Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #11 (Dec. 1973):
“A Dark and Stormy Knight”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Frank Bolle

23 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.
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Nick Fury	secular	Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Ultimates		1,898
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates		1,624
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	Avengers; Fantastic Force		786
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)	Christian (medieval)	Avengers; Excalibur  Heroes for Hire		430
Vision	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
Loki	Norse/Teutonic deity	Liberators; Mighty Avengers (founder)		696
Mantis (Mandy Celestine)	Priests of Pama (pacifistic Kree sect); Celestial Madonna	Avengers; Guardians of the Galaxy [Vietnam]		161
Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)		Mandarin's Minions; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)  Lethal Legion; Batroc's Brigade; Avengers [Sin-Cong]		73
Valkyrie (Barbara Norriss)	Cult of the Nameless One; Norse/Teutonic paganism	Defenders		24
Modred the Mystic (Modred)	sorcerer	Darkhold Redeemers [England. emissary of Chthon]		39
Prester John	Nestorian Christian	Four Muses		42
Prince John	Catholic (excommunicated)	[England. evil brother of King Richard the Lion-Hearted]		133
Temax	gnome	[giant earth gnome]		1
The Black Knight (Sir Eobar Garrington)	Christian (medieval)	[England. Black Knight during Crusades]		11
Chandu	Alchemist; mystic	[12 Century mystic]		2
King Richard the Lion-Hearted (King Richard)	Catholic	[England. England's king during Crusades]		126

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