Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #138 (Dec. 1984):
“Three Women”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Kim DeMulder

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.
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
Mantis (Mandy Celestine)	Priests of Pama (pacifistic Kree sect); Celestial Madonna	Avengers; Guardians of the Galaxy [Vietnam]		161
Aragorn	N.A.	[winged steed of Black Knight (Whitman), Valkyrie]		105
demons	demon	[generic unnamed demons]		2,000
The Gnostic Wizard	Gnostic	[ 1st app: (behind the scenes) [2701]; (shadow cameo) [2702]; (full) [2703] ]		5
Sassafras	N.A.	[Beast's pet dog while he was with Defenders]		20
Dragon of the Moon	demon god dragon	[spawn of Set, the Elder God]		13
Dolly Donahue		[housekeeper]		31
Mentor (A'Lars) (cameo)	Titanian religion	Eternals of Titan (leader); Eternals [Asia. ruler of the Eternals of Titan]		7
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (hologram)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (hologram)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (hologram)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (hologram)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (hologram)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (hologram)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
Galactus (Galan) (hologram)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Humphrey Bogart (hologram)	Episcopalian	[actor]		156
Rich Little (hologram)		[Canada; USA. famed impersonator, voice actor]		120

Title appears on the cover as The New Defenders #138.

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