The Defenders (vol. 1) #44 (Feb. 1977):
“Rage of the Rajah!”
by Gerry Conway, Keith Giffen, Klaus Janson

The Defenders (vol. 1) #44

Title: “Rage of the Rajah!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1977

Publisher:
Written by: Gerry Conway
Art by: Keith Giffen, Klaus Janson

20 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
Luke Cage	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
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
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  The Avengers; The Defenders		656
Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya)	Communist Party member	The Defenders [former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]		39
Wong	Tibetan Buddhism; occult	[house servant of Doctor Strange]		333
Jack Norriss	Cult of the Nameless One (lapsed)	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Defenders (ally) [husband of Barbara Norriss (Valkyrie)]		41
Omar Karindu	Hindu; occult mystic; Cult of the Unliving Four (former leader)	[close friend of Dr. Strange]		6
Red Rajah	Cult of the Unliving Four	[human host to the Star of Capistan]		6
Lieutenant Kris Keating		NYPD [led NYPD's Special Powers Task Force]		9
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (cameo)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Vision (cameo)	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) (cameo)		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Sinister Syndicate		305
Moondragon (Heather Douglas) (cameo)	Titanian priestess	Infinity Watch; The Avengers...  The Defenders [raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		335
Solarr (Silas King) (cameo)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		11

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