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X-Factor Annual #5 (1990):
“Act of Faith”
by Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove, Al Milgrom

X-Factor Annual #5

Title: “Act of Faith”

Medium: comic

Cover date: 1990

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Louise Simonson
Art by: Jon Bogdanove, Al Milgrom


23 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.
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  Marvel 5,017
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Marvel 4,393
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Invisible Woman Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 4,069
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Phoenix Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Metro College; The Twelve...  Marvel 1,905
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Angel Archangel (Warren Worthington III) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741
Banshee Banshee (Sean Cassidy) hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  Marvel 1,340
Cannonball Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) hero
CBR Scale: S Baptist
Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  Marvel 831
Sunspot Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Academy of Tomorrow; black...  Marvel 574
Warlock Warlock hero
CBR Scale: S Technarchy religion (worships The Maker)
Excalibur; Fallen Angels...  Marvel 241
Boom Boom Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith) hero
  Cable's Underground; Fallen Angels...  Marvel 314
Cable Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Askani (leader)
Cable's Underground (leader); Clan Chosen...  Marvel 666
Sentinels Sentinels villain group
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robots
[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)] Marvel 245
Forge Forge (Jonathon Silvercloud) hero
CBR Scale: M Native American shamanism
(Cheyenne)
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Native American...  Marvel 394
Ship supporting character hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
X-Factor; X-Force
[ancient A.I. created by Celestials]
Marvel 65
Franklin Richards Franklin Richards hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Daydreamers; Fantastic Five...  Marvel 650
Marvel Girl Phoenix (Rachel Grey) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian (born); future
self: founder of Askani
religion
Excalibur; Starjammers...  Marvel 358
Ahab Ahab (Dr. Rory Campbell) villain scientist
  Horsemen of Apocalypse; W.H.O. Marvel 39
She-Thing Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura) hero
  Team America; The Fantastic Four...  Marvel 115
Hounds villain group
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant
[mutant hunter] Marvel 15