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

X-Factor (vol. 1) #129

Title: “Playing with Fire”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1996

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Howard Mackie
Art by: 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 Mystique (Raven Darkholme) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 451
Multiple Man Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian; Buddhist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Fallen Angels...  Marvel 257
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
Pyro Pyro (St. John Allerdyce) villain hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed); mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force Marvel 194
Tate supporting character
 prob. indeterminate  [in group of gov't shock troops] Marvel 1
Austin supporting character
 prob. indeterminate  [in group of gov't shock troops] Marvel 1
Major supporting character
 prob. indeterminate  [in group of gov't shock troops] Marvel 1
Church of the Sacred Heart supporting character group
CBR Scale: D Catholic
[1st app: X-Factor (vol. 1) #129 (Dec. 1996)] Marvel 1
Havok Havok (Alex Summers)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants... 
[Cyclops' brother]
Marvel 592
Graydon Creed Graydon Creed
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant
Friends of Humanity (leader); Purifiers... 
[son of Sabretooth and Mystique]
Marvel 61
Haven Haven (Radha Dastoor)
(cameo)
villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Hindu / Zoroastrian
[gave birth to reincarnation of Adversary] Marvel 12