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X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #3 (Sep. 2009):
“The Cruelest Cut”
by Chris Claremont, Tom Grummett, Cory Hamscher

X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #3

Title: “The Cruelest Cut”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 2009

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


21 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 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 Jean Grey hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Metro College; The Twelve...  Marvel 1,905
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier) hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
Nightcrawler Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)
Excalibur; Neyaphem...  Marvel 4,345
Kitty Pryde Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 3,128
Rogue Rogue (Anna Marie) hero
CBR Scale: S Southern Baptist
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men Marvel 3,526
Gambit Gambit (Remy LeBeau) hero
CBR Scale: S Cajun Catholic
Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Marvel 954
Perfect Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe (clone)
(details) 
villain
  black; The Consortium... 
[evil clone of Storm]
Marvel 15
Nick Fury Nick Fury hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(flashback, pg. 1, 6-10) 
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Sabretooth Sabretooth (Victor Creed) villain hero
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"
Brotherhood of Mutants; Team X...  Marvel 610
Xavier Institute Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters supporting character group
  [high school] Marvel 373
X-Men X-Men hero group
  [1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)] Marvel 9,958
The Consortium The Consortium
(3-panel cameo, pg. 1, panels 1-3) 
villain group
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
[mysterious group against X-Men and all mutants] Marvel 15
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D.
(1-panel cameo, pg. 1, panel 2) 
supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188
Phoenix Phoenix
(1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 4) 
villain hero
CBR Scale: M cosmic entity
The Hellfire Club; X-Men Marvel 129
Fabian Cortez Fabian Cortez
(1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 4) 
villain
CBR Scale: M mutant supremacist worshipper
of Magneto
The Acolytes; The Upstarts Marvel 70
Amelia Trask Amelia Trask
(1-panel cameo, pg. 1, panel 1) 
villain
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
The Consortium (leader)
[Bolivar Trask's widow; Ziggy Trask's mother]
Marvel 7
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe)
(clone of) 
hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
black; Lady Liberators...  Marvel 5,068
God God
(mentioned, pg. 5, panel 2) 
deity real/historical person
CBR Scale: D God
[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)] various 313