X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #1 (Aug. 2009):
“Love--and Loss!”
by Chris Claremont, Tom Grummett, Cory Hamscher

X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #1

Title: “Love--and Loss!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Tom Grummett, Cory Hamscher

25 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.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Jean Grey	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
Gambit (Remy LeBeau)	Cajun Catholic	Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Ternals; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954
Storm (Ororo Munroe (clone) (details)  "Storm" here is actually a clone of the original Storm, but this fact is not yet revealed.		black; The Consortium...  X-Men [evil clone of Storm]		15
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Lockheed	alien dragon	Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Fabian Cortez	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes; The Upstarts		70
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (only on cover)	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
S.H.I.E.L.D. (4-panel cameo, pg. 19-20)  [pg. 4] Charles Xavier: "The challenge is finding an individual needle... within this very large haystack." Nick Fury: "S.H.I.E.L.D.* has telepaths-- we'll be glad to help." Footnote: "*Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage Logistics Directorate." [pg. 4] Nick Fury: "I'm sorry, Charles. I'm calling in a S.H.I.E.L.D. strike force..." A SHIELD aircraft appears in a few panels, but other than Nick Fury, no SHIELD agents appear in this issue.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Phoenix (1-panel cameo, pg. 17, panel 2)  Fabian Cortez attacks Jean Grey, using his power-amplification power against her. In one panel, the Phoenix Force manifests around her, surprising them both.	cosmic entity	The Hellfire Club; X-Men		129
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (clone of)  Storm appears to be a major character in this story, but it is eventually revealed that this is not the real "Storm," but a bio-synthetic clone.	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
The Consortium (behind the scenes)  The existence of the Consortium is completely unrevealed at this point, but it is this group that sent the bio-synch clone of Storm (present in this issue) to infiltrate the X-Men.	anti-mutant	[mysterious group against X-Men and all mutants]		15
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned, pg. 2-3)  [pg. 2] Cyclops: "On your toes, people. Fabian cortez took down Magneto. None of us can afford to take him lightly." [pg. 3] Rogue: "This clown took down Magneto, Storm. We can't afford to take any chances." Other similar references to Magneto in this issue, mentioning Cortez's defeat of Magneto and the recent downing of Magneto's Asteroid M.	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Thunderbird (John Proudstar) (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 1)  Jean Grey: "What, do you think this is the first time the X-Men have been blown out of the sky? Didn't your very first mission start out like this?" Wolverine: "Yup-- and before it was done, Thunderbird was dead." Jean Grey: "I wasn't there, remember? This time we all come home safe!"	Native American spirituality (Apache)	Apache; Native American...  X-Men		40
Excalibur (mentioned, pg. 3, panels 3, 6)  Shadowcat (thinking): "Kurt and I have been away with Excalibur for so long... I'd forgotten how much I missed this team." Nightcrawler: "When this mission is over... I think Kitty and I have some choices to make about our future."		[1st app: Excalibur Special Edition #1 (1987)]		614
The Acolytes (mentioned, pg. 0)  Quote: "Retiring to his secret base, Asteroid M, Magneto had attempted to remove himself from the battle between man and mutant. But then he was sought out by a group of fanatics called the Acolytes led by the extremist fabian Cortez. The Acolytes convinced Magneto to engage in a massive offensive against the human population." Recap page	mutant supremacists/Magneto worship	[1st app: X-Men (vol. 2) #1 (Oct. 1991)]		311
SHIELD ESP Division (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 1)  Charles Xavier: "The challenge is finding an individual needle... within this very large haystack." Nick Fury: "S.H.I.E.L.D.* has telepaths-- we'll be glad to help." Footnote: "*Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage Logistics Directorate."		S.H.I.E.L.D.		5

An alternative form of this story's title is: “Love--and Loss! Part 1”. Webpage for X-Men Forever #1 (Aug. 2009) created 21 November 2013. Last modified 3 February 2018.

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