Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 (Aug. 2009):
“Utopia: Part 1”
by Matt Fraction, Marc Silvestri, Joe Weems, Michael Broussard, etc.

Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1

Title: “Utopia: Part 1”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Matt Fraction
Art by: Marc Silvestri, Joe Weems, Michael Broussard, Eric Basaldua, Tyler Kirkham, Sheldon Mitchell, etc.

86 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.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Black Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Generation X (teacher); The Cabal; The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle; X-Men		3,409
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Simon Trask	anti-mutant: Humanity Now (leader)	Humanity's Last Stand [brother of Sentinel inventor Bolivar Trask]		15
Humanity Now!	anti-mutant	[led by Simon Trask]		6
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier)	Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)	Academy of Tomorrow; Alpha Flight...  Secret Defenders; X-Men [skier]		284
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (cover & 4-panel cameo)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (cover & 3-panel cameo)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) (only on cover)	Anglican	Asian; Excalibur...  S.T.R.I.K.E.; The Exiles; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		772
Nekra (Nekra Sinclair) (8-panel cameo)	former priestess of Black Spectre; Kali worshipper/Thugee; Dry Academy	Black Spectre; black...  Lethal Legion		49
Onyxx (Sidney Green) (8-panel cameo)		Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad		14
Frenzy (Joanna Cargill) (8-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	black; Femizons...  The Acolytes; The Alliance of Evil; The Marauders; X-Men		44
Anole (Victor Borkowski) (7-panel cameo)	LGBT	Alpha Squadron; Young X-Men		60
Loa (Alani Ryan) (7-panel cameo)	Polynesian traditional religion	Alpha Squadron; Polynesian		50
Sadie Sinclair (7-panel cameo)		[San Francisco mayor who invited X-Men to live there]		3
Hellion (Julian Keller) (6-panel cameo)		New X-Men; X-Men...  Xavier Institute: Hellions squad		44
Mercury (Cessily Kincaid) (6-panel cameo)		New X-Men; X-Men...  Xavier Institute: Hellions squad		121
Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh) (5-panel cameo)	Catholic; LGBT	Academy of Tomorrow; Asian...  The 198; The New Mutants; X-Men		260
Dazzler (Alison Blaire) (5-panel cameo)	singing	Academy of Tomorrow; Excalibur...  X-Men		447
Surge (Nori Ashida) (5-panel cameo)		Asian; New X-Men...  X-Men; Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad		151
Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro) (5-panel cameo)	Catholic	Hispanic; New X-Men...  X-Men; Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; Young X-Men		82
Greymalkin (Jonas Greymalkin) (5-panel cameo)	LGBT	Young X-Men [ancestor of Charles Xavier]		37
Pixie (Megan Gwynn) (5-panel cameo)		X-Men; Xavier Institute: Paragons squad		50
Bling! (Roxy Washington) (5-panel cameo)		black; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad		37
Victoria Hand (5-panel cameo)	LGBT; Humanist	Dark Avengers (staff); H.A.M.M.E.R. [2nd in command under Osborn in H.A.M.M.E.R.]		108
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (4-panel cameo)	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
Cipher (Alisa Tager) (4-panel cameo)		black; Young X-Men		5
Stepford Cuckoos (Celeste, Esme, Mindee, Phoebe, Sophie) (4-panel cameo)		Weapon Plus; X-Men (future)...  X-Men; Xavier Institute: Corsairs squad		147
Toad (Mortimer Toynbee) (4-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Misfits...  The 198		310
Glob Herman (Herman) (4-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Omega Gang; Xavier Institute		6
Mirage (Danielle Moonstar) (3-panel cameo)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	Mutant Liberation Front; Native American...  The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
Match (Ben Hammil) (3-panel cameo)		Xavier Institute: Paragons squad (leader)		21
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (2-panel cameo)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Armor (Hisako Ichiki) (2-panel cameo)		Asian; X-Men...  Xavier Institute		132
Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (2-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Freedom Force; The Marauders; The Mutant Underground; X-Corps; X-Factor; X-Men; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad		451
X-Treme (Adam Neramani) (2-panel cameo)	Shi'ar religion	human; Shi'ar [half brother of Cyclops and Havok?]		11
Erg (Andreas Konig) (2-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Drain Dwellers; Morlocks...  The 198		42
Litterbug (2-panel cameo)		Chicago Morlocks		16
Meld (Jeremiah Muldoon) (2-panel cameo)		Sentinel Squad O.N.E.		8
unnamed TV reporter (2-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[reported on riots mutants started against Humanity Now!]		1
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (1-panel cameo)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (1-panel cameo)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (1-panel cameo)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (1-panel cameo)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (1-panel cameo)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; black...  Fallen Angels; Mutant Liberation Front; The Avengers; The Hellfire Club; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Ternals; Young X-Men (teacher)		574
Magik (Illyana Rasputin) (1-panel cameo)	occult/magick; demonolatry; raised Communist	The Exiles; The New Mutants		450
Ronin (Clint Barton) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa) (1-panel cameo)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Luke Cage (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (1-panel cameo)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (1-panel cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Captain America (Bucky Barnes) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (1-panel cameo)	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		353
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) (1-panel cameo)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers [was Hawkeye's wife]		293
X-23 (Laura Kinney) (1-panel cameo)	religiously untrained	League of Losers; New X-Men...  X-Force; X-Men		190
Blindfold (Ruth Aldine) (1-panel cameo)		Xavier Institute; Young X-Men		66
Ink (Eric Gitter) (1-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	Young X-Men		12
Gentle (Nezhno Abidemi) (1-panel cameo)	African primal-indigenous religion: Wakandan Black Panther Cult	black; Xavier Institute [member of Storm's squad]		42
Lorelei Travis (1-panel cameo)		The 198		23
Trance (Hope Abbott) (1-panel cameo)		Xavier Institute: Paragons squad		50
Husk (Paige Guthrie) (1-panel cameo)	Baptist	Generation X; X-Corps...  X-Men		242
Domino (Neena Thurman) (1-panel cameo)	Armajesuits (born into); Catholic (raised)	Cable's Underground; Six Pack...  X-Corporation; X-Force [Domino's mother leads the Armajesuits sect]		314
Madison Jeffries (1-panel cameo)		Alpha Flight; Gamma Flight...  Weapon X; X-Club; Zodiac (Ecliptic)		74
Doctor Nemesis (Dr. James Bradley) (1-panel cameo)	Nazi	Battle-Axis (leader); X-Club		21
Dr. Kavita Rao (1-panel cameo)	Hindu	South Asian; X-Club [developed "cure": medical means to neutralize mutant powers]		62
Dr. Yuriko Takiguchi (1-panel cameo)		Asian; X-Club [creator of Godzilla]		30
Loki (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Mighty Avengers (founder)...  The Cabal; The Liberators		696
Warpath (James Proudstar) (1-panel cameo)	Native American spirituality (Apache)	Apache; Hellions...  Native American; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Force; X-Men		340
Franklin Richards (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Daydreamers; Fantastic Five...  Fantastic Force; Generation X; Power Pack; The Fantastic Four		650
unnamed priest (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian priest	[attacked outside church by Proposition X rioters]		1
Adam (name seen in illustration (or on screen))	Judeo-Christian	[first man]	various	38
Eve (name seen in illustration (or on screen))	Judeo-Christian	[mother of humankind]		102
H.A.M.M.E.R. (mentioned)		[government agency]		207
Hope Summers (mentioned)	Askani	[first mutant born after M-Day; raised by Cable]		19
St. Francis of Assisi (mentioned)	Catholic deacon	[1st app: San Francesco il poverello d'Assisi (1911)]		24

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