Religion and Characters in
X-Factor (vol. 1) #139 (Nov. 1997):
“The Enemy Within”
by Howard Mackie, Duncan Rouleau, Art Thibert, Whitney McFarland, Hackshack Studios

19 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)	X-Men; X-Factor  Magistrates; Dark Descendants; Brotherhood of Mutants; Academy of Tomorrow; Starjammers [studied geophysics in college]		592
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
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
Forge (Jonathon Silvercloud)	Native American shamanism (Cheyenne)	X-Factor; X-Men  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Weapon X (Exiles)		394
Ever	mutant supremacist	Morlocks; Gene Nation  Brotherhood of Mutants		5
Major Edmond Atkinson		[major; Valerie Cooper's ex-husband; led Task Force 12]		4
Miles Brickman		[U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator]		16
Gloria Brickman		[Mystique's daughter; adopted daughter of Senator Brickman]		2
Agent Vargas	prob. indeterminate	FBI [major character in X-Factor #139]		1
Dr. Robert Casey	prob. indeterminate	[removed tracking device from Mystique]		1
Dr. Sculder	prob. indeterminate	FBI [examined tracking device implanted in Mystique]		1
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (cameo)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
J. Jonah Jameson (cameo)	hates Spider-Man	Daily Bugle [Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
HYDRA (cameo)	HYDRA	HYDRA [largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (cameo)	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
Trevor Chase (cameo)		[young mutant beaten by Friends of Humanity]		3
Dark Beast (Henry McCoy) (mentioned)	mutant supremacist	X-Men; Genoshan Excalibur  Gene Nation; Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark Descendants; Dark X-Men [Henry McCoy from the Age of Apocalypse]		116

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