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Classic X-Men #39 (Nov. 1989):
“Wolverine: Alone!”
by John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Terry Austin

Classic X-Men #39

Title: “Wolverine: Alone!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1989

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: John Byrne, Chris Claremont
Art by: John Byrne, Terry Austin


24 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.
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
Phoenix Black Queen (Jean Grey) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Metro College; The Twelve...  Marvel 1,905
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe) hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
black; Lady Liberators...  Marvel 5,068
Nightcrawler Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)
Excalibur; Neyaphem...  Marvel 4,345
Colossus Colossus (Peter Rasputin) hero
CBR Scale: I Communist atheist (former)
Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Marvel 4,122
White Bishop White Bishop (Donald Pierce) villain
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
The Hellfire Club; The Reavers (leader) Marvel 86
Mastermind Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Marvel 140
Phoenix Phoenix
(details) 
villain hero
CBR Scale: M cosmic entity
The Hellfire Club; X-Men Marvel 129
Black King Black King (Sebastian Shaw) villain
  The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle Marvel 122
Black Bishop Black Bishop (Harry Leland) villain
  The Inner Circle Marvel 22
Hellfire Club soldiers Hellfire Club soldiers villain group
  The Hellfire Club Marvel 97
The Hellfire Club The Hellfire Club villain group
  [1st app: The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #129 (Jan. 1980)] Marvel 191
Wade Cole Wade Cole
(details) 
villain
  The Hellfire Club; The Reavers Marvel 25
Angelo Macon
(details) 
villain
  The Hellfire Club; The Reavers Marvel 19
Murray Reese Murray Reese
(details) 
villain
  The Hellfire Club; The Reavers Marvel 23
Rosen villain
  The Hellfire Club
[battled Wolverine, but uninjured]
Marvel 1
Banshee Banshee (Sean Cassidy)
(6-panel cameo, pg. 9, panels 2-7)
hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  Marvel 1,340
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III)
(5-panel cameo, pg. 10, panels 1-5)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier)
(4-panel cameo, pg. 10, panels 3-6)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
Moira MacTaggert Moira MacTaggert
(4-panel cameo, pg. 9, panels 4-7)
supporting character scientist
  [Charles Xavier's colleague, girlfriend] Marvel 243
Mary
(2-panel cameo, pg. 11, panels 1-2)
supporting character
  [waitress] Marvel 1
Lou Lou
(2-panel cameo, pg. 11, panels 1-2)
supporting character
  [butler] Marvel 1
Senator Robert Kelly Senator Robert Kelly
(1-panel cameo, pg. 15, panel 1) 
supporting character villain
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant activist; (AoA)
mutant-human peace activist
Project: Wideawake Marvel 84

This comic was reprinted from: The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #133 (May 1980): "Wolverine: Alone!".