The Defenders (vol. 1) #24 (June 1975):
“--In the Jaws of the Serpent!”
by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema, Bob McLeod

The Defenders (vol. 1) #24

Title: “--In the Jaws of the Serpent!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 1975

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Gerber
Art by: Sal Buscema, Bob McLeod

19 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
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Yellowjacket (Hank Pym)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
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
Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom)	Catholic (former priest)	Shadow Hunters; The Defenders...  The Howling Commandos		207
Clea	occult	The Defenders [disciple/former girlfriend of Doctor Strange]		222
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
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
Sons of the Serpent	White Supremacist: Sons of the Serpent	[ 1st app: Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #8 (Apr. 1999) ]		42
The Supreme Serpent (J. C. Pennysworth)	Sons of the Serpent (leader)	black; Sons of the Serpent [posed as a white man to seek wealth, power]		10
Elena		[met Valkyrie during her discovery of poor people]		3
Harold Holliman		[met Valkyrie during her discovery of poor people]		3
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (cameo)	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
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Leonard Martin Kyzewski (mentioned)	Sons of the Serpent (White Supremacist)	Sons of the Serpent		6

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