X-Factor (vol. 1) #137 (Sep. 1997):
“It Was a Dark & Stormy Night”
by Howard Mackie, Andy Smith, Art Thibert, Sean Parsons

X-Factor (vol. 1) #137

Title: “It Was a Dark & Stormy Night”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1997

Publisher:
Written by: Howard Mackie
Art by: Andy Smith, Art Thibert, Sean Parsons

17 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.
Havok (Alex Summers)	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
Mystique (Raven Darkholme)	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
Valerie Cooper		Commission on Superhuman Activities; S.T.A.R.S....  Sentinel Squad O.N.E. (leader); X-Factor (liaison)		253
Polaris (Lorna Dane)	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
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
Forge (Jonathon Silvercloud)	Native American shamanism (Cheyenne)	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Native American...  The Mutant Underground; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Factor; X-Men		394
Wild Child (Kyle Gibney)		Alpha Flight; Gamma Flight...  Omega Flight; Weapon X; X-Factor		172
Fatale (Pamela Greenwood)	mutant supremacist	black; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; X-Cell		38
Major Edmond Atkinson		[major; Valerie Cooper's ex-husband; led Task Force 12]		4
General Bowser		[was Valerie Cooper's superior and thorn in her side]		8
Trevor Chase		[young mutant beaten by Friends of Humanity]		3
Cole Chase		[father of young mutant Trevor Chase; killed by Sabretooth]		4
Justine Chase		[father of young mutant Trevor Chase; killed by Sabretooth]		4
Carol	prob. indeterminate	[nurse]		1
Tony	prob. indeterminate	[on staff in hospital where X-Factor was treated]		1
Stone	religious/ethical	[one of the Hounds; betrayed programming, saved mutant]		2
Shard (Shard Bishop) (mentioned)		black; X-Factor...  Xavier's Security Enforcers		58

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for X-Factor #137 (Sep. 1997) created 29 November 2009. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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