Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #56 (Feb. 1978):
“Val’s New York Adventure!”
by David Kraft, Carmine Infantino, Klaus Janson

13 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.
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) (lead character)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	Defenders; Lady Liberators [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
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
Atlanteans	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion			165
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme  Defenders; Thunderbolts; Redeemers; Secret Avengers; Redeemers (Earth-712)		361
Hellcat (Patsy Walker)		Defenders; Avengers  Legion of Unliving; Lady Liberators		639
Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya)	Communist Party member	Defenders [Russia. former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]		39
Ledge		[old friend of TV producer "Dollar Bill"]		14
Lunatik (Arisen Tyrk)	sorcerer	[ruler]		19
Elvis Presley (quoted and cited)	Assemblies of God	[singer]		444
The Beatles (quoted and cited)	Transcendental Meditation	The Beatles [England]		114
The Rolling Stones (quoted and cited)	Jewish Catholic	[England]	Personality Comics	86
The Carpenters (quoted and cited)	Methodist	[musician; singer]	Iced Tea Productions / Weintraub Entertainment Group, etc.	53

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