoot] Marvel 6
Avians Avians
(mentioned)
supporting character group
CBR Scale: D Avian religion
[winged race of Inhumans among whom Red Raven was raised] Marvel 12
Hecate
(mentioned)
supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman deity
Olympian
[goddess of moon; patron of witches]
Dark Horse Legend 16
Demeter
(mentioned)
supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman deity
Olympian
[goddess of the harvest]
Marvel 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.