The Defenders
 

Number of group members listed below: 39

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Andromeda (Andromeda Attumasen)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Dragon Circle; The Defenders		46
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Atlas (Erik Josten)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Initiative...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions; The Defenders; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		197
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Blazing Skull (Mark Anthony Todd)		The Defenders; The Invaders		34
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
Captain Ultra (Griffin Gogol)		Initiative: Nebraska team; The Defenders		30
Clea	occult	The Defenders [disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]		222
Cloud ("Carol Faber")	sentient nebula	Secret Empire; The Defenders		31
The Defenders		[1st app: Marvel Feature (vol. 1) #1 (Dec. 1971)]		514
Devil-Slayer (Eric Simon Payne)	Cult of the Harvester of Eyes (former)	The Defenders		44
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Dolly Donahue		[1st app: The Defenders (vol. 1) #89 (Nov. 1980)]		31
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	The Defenders		125
Giant-Man (Hank Pym)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  The Avengers; The Defenders		656
Howard the Duck (Howard T. Duck)	Catholic (raised)	Daydreamers; Duckworlder...  duck; The Defenders		105
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
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Interloper	Eternals religion	Eternals; The Defenders		14
Jack of Hearts (Jonathan Hart)		The Avengers; The Defenders		144
Junta (Manuel Diego Armand Vicente)		CIA; The Crew...  The Defenders		18
Manslaughter		Dragon Circle; The Defenders		17
Moondragon (Heather Douglas)	Titanian priestess	Infinity Watch; The Avengers...  The Defenders [raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		335
Namorita (Nita Prentiss)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Secret Defenders...  The Defenders; The New Warriors		305
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Secret Avengers; Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme; The Defenders; The Thunderbolts		361
Jack Norriss	Cult of the Nameless One (lapsed)	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Defenders (ally) [husband of Barbara Norriss (Valkyrie)]		41
Nova (Richard Rider)		Nova Corps; Secret Defenders...  The Champions of Xandar; The Defenders; The New Warriors [attended Harry S. Truman High]		427
Overmind (Grom)		The Defenders; Thunderbolts Army		41
Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya)	Communist Party member	The Defenders [former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]		39
Seraph (Nancy Turpin)	religious	KGB; Secret Empire...  The Defenders (ally) [double agent]		11
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom)	Catholic (former priest)	Shadow Hunters; The Defenders...  The Howling Commandos		207
Candy Southern		Archer College; The Defenders (leader)		66
Stingray (Walter Newell)		Initiative: Point Men (leader); Initiative...  The Avengers; The Defenders		124
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	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
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Valkyrie (Barbara Norriss)	Cult of the Nameless One; Norse/Teutonic paganism	The Defenders		24
Valkyrie (Samantha Parrington)	Norse/Teutonic paganism; former radical Feminist	Lady Liberators; The Defenders		26

This character is in the following 6 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Giant-Size Defenders #1 (July 1974): "The Dynamic Defenders!"
Hulk (vol. 3) #10 (Apr. 2009): "Love & Death"
Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload (2013) (mentioned)
Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1) #20 (May 1985): "Pottspourri"
Marvel Feature (vol. 1) #1 (Dec. 1971): "The Day of the Defenders!"
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (24 Oct. 2006)

Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://www.comicvine.com/defenders/65-26333/
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenders_(comics)
  - http://comicbookdb.com/team.php?ID=9

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