Religion and Characters in
Dark Avengers #7 (Sep. 2009):
“Utopia, Chapter Three”
by Matt Fraction, Luke Ross, Rick Magyar, Mark Pennington

49 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	All-Winners Squad; Defenders  The Order; Illuminati; The Avengers; Dark X-Men; X-Men; The Invaders [Atlantis]		1,864
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants)  Summers Rebellion; X-Men; X-Factor		2,604
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian	Defenders; Academy of Tomorrow  X-Club; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men; X-Factor; The Avengers		5,233
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	The Twelve (mutants); Illuminati  Genoshan Excalibur; X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants; The Mutant Underground		4,318
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta)	Catholic	Fallen Angels; Mutant Liberation Front  X-Ternals; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Strike; Young X-Men; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; Hellfire Club; X-Force; The Avengers [Brazil]		574
Black Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Council of the Chosen; Academy of Tomorrow  Hellfire Club Inner Circle; Dark X-Men; Generation X; X-Men		3,409
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)	Catholic	Dark X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
Dagger (Tandy Bowen)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; League of Losers  Secret Avengers; Dark X-Men; The New Warriors; Secret Defenders; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Dark Avengers (leader); The Thunderbolts; Dark X-Men; H.A.M.M.E.R. [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Dark Avengers  The Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Sentry (Bob Reynolds)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers  Femizons; The Masters of Evil		235
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League  Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers; The Masters of Evil		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
H.A.M.M.E.R.		[federal agent]		207
Avalanche (Dominic Szilard Janos Petros)	Greek Orthodox (raised); mutant supremacist	Project: Wideawake; Freedom Force  Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Corps [Greece]		156
Hellion (Julian Keller)		Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; New X-Men  X-Men		44
X-Treme (Adam Neramani)	Shi'ar religion	[half brother of Cyclops and Havok?]		11
Lorelei Travis		The 198		23
Match (Ben Hammil)		Xavier Institute: Paragons squad (leader)		21
Mimic (Calvin Rankin)		Exiles; X-Men  Dark X-Men; Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutants		169
Dark Beast (Henry McCoy)	mutant supremacist	Gene Nation; Dark Descendants  Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men; Genoshan Excalibur [Henry McCoy from the Age of Apocalypse]		116
Weapon Omega (Michael Pointer)		Omega Flight; Dark X-Men		41
Meld (Jeremiah Muldoon)		Sentinel Squad O.N.E.		8
Simon Trask	anti-mutant: Humanity Now (leader)	Humanity's Last Stand [brother of Sentinel inventor Bolivar Trask]		15
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) (only on cover)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (only on cover)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Freedom Force; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad  X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Dark X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men; X-Corps; The Marauders; X-Factor; The Mutant Underground		451
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
unnamed black male nurse (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[helped treat Simon Trask in hospital; possessed by him]		2
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (2-panel cameo)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem  X-Men; Excalibur [Germany]		3,788
Anole (Victor Borkowski) (2-panel cameo)	LGBT	Xavier Institute: Alpha squad; Young X-Men		60
Sheila (2-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[possessed by Simon Trask]		2
unnamed doctor (2-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[possessed by Simon Trask]		1
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish Catholic	Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends  The Twelve (mutants); X-Factor; The Champions; Secret Defenders; X-Men		1,752
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (1-panel cameo)	Communist atheist (former)	X-Men; The Acolytes  Excalibur; Weapon X (Exiles) [Russia; USSR]		4,122
Dazzler (Alison Blaire) (1-panel cameo)	singing	Academy of Tomorrow; X-Men  Excalibur		447
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)	Academy of Tomorrow; X-Men  Alpha Flight; Secret Defenders [Canada. skier]		284
Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; New X-Men  X-Men; Young X-Men		82
Greymalkin (Jonas Greymalkin) (1-panel cameo)	LGBT	Young X-Men [ancestor of Charles Xavier]		37
Pixie (Megan Gwynn) (1-panel cameo)		Xavier Institute: Paragons squad; X-Men		50
Nekra (Nekra Sinclair) (1-panel cameo)	former priestess of Black Spectre; Kali worshipper/Thugee; Dry Academy	Black Spectre; Lethal Legion		49
Onyxx (Sidney Green) (1-panel cameo)		Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad		14
Erg (Andreas Konig) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Drain Dwellers; Morlocks  The 198		42
Glob Herman (Herman) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Xavier Institute; Omega Gang		6
Humanity Now! (1-panel cameo)	anti-mutant	[led by Simon Trask]		6
unnamed hippie (1-panel cameo)	hippie	[possessed by Simon Trask; "Haight Not Hate" tie-dye shirt]		2
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Team X; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Force; Weapon X; The Avengers [Canada]		8,823
Eddie Vedder (mentioned)	atheist	[Pearl Jam lead singer]		54

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