Religion and Characters in
X-Factor (vol. 1) #129 (Dec. 1996):
“Playing With Fire”
by Howard Mackie, Jeff Matsuda, Art Thibert

16 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 (Raven Darkholme)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force  X-Factor; X-Corps; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad; X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Marauders; Dark X-Men		451
Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox)	Episcopalian; Buddhist	Fallen Angels; X-Factor  X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Factor Investigations; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		257
Valerie Cooper		Commission on Superhuman Activities; X-Factor (liason)  S.T.A.R.S.; Sentinel Squad O.N.E. (leader)		253
Polaris (Lorna Dane)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; X-Factor  Acolytes; The Twelve (mutants); Horsemen of Apocalypse; Academy of Tomorrow; Starjammers [studied geophysics in college]		464
Sabretooth (Victor Creed)	manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"	Weapon Plus; Weapon X  Team X; Marauders; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Factor; X-Men; Horsemen of Apocalypse (Age of Apocalypse); Exiles; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		610
Forge (Jonathon Silvercloud)	Native American shamanism (Cheyenne)	X-Factor; X-Men  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Weapon X (Exiles)		394
Wild Child (Kyle Gibney)		Gamma Flight; Weapon X  Alpha Flight; X-Factor; Omega Flight [Canada]		172
Shard (Shard Bishop)		Xavier's Security Enforcers; X-Factor		58
Pyro (St. John Allerdyce)	Catholic (lapsed); mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force		194
Tate	prob. indeterminate	[in group of gov't shock troops]		1
Austin	prob. indeterminate	[in group of gov't shock troops]		1
Major	prob. indeterminate	[in group of gov't shock troops]		1
Church of the Sacred Heart	Catholic			1
Havok (Alex Summers) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	X-Men; X-Factor  Magistrates; Dark Descendants; Brotherhood of Mutants; Academy of Tomorrow; Starjammers [studied geophysics in college]		592
Graydon Creed (cameo)	anti-mutant	Friends of Humanity (leader); Upstarts  Purifiers [son of Sabretooth and Mystique]		61
Haven (Radha Dastoor) (cameo)	Hindu / Zoroastrian	[gave birth to reincarnation of Adversary]		12

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