X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #5 (Oct. 2009):
“Bury My Heart!”
by Chris Claremont, Tom Grummett, Cory Hamscher

X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #5

Title: “Bury My Heart!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2009

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

27 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
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
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)		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
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
Lil' 'Ro (Ororo Munroe)	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
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Sabretooth (Victor Creed)	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
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
The Consortium	anti-mutant	[mysterious group against X-Men and all mutants]		15
Lockheed (only on cover)	alien dragon	Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
Barrassa (7-panel cameo, pg. 1, 6-9)		The Consortium [told to kill Storm clone; she killed him with lightning]		1
Fabian Cortez (4-panel cameo, pg. 14, panels 1-4)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes; The Upstarts		70
Daisy Dugan (3-panel cameo, pg. 13, panels 2-4)		S.H.I.E.L.D. [Dum-Dum Dugan's granddaughter]		21
Roy Manelli (2-panel cameo, pg. 13, panels 1-2)		S.H.I.E.L.D.		1
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned, pg. 19-22)  Many references to Wolverine, who died in issue #1. The X-Men hold a small private funeral for him on pages 21-22.	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
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned, pg. 17, panels 1-3)  Cyclops: "Is that true, Charles? Is that what happened to Magneto at the end? He was literally burning out?" Charles Xavier: "What happened to him was the fault of Fabian Cortez." Cyclops: "No, the deterioration started earlier than that, when he was with Fury and Rogue in the Savage Land. All along, he seemed to start regressing..." [more]	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Skrulls (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 1)  Charles Xavier: "Eventually, we all reach our limit. The well of power comes to its end, and with it, our very lives. For years now, I've searched for a solution--it wasn't simply for love I stayed across the universe with Lilanda. I hoped, between the knowledge of the Shi'ar, the Kree, and the Skrulls, I might find our salvation."	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Kree (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 1)  Charles Xavier: "Eventually, we all reach our limit. The well of power comes to its end, and with it, our very lives. For years now, I've searched for a solution--it wasn't simply for love I stayed across the universe with Lilanda. I hoped, between the knowledge of the Shi'ar, the Kree, and the Skrulls, I might find our salvation."	Kree religion	[alien race]		238
Lilandra Neramani (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 1)  Charles Xavier: "Eventually, we all reach our limit. The well of power comes to its end, and with it, our very lives. For years now, I've searched for a solution--it wasn't simply for love I stayed across the universe with Lilanda. I hoped, between the knowledge of the Shi'ar, the Kree, and the Skrulls, I might find our salvation."	Shi'ar religion	Starjammers [Majestrix (empress) of the Shi'ar Emperium]		170
Shi'ar (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 1)  Charles Xavier: "Eventually, we all reach our limit. The well of power comes to its end, and with it, our very lives. For years now, I've searched for a solution--it wasn't simply for love I stayed across the universe with Lilanda. I hoped, between the knowledge of the Shi'ar, the Kree, and the Skrulls, I might find our salvation."	Shi'ar religion	[alien race]		106
Shadow King (Amahl Farouk) (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 3)  Charles Xavier: "So, I began searching for answers--the queset that led to my first encounter with the Shadow King and then to my being crippled inthe Himalayas. My search led me to found the X-Men."	Muslim (lapsed)	[crimelord]		72

An alternative form of this story's title is: “Love--and Loss! Part 5: Bury My Heart!”. Webpage for X-Men Forever #5 (Oct. 2009) created 21 November 2013. Last modified 3 February 2018.

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