Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #15 (Sep. 1974):
“Panic Beneath the Earth!”
by Len Wein, 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)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Acolytes; The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy [Foe of: X-Men (arch-enemy)]		916
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	Defenders; Lady Liberators [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme  Defenders; Thunderbolts; Redeemers; Secret Avengers; Redeemers (Earth-712)		361
Blob (Fred J. Dukes)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three  Freedom Force; X-Corps; X-Cell; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		403
Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three  Secret Empire; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		140
Unus the Untouchable (Angelo Unuscione)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy [Italy]		69
Aragorn	N.A.	[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
Lorelei (Lani Ubana)	mutant supremacist	Savage Land Mutates; Brotherhood of Mutants [Savage Land]		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)	Sons of the Serpent [posed as a white man to seek wealth, power]		10
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Thor (Donald Blake) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Vision (cameo)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (only on cover)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864

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