X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #4 (Sep. 2009):
“Strike-Back!”
by Chris Claremont, Tom Grummett, Cory Hamscher

X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #4

Title: “Strike-Back!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 2009

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

22 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
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Jean Grey	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
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)  Not yet identified as a clone. The X-Men believe she is the original Storm, but that she has turned into a traitor agains them.		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
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Lockheed (only on cover)	alien dragon	Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
The Consortium (7-panel cameo, pg. 1, 20)  Consortium leaders are seen in shadows in 4 panels on pg. 1. Consortium agents are seen (not shadowed) in 3 panels on pg. 20; they target Gambit and 'Ro on page 22. Named on pg. 20, panel 4.	anti-mutant	[mysterious group against X-Men and all mutants]		15
Lil' 'Ro (Ororo Munroe) (3-panel cameo, pg. 22, panels 1-3)  Storm, turned younger and known as "Lil' 'Ro" appears for the first time here. Also, the "Storm" who appears as a major character in this issue is later revealed be a clone of the original Storm.	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
Amelia Trask (3-panel cameo, pg. 1, panels 1-2, 4)  Seen as a woman in shadows, as one of the leaders of the Consortium. Not yet identified.	anti-mutant	The Consortium (leader) [Bolivar Trask's widow; Ziggy Trask's mother]		7
Barrassa (3-panel cameo, pg. 20, panels 3-5)  not yet named		The Consortium [told to kill Storm clone; she killed him with lightning]		1
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)  Extensive references to Wolverine throughout this issue. The X-Men have learned Storm (actually, a clone) killed him. Sabretooth wants to kill Storm for this. One of his claws is in Kitty Pryde's arm.	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
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 4)  Nick Fury: "S.H.I.E.L.D. should hndle this, Charles." Charles Xavier: "Perhaps, Nicholas-- but the X-Men need to handle it."		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Lilandra Neramani (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Charles Xavier: "I've been to the stars, Henry. The woman I love is from another galaxy. Dreams are part and parcel of our very lives."	Shi'ar religion	Starjammers [Majestrix (empress) of the Shi'ar Emperium]		170
Morlocks (mentioned, pg. 4, 6, 19)  (pg. 4) Kitty Pryde (thinking): "Oh, bother! This passage-way links down to the Morlock tunnel." (pg. 6) Kitty Pryde: "Storm' in the Morlock tunnel, guys. She can't rocket down there..." Other references. Much of this issue takes place in the "Morlock tunnels."		[mutants living in tunnels under NYC]		415
Fabian Cortez (mentioned, pg. 7, 15)  (pg. 7) Nick Fury: "How could this have happened?" Beast: "During the fight with Cortez, Kitty tried to phase Logan free of his grasp. Something obviously went wrong. The combination of powers, in addition to Cortez's amplifications, must've caused an overload of the physiologic and mutagenic processes..."	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes; The Upstarts		70

An alternative form of this story's title is: “Love--and Loss! Part 4: Strike-Back!”. Webpage for X-Men Forever #4 (Sep. 2009) created 21 November 2013. Last modified 3 February 2018.

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