Religion and Characters in
Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1 (Sep. 2009):
“Namor/Norman”
by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk, Jay Leisten

20 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 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
Norman Osborn	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Dark X-Men; X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
Dagger (Tandy Bowen) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Secret Defenders; Marvel Knights  League of Losers; New Warriors; Secret Avengers; Dark X-Men; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Mimic (Calvin Rankin) (cover & 1-panel cameo)		X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Excalibur; Exiles; Dark X-Men		169
Weapon Omega (Michael Pointer) (cover & 1-panel cameo)		Omega Flight; Dark X-Men		41
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (4-panel cameo)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Victoria Hand (4-panel cameo)	LGBT; Humanist	H.A.M.M.E.R.; Dark Avengers (staff) [2nd in command under Osborn in H.A.M.M.E.R.]		108
Black Queen (Emma Frost) (2-panel cameo)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Council of the Chosen; Hellfire Club Inner Circle  Generation X (teacher); X-Men; Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men (leader)		3,409
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (1-panel cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
H.A.M.M.E.R. (1-panel cameo)		H.A.M.M.E.R.		207
Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force  X-Factor; X-Corps; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad; X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Marauders; Dark X-Men		451
The Hood (Parker Robbins) (1-panel cameo)	demonolatry	Hood's Army (leader); The Cabal		159
Loki (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Liberators; Mighty Avengers (founder)		696
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (mentioned)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (mentioned)	Catholic	New Mutants; Fallen Angels  X-Force; Mutant Liberation Front; X-Corporation; Hellfire Club; X-Ternals; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Strike; Young X-Men (teacher); Avengers [Brazil]		574
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (mentioned)	angel	Avengers; New Avengers  Mighty Avengers; Dark Avengers		260
Atlanteans (mentioned)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion			165
Skrulls (mentioned)	Skrull religion			344

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