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The Defenders (vol. 1) #65 (Nov. 1978):
“Of Ambitions and Giant Amoebas”
by David Anthony Kraft, Don Perlin, Bruce D. Patterson

The Defenders (vol. 1) #65

Title: “Of Ambitions and Giant Amoebas”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1978

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: David Anthony Kraft
Art by: Don Perlin, Bruce D. Patterson


25 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.
Iron Fist Iron Fist (Danny Rand) hero
CBR Scale: M Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism
Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 672
Havok Havok (Alex Summers) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants... 
[Cyclops' brother]
Marvel 592
Hercules Hercules hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman classical religion
Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  DC Marvel 1,029
Valkyrie Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) hero
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic paganism
(Asgardian)
The Defenders
[former Chooser of the Slain]
Marvel 325
Nighthawk Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) hero
  Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Marvel 361
Hellcat Hellcat (Patsy Walker) hero
  Lady Liberators; Legion of Unliving...  Marvel Timely 656
Blob Blob (Fred J. Dukes) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Marvel 403
Red Guardian Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya) hero
CBR Scale: S Communist Party member
The Defenders
[former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]
Marvel 39
Valkyrie Valkyrie (Barbara Norriss) hero
CBR Scale: S Cult of the Nameless One; Norse/Teutonic paganism
The Defenders Marvel 24
Aragorn Aragorn supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
horse
[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]
Marvel 105
Whirlwind Whirlwind (David Cannon) villain
  Batroc's Brigade; Initiative... 
[ice skating competitor]
Marvel 113
Goliath Black Goliath (Bill Foster) hero
  Project: Pegasus; Secret Avengers...  Marvel 118
Millie the Model Millie the Model (Millie Collins) lead character
  [model; actress...] Timely Marvel 327
Porcupine Porcupine (Alex Gentry) villain
  Batroc's Brigade; Crime Wave...  Marvel 36
Presence Presence (Sergei Krylov) villain
CBR Scale: S Communist
[] Marvel 29
Sagittarius Sagittarius villain
CBR Scale: D astrology
Zodiac (LMDs) Marvel 7
Lieutenant Kris Keating Lieutenant Kris Keating supporting character
  NYPD
[led NYPD's Special Powers Task Force]
Marvel 9
Dollar Bill Dollar Bill (Aaron Tagma English) supporting character
  [tried to make documentary about Defenders] Marvel 19
Ledge Ledge supporting character
  Empire State University
[old friend of TV producer "Dollar Bill"]
Marvel 14
Lunatik Lunatik (Arisen Tyrk) villain deity
CBR Scale: M sorcerer
[ruler] Marvel 19
General Kharkov supporting character
CBR Scale: R Communist
[general] Marvel 2
Giant Amoeba Giant Amoeba villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
amoeba Marvel 1
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner)
(cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
Doctor Strange Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)
(cameo)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687