Religion and Characters in
The Defenders (vol. 1) #150 (Dec. 1985):
“Sassafras, The Dog Filled with Fear”
by Peter Gillis, Don Perlin, Alan Kupperberg, Randy Emberlin

21 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.
Sassafras (lead character)	N.A.	[Beast's pet dog while he was with Defenders]		20
Manslaughter		Defenders; Dragon Circle		17
Michael Kaye		U.S. Army [cleaned up Defenders mansion after Dragon of Moon battle]		1
Barry		U.S. Army [cleaned up Defenders mansion after Dragon of Moon battle]		1
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
Thor (Donald Blake) (hologram)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (hologram)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Nick Fury (hologram)	secular	Howling Commandos; S.H.I.E.L.D.  Ultimates		1,898
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (hologram)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (hologram)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (hologram)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (hologram)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (hologram)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
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
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (hologram)	Goddess worship	X-Men; Morlocks  The Twelve (mutants); X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Lady Liberators; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (hologram)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Men; Excalibur  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem [Germany]		3,788
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (hologram)	Communist atheist (former)	X-Men; Acolytes  Excalibur; Weapon X (Exiles) [Russia; USSR]		4,122
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) (hologram)	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Champions (of Los Angeles); Midnight Sons		306
Sherlock Holmes (hologram)	Anglican	[private investigator]		510
Doctor Watson (hologram)	Anglican	[soldier; doctor...]		261

Title appears on the cover as The New Defenders #150.

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