The Defenders (vol. 1) #149 (Nov. 1985):
“Lonely as a Cloud”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Art Nichols, Dell Barras

The Defenders (vol. 1) #149

Title: “Lonely as a Cloud”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1985

Publisher:
Written by: Peter Gillis
Art by: Don Perlin, Art Nichols, Dell Barras

18 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; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Cloud ("Carol Faber")	sentient nebula	Secret Empire; The Defenders		31
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)	Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu Dass); occult	The Defenders		125
Andromeda (Andromeda Attumasen)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Dragon Circle; The Defenders		46
Candy Southern		Archer College; The Defenders (leader)		66
Vera Cantor		[long-time girlfriend of Hank McCoy (Beast)]		45
Interloper	Eternals religion	Eternals; The Defenders		14
Manslaughter		Dragon Circle; The Defenders		17
Seraph (Nancy Turpin)	religious	KGB; Secret Empire...  The Defenders (ally) [double agent]		11
Carol Faber		[died in car crash with Cloud, who adopted her form]		3
Danny Milligan		[car crashed with Cloud, who adopted his form]		3
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (cameo)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Tony (cameo)		[became Andromeda's friend when she posed as human]		3

This publication is also known as: The New Defenders #149.

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