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

Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1

Title: “Namor/Norman”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 2009

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Paul Cornell
Art by: 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 The Sub-Mariner (Namor) hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
Norman Osborn Norman Osborn villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
Cloak Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)
(cover & 1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: U Catholic
black; Dark X-Men
[partner of Dagger]
Marvel 216
Dagger Dagger (Tandy Bowen)
(cover & 1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Dark X-Men; League of Losers... 
[partner of Cloak]
Marvel 219
Daken Wolverine (Daken Akihiro)
(cover & 1-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"
Asian; Dark Avengers... 
[son of Wolverine]
Marvel 72
Mimic Mimic (Calvin Rankin)
(cover & 1-panel cameo)
villain hero
  Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 169
Omega Weapon Omega (Michael Pointer)
(cover & 1-panel cameo)
hero
  Dark X-Men; Omega Flight Marvel 41
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier)
(4-panel cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
Victoria Hand Victoria Hand
(4-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S LGBT; Humanist
Dark Avengers (staff); H.A.M.M.E.R.
[2nd in command under Osborn in H.A.M.M.E.R.]
Marvel 108
White Queen Black Queen (Emma Frost)
(2-panel cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist
Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 3,409
Doctor Doom Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)
(1-panel cameo)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: S Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism
Fearsome Four; The Cabal Marvel 1,176
H.A.M.M.E.R. H.A.M.M.E.R.
(1-panel cameo)
supporting character group
  [government agency] Marvel 207
Mystique Mystique (Raven Darkholme)
(1-panel cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 451
The Hood The Hood (Parker Robbins)
(1-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M demonolatry
Hood's Army; The Cabal Marvel 159
Loki
(1-panel cameo)
villain deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Mighty Avengers (founder)...  Marvel DC 696
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
Sunspot Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Academy of Tomorrow; black...  Marvel 574
Sentry Sentry (Bob Reynolds)
(mentioned)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S angel
Dark Avengers; The Avengers Marvel 260
Atlanteans Atlanteans
(mentioned)
supporting character group
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
[hidden race] Marvel DC 165
Skrulls Skrulls
(mentioned)
villain group
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
[alien race] Marvel 344