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X-Factor (vol. 1) #119 (Feb. 1996):
“The Best Offense”
by Howard Mackie, Steve Epting, Al Milgrom

X-Factor (vol. 1) #119

Title: “The Best Offense”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1996

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Howard Mackie
Art by: Steve Epting, Al Milgrom


14 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.
Mystique Mystique (Raven Darkholme) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 451
Valerie Cooper Valerie Cooper supporting character
  Commission on Superhuman Activities; S.T.A.R.S....  Marvel 253
Polaris Polaris (Lorna Dane) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse... 
[studied geophysics in college]
Marvel 464
Sabretooth Sabretooth (Victor Creed) villain hero
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"
Brotherhood of Mutants; Team X...  Marvel 610
Forge Forge (Jonathon Silvercloud) hero
CBR Scale: M Native American shamanism
(Cheyenne)
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Native American...  Marvel 394
Wild Child Wild Child (Kyle Gibney) villain hero
  Alpha Flight; Gamma Flight...  Marvel 172
Shard Shard (Shard Bishop) hero
  black; X-Factor...  Marvel 58
The Adversary villain deity
CBR Scale: D Native American deity
[Native American trickster-god] Marvel 28
Roma supporting character deity
CBR Scale: M sorceress/goddess
Captain Britain Corps (leader)
[Guardian of the Multiverse; Merlin's daughter]
Marvel 4
Dr. Pole supporting character scientist
 prob. indeterminate  [examind Sabretooth] Marvel 3
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
black; Lady Liberators...  Marvel 5,068
Friends of Humanity
(cameo)
villain group
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant
[anti-mutant group founded by Graydon Creed] Marvel 20
Naze
(cameo)
supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Native American shaman
(Cheyenne)
[instructed Forge in use of magic] Marvel 9
Havok Havok (Alex Summers)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants... 
[Cyclops' brother]
Marvel 592