Religion and Characters in
Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1 (Sep. 2009):
“Mimic”
by James Asmus, Jesse Delperdang, Andy Lanning

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.
Mimic (Calvin Rankin)		X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Excalibur; Exiles; Dark X-Men		169
Moira MacTaggert (4-panel cameo)		[Scotland. Charles Xavier's colleague, girlfriend]		243
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (3-panel cameo)	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
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (3-panel cameo)	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
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers) (3-panel cameo)	Askani (leader)	Clan Chosen; Six Pack  New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; The Twelve (mutants); Cable's Underground (leader); X-Saviours; X-Strike		666
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (2-panel cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Norman Osborn (2-panel cameo)	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
H.A.M.M.E.R. (2-panel cameo)		H.A.M.M.E.R.		207
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Defenders; Avengers; X-Factor; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		5,233
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	X-Men; X-Factor  The Twelve (mutants)		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; X-Factor; The Twelve (mutants); Secret Defenders		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Defenders  Champions (of Los Angeles); X-Factor; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Academy of Tomorrow; Renegades; X-Force; X-Club		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (1-panel cameo)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Men; Excalibur  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem [Germany]		3,788
Domino (Neena Thurman) (1-panel cameo)	Armajesuits (born into); Catholic (raised)	Six Pack; X-Force  X-Corporation; Cable's Underground [Domino's mother leads the Armajesuits sect]		314
Blob (Fred J. Dukes) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three  Freedom Force; X-Corps; X-Cell; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		403
Post (Kevin Tremain) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark Descendants		13
Cerebro (1-panel cameo)	N.A.	[Xavier's mutant-finding machine, given sentience by Bastion]		9

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