ComicBookReligion.com logo

The Secret Defenders #15 (May 1994):
“Strange Changes, Part 1: Strangers and Other Lovers”
by Tom Brevoort, Mike Kanterovich, Jerry Decaire, Tony DeZuniga

The Secret Defenders #15

Title: “Strange Changes, Part 1: Strangers and Other Lovers”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1994

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Tom Brevoort, Mike Kanterovich
Art by: Jerry Decaire, Tony DeZuniga


19 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.
Luke Cage Luke Cage hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Heroes for Hire... 
[formerly owned a bar and theater]
Marvel 951
Deadpool Deadpool (Wade Wilson) villain hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed); One World
Church (lapsed)
Code Red; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 1,256
Doctor Druid Doctor Druid (Anthony Ludgate) hero
CBR Scale: M Druidism (plus Tibetan Buddhism)
Secret Defenders (leader); Shock Troop (leader)...  Marvel 151
Shadowoman Shadowoman (Jillian Woods) hero
  Secret Defenders; Shock Troop Marvel 22
Doctor Strange Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687
demons demons villain group
CBR Scale: D demon
[generic unnamed demons] Marvel 2,000
Malachi villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D sorceress; high priestess
[sought to steal Moebius Stone] Marvel 4
Strange supporting character
CBR Scale: D occult
[magical construct; signifies sorcerous part of Dr. Strange] Marvel 18
The Living Mummy The Living Mummy (N'Kantu)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S African primal-indigenous
religion (Swarili)
Shock Troop; The Howling Commandos Marvel 40
The Ancient One The Ancient One (bTsaan Saa)
(cameo)
supporting character hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Tibetan Buddhism; Order of the Ancient Ones; occult; spirit
Asian
[belonged to an unnamed order of sorcerers]
Marvel 93
Blazing Skull Blazing Skull (Jim Scully)
(cameo)
hero
  Shock Troop; U.S. Army Marvel 23
Nabula
(cameo)
supporting character
  [1st app: The Secret Defenders #15 (May 1994)] Marvel 1
Death Death
(photo/picture/video)
supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
[embodies death/mortality] Marvel 587
Morpheus (Dream)
(mentioned)
deity lead character
CBR Scale: D cosmic entity
Endless
[lord of dreams and stories]
DC Vertigo 143
Agamotto Agamotto
(mentioned)
deity
CBR Scale: D mystic deity
Vishanti Marvel 15
Bill Clinton Bill Clinton
(mentioned)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Baptist
[U.S. President] Marvel DC 646
Kathy Ireland
(mentioned)
real/historical person
CBR Scale: S "non-denominational" Christian
[1990s supermodel] Marvel 64
Salome (Semiramis)
(mentioned)
villain deity
CBR Scale: D sorceress
Blood; Fallen
[Sorceress Supreme before Green Myrrdin and Ancient One]
Marvel 22
Rod Serling Rod Serling
(mentioned)
real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jewish (born); Unitarian (convert)
[famed Twilight Zone host] Marvel 167