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Defenders (vol. 3) #5 (Jan. 2006):
“The Enemy of My Enemy isn’t Exactly My Friend (But She’ll do in a Pinch)!”
by J. M. DeMatteis, Keith Giffen, Kevin Maguire

Defenders (vol. 3) #5

Title: “The Enemy of My Enemy isn’t Exactly My Friend (But She’ll do in a Pinch)!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 2006

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: J. M. DeMatteis, Keith Giffen
Art by: Kevin Maguire


17 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
Dormammu Dormammu villain
CBR Scale: D Faltine energy being;
extra-dimensional mystic
entity/powerful magic user
The Cabal Marvel 170
Cyttorak Cyttorak deity
CBR Scale: D deity
[source of Juggernaut's power] Marvel 9
Umar Umar villain
CBR Scale: M Faltine; mystical/occult
Faltine
[ruler of Dark Dimension; Clea's mother; Dormammu's sister]
Marvel 54
The Mindless Ones The Mindless Ones
(only on cover)
villain group
CBR Scale: I alien
[mindless servants summoned by Dormammu, others] Marvel 34
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(alternative reality version)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(alternative reality version)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(alternative reality version)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Daredevil Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
(alternative reality version)
hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles) Marvel 1,801
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm)
(alternative reality version)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  Marvel 5,017
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers)
(alternative reality version)
hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake)
(alternative reality version)
hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(alternative reality version)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
(alternative reality version)
hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Chain Gang; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,515