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The Secret Defenders #3 (May 1993):
“Swarm Song”
by Roy Thomas, Andre Coates, Don Hudson

The Secret Defenders #3

Title: “Swarm Song”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1993

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


16 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 Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Darkhawk Darkhawk (Chris Powell) hero
  League of Losers; Loners...  Marvel 180
Nomad Nomad (Jack Monroe) hero
  Secret Defenders
[sidekick of 1950s Captain America]
Marvel 131
Arachne Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) hero
  Force Works; Freedom Force...  Marvel 218
Second Chance Institute villain group
  viral swarm
[promised to restore youth; really gathered people for swarm]
Marvel 3
viral swarm villain group
CBR Scale: I alien
[alien life form; took over homeless people; fed on humans] Marvel 3
Decimator villain
CBR Scale: I alien
viral swarm
[had superhuman strength]
Marvel 3
Tokamak villain
CBR Scale: I alien
viral swarm
[could produce, release energy]
Marvel 3
Dreadlox villain
CBR Scale: I alien
black; viral swarm
[instilled visions of people's worst nightmares]
Marvel 4
Stasis villain
CBR Scale: I alien
viral swarm
[can absorb, return force of attacks]
Marvel 2
Macabre villain
CBR Scale: I alien
viral swarm (leader); viral swarm
[drained life force from others]
Marvel 2
Wilhelmina Canton supporting character
  [1st app: The Secret Defenders #3 (May 1993)] Marvel 1
Lilith Lilith (Bat Zuge)
(cameo)
supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Sumerian demon; former goddess; fallen angel
[1st app: Ghost Rider (vol. 3) #28 (Aug. 1992)] Marvel 39
Blackout Blackout
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M Lilin; human-demon hybrid
Firm; Hood's Army...  Marvel 9
Pilgrim
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: D Lilin
Lilin
[teleporter]
Marvel 12