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The Defenders (vol. 1) #136 (Oct. 1984):
“Bodies and Souls”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder

The Defenders (vol. 1) #136

Title: “Bodies and Souls”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Oct 1984

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Peter Gillis

Art by: Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder


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.
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
 X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 5,233
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
 X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Marvel 1,752
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
 X-Men; Defenders  Marvel 1,741
Cloud Cloud ("Carol Faber") hero
CBR Scale: D sentient nebula
 Secret Empire; Defenders Marvel 31
Valkyrie Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) hero
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic paganism
(Asgardian)
 Defenders; Lady Liberators
[former Chooser of the Slain]		 Marvel 325
Moondragon Moondragon (Heather Douglas) hero clergy/religious leader scientist
CBR Scale: S Titanian priestess
 Defenders; Avengers 
[raised by Shao-Lom monks on Titan]		 Marvel 335
Gargoyle Gargoyle (Isaac Christians) hero
CBR Scale: S Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu
Dass); occult
 Defenders Marvel 125
Candy Southern Candy Southern hero
   Defenders (leader) Marvel 66
Aragorn Aragorn supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
 [winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie] Marvel 105
Manslaughter Manslaughter villain hero
   Defenders; Dragon Circle Marvel 17
The Gnostic Wizard villain
CBR Scale: D Gnostic
 [] Marvel 5
Sassafras Sassafras supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
 [Beast's pet dog while he was with Defenders] Marvel 20
Dolly Donahue Dolly Donahue supporting character
   [housekeeper] Marvel 31

Title appears on the cover as The New Defenders #136.

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