The Defenders (vol. 1) #15 (Sep. 1974):
“Panic Beneath the Earth!”
by Len Wein, Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson

The Defenders (vol. 1) #15

Title: “Panic Beneath the Earth!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1974

Publisher:
Written by: Len Wein
Art by: Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson

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 (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Secret Avengers; Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme; The Defenders; The Thunderbolts		361
Blob (Fred J. Dukes)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Freedom Force; X-Cell; X-Corps		403
Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Secret Empire		140
Unus the Untouchable (Angelo Unuscione)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three		69
Aragorn	N.A.	horse [winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
Lorelei (Lani Ubana)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Savage Land Mutates		10
Alpha the Ultimate Mutant	N.A.	Brotherhood of Mutants (ally) [bioengineered humanoid created by Magneto]		12
J. C. Pennysworth	Sons of the Serpent (leader)	black; Sons of the Serpent [posed as a white man to seek wealth, power]		10
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Thor (Donald Blake) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Vision (cameo)	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (only on cover)	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

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