Religion and Characters in
Defenders (vol. 3) #5 (Jan. 2006):
“The Enemy of My Enemy isn't Exactly My Friend (But She'll do in a Pinch)!”
by J.M. DeMatteis, Keith Giffen, Kevin Maguire

17 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 Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
Dormammu	Faltine energy being; extra-dimensional mystic entity/powerful magic user	[Foe of: Dr. Strange (arch-enemy)]		170
Cyttorak	deity	[source of Juggernaut's power]		9
Umar	Faltine; mystical/occult	[ruler of Dark Dimension; Clea's mother; Dormammu's sister]		54
The Mindless Ones (only on cover)	alien	[mindless servants summoned by Dormammu, others]		34
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (alternative reality version)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (alternative reality version)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (alternative reality version)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (alternative reality version)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (alternative reality version)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (alternative reality version)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (alternative reality version)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; X-Factor; The Twelve (mutants); Secret Defenders		1,752
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (alternative reality version)	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
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (alternative reality version)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Great Lakes Avengers; Thunderbolts; Ultimates; New Avengers		1,515

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