X-Factor (vol. 1) #10 (Nov. 1986):
“Falling Angel!”
by Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson, Bob Wiacek

X-Factor (vol. 1) #10

Title: “Falling Angel!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1986

Publisher:
Written by: Louise Simonson
Art by: Walt Simonson, Bob Wiacek

61 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 (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur)	Clan Akkaba; Transhumanist / Social Darwinist	Arab; Dark Riders (leader)...  Horsemen of Apocalypse (founder); The Alliance of Evil (founder)		315
Artie Maddicks		Daydreamers; Generation X...  X-Terminators		96
Firefist (Rusty Collins)	mutant supremacist; Acolyte (Magneto worship)	Mutant Liberation Front; The Acolytes...  The New Mutants; U.S. Navy; X-Terminators		89
Sabretooth (Victor Creed)	manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"	Brotherhood of Mutants; Team X...  The Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Factor; X-Men		610
Vertigo		Femizons; Savage Land Mutates...  The Marauders		82
Scalphunter (John Greycrow)	Native American	Native American; The 198...  The Marauders		106
Blockbuster (Michael Baer)		The Marauders		24
Harpoon (Kodiak Noatak)	Inuit	Native American; The Marauders		19
Prism (Robbie)		The Marauders		33
Scrambler (Kim Il Sung)		Asian; The 198...  The Marauders		46
Skids (Sally Blevins)	Christian (denomination unknown); mutant supremacist	Morlocks; Mutant Liberation Front...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The 198; The Acolytes; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Terminators		109
Arclight (Philippa Sontag) (shadow cameo)		Femizons; The 198...  The Marauders		82
Avalanche (Dominic Szilard Janos Petros) (cameo)	Greek Orthodox (raised); mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force...  Project: Wideawake; X-Corps		156
Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (cameo)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Freedom Force; The Marauders; The Mutant Underground; X-Corps; X-Factor; X-Men; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad		451
Leech (Simon Lee) (cameo)		Daydreamers; Generation X...  Morlocks; The 198; X-Terminators		134
Caliban (cameo)		Horsemen of Apocalypse; Morlocks...  The 198; Watchtower; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Terminators		190
Cameron Hodge (cameo)	anti-mutant	The Right (leader); X-Factor (staff)		71
Candy Southern (cameo)		Archer College; The Defenders (leader)		66
Blob (Fred J. Dukes) (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Freedom Force; X-Cell; X-Corps		403
Pyro (St. John Allerdyce) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed); mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force		194
Destiny (Irene Adler) (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force...  HYDRA		127
Erg (Andreas Konig) (cameo)	mutant supremacist	Drain Dwellers; Morlocks...  The 198		42
Trish Tilby (cameo)		[dated the Beast (Hank McCoy)]		98
Beautiful Dreamer (cameo)		Drain Dwellers; Morlocks...  The 198		19
Ape (cameo)		Drain Dwellers; Morlocks		6
Pestilence (cameo)		Horsemen of Apocalypse; Morlocks		13
Tar Baby (cameo)		Drain Dwellers; Morlocks		4
Zeek (cameo)		Morlocks		1
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (only on cover)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (only on cover)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (only on cover)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (only on cover)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (only on cover)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (only on cover)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (only on cover)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (only on cover)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (only on cover)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (only on cover)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (only on cover)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (only on cover)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (only on cover)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (only on cover)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (only on cover)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (only on cover)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) (only on cover)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Rogue (Anna Marie) (only on cover)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (only on cover)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (only on cover)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (only on cover)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Vision (only on cover)	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (only on cover)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) (only on cover)		black; Nextwave...  The Avengers		256
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (only on cover)	repentant	A-Next; Heroes for Hire...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Thunder Guard		120
Power Man (Luke Cage) (only on cover)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Puck (Eugene Judd) (only on cover)	religious	Alpha Flight; Beta Flight		209
Phoenix (Rachel Grey) (only on cover)	Episcopalian (born); future self: founder of Askani religion	Excalibur; Starjammers...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		358

The cover of this issue features a special border that was used on most every Marvel comic published this month, a border commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Marvel Comics. The border is the same on every comic and features numerous Marvel super-heroes, none of which have anything to do with the internal story (except the title characters, of course). The border features the following characters, starting from the top left, down to the bottom up to the top right: Spider-Man (Peter Parker), the Hulk (Bruce Banner), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Namor the Sub-Mariner, Captain America (Steve Rogers), The Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), Ant-Man (Scott Lang), Puck (Eugene Judd), Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde), Rogue, Wolverine (Logan), Colossus (Piotr Rasputin), Storm (Ororo Munroe), Phoenix (Rachel Summers), Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner), Iceman (Bobby Drake), Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), Cyclops (Scott Summers), Angel (Warren Worthington III), the Beast (Hank McCoy), Daredevil (Matt Murdock), the Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), the Vision, Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Power Man (Luke Cage), the Thing (Ben Grimm), She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters), Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards), Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), the Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Thor.

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