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Tales from the Age of Apocalypse #2 (Dec. 1997):
“Sinister Bloodlines”
by John Francis Moore, Brian K. Vaughan, Steve Epting, Nick Napolitano, etc.

Tales from the Age of Apocalypse #2

Title: “Sinister Bloodlines”

Feature: Factor X

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1997

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: John Francis Moore, Brian K. Vaughan
Art by: Steve Epting, Nick Napolitano, Al Milgrom


23 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.
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
Havok Havok (Alex Summers) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants... 
[Cyclops' brother]
Marvel 592
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741
Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson supporting character
  black Marvel 739
Northstar Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)
Academy of Tomorrow; Alpha Flight... 
[skier]
Marvel 284
Aurora Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic nun
Alpha Flight; Weapon X...  Marvel 211
Monets (Nicole and Claudette St. Croix) hero
  black; Generation X
[twins; M's sisters]
Marvel 39
Misty Knight Misty Knight hero
  black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 192
Colleen Wing Colleen Wing hero
CBR Scale: S Bushido
Asian; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 137
Dark Beast Dark Beast (Henry McCoy) villain scientist
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark Descendants... 
[Henry McCoy from the Age of Apocalypse]
Marvel 116
Mister Sinister Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex) villain scientist
CBR Scale: M Social Darwinist
Nasty Boys; The Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 255
Bedlam Bedlam (Jesse Aaronson) hero
  black; Elite Mutant Force...  Marvel 56
Christopher Summers hero
  Starjammers (leader); U.S. Air Force
[father of Cyclops, Havok and Vulcan]
Marvel 113
Hepzibah Hepzibah hero
CBR Scale: I Mephitisoid religion
Mephitisoid; Starjammers...  Marvel 56
Raza Raza (Raza Longknife) hero
  Starjammers Marvel 99
Ch'od Ch'od hero
  Saurid; Starjammers Marvel 87
Mister Hyde Mister Hyde (Calvin Zabo) villain scientist
  Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil Marvel 143
The Brood The Brood villain group
CBR Scale: I alien
[alien race] Marvel 90
King Cobra Cobra (Klaus Voorhees) villain scientist
  Initiative; Scavengers...  Marvel 87
Emplate Emplate (Marius St. Croix) villain
  Hellions (Emplate) (leader)
[M's evil mutant vampiric brother]
Marvel 38
Katherine Anne Summers supporting character
  [mother of Cyclops and Havok] Marvel 19
Phoenix Jean Grey
(photo/picture/video) 
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Metro College; The Twelve...  Marvel 1,905
Wolverine Weapon X (James Howlett / Logan)
(photo/picture/video) 
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615

This publication is also known as: Tales from the Age of Apocalypse #2 or Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines.

This issue was one of a set of two one-shot publications, both titled "Tales from the Age of Apocalypse." (The other one-shot subtitled "By the Light..." and features the X-Men (from the Age of Apocalypse timeline).

Neither issue features an issue number on the cover. The subtitles or story titles (e.g. "Sinister Bloodlines") are not on the cover either. This issue features the logo-like cover copy: "Starring Factor X." Other possible alternative identification for this issue could be Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Starring Factor X and Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Factor X.

The characters featured in this issue are not the "mainstream Marvel" (Earth-616) characters, but are their counterparts from the Age of Apocalypse alternative timeline.