Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #135 (Sep. 1984):
“The Fire at Heaven’s Gate”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder

22 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 Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Defenders; Avengers; X-Factor; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; X-Factor; The Twelve (mutants); Secret Defenders		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Defenders  Champions (of Los Angeles); X-Factor; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Academy of Tomorrow; Renegades; X-Force; X-Club		1,741
Cloud ("Carol Faber")	sentient nebula	Secret Empire; Defenders		31
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	Defenders; Lady Liberators [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Moondragon (Heather Douglas)	Titanian priestess	Defenders; Avengers  Infinity Watch [raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		335
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	Defenders		125
Candy Southern		Defenders (leader)		66
Manslaughter		Defenders; Dragon Circle		17
Argyle Fist		U.S. Army		13
Sassafras	N.A.	[Beast's pet dog while he was with Defenders]		20
Dolly Donahue		[housekeeper]		31
Blowtorch Brand (Peter Brand)	pyromaniac	[arsonist]		2
Sheriff Garvin Macken	religious	[died saving people trapped in factory arson fire]		2
Britt		[Sheriff Mackin's deputy]		1
Bill	anti-mutant	[Blowtorch Brand's mutant-hating drinking buddy]		1
Tex		[owned bar Blowtorch Brand set fire to]		1
Raul		[factory owner had him bail Blowtorch Brand from jail]		1
Estrella		[rescued from factory arson fire by Sheriff Macken]		1
Rosita		[rescued from factory arson fire by Sheriff Macken]		1
unnamed textile factory owner		[employeed illegals; hired Blowtorch Brand to burn factory]		1
The Gnostic Wizard (cameo)	Gnostic	[ 1st app: (behind the scenes) [2701]; (shadow cameo) [2702]; (full) [2703] ]		5

Title appears on the cover as The New Defenders #135.

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