The Secret Defenders #1 (Mar. 1993):
“A Gathering of Heroes”
by Roy Thomas, Andre Coates, Don Hudson

The Secret Defenders #1

Title: “A Gathering of Heroes”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1993

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Andre Coates, Don Hudson

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.
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Darkhawk (Chris Powell)		League of Losers; Loners...  Midtown High School; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The New Warriors		180
Nomad (Jack Monroe)		Secret Defenders [sidekick of 1950s Captain America]		131
Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter)		Force Works; Freedom Force...  Omega Flight; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		218
Second Chance Institute		viral swarm [promised to restore youth; really gathered people for swarm]		3
viral swarm	alien	[alien life form; took over homeless people; fed on humans]		3
Decimator	alien	viral swarm [had superhuman strength]		3
Tokamak	alien	viral swarm [could produce, release energy]		3
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (cameo)	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) (cameo)	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
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Rachel Carpenter (cameo)		[student]		37
Dreadlox (cameo)	alien	black; viral swarm [instilled visions of people's worst nightmares]		4
Stasis (behind the scenes)	alien	viral swarm [can absorb, return force of attacks]		2
Macabre (behind the scenes)	alien	viral swarm (leader); viral swarm [drained life force from others]		2

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