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X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #7 (Nov. 2009):
“Past Is Prologue”
by Chris Claremont, Steve Scott, Al Vey

X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #7

Title: “Past Is Prologue”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 2009

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Steve Scott, Al Vey


42 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.
Nick Fury Nick Fury hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
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
Wolverine James Howlett / Logan
(flashback)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
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
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier) hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188
Nazis Nazis
(flashback)
villain group real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[generic WWII Nazis] Timely Marvel, etc. 4,222
Dum Dum Dugan Dum Dum Dugan
(flashback)
hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  Marvel 555
Gabriel Jones Gabriel Jones
(flashback) 
hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Godzilla Squad...  Marvel 125
Junior Juniper Junior Juniper
(flashback)
supporting character
  The Howling Commandos; U.S. Air Force
[based on Jerry Lewis; had cancer; joined Howling Commandos]
Marvel 6
U.S. Army U.S. Army
(flashback)
supporting character group real/historical person
  [military unit] Marvel DC 1,801
Reb Ralston Reb Ralston
(flashback) 
hero
  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos...  Marvel 22
Izzy Cohen Izzy Cohen
(flashback) 
hero
CBR Scale: M Jewish
S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos Marvel 76
Xavier Institute Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters supporting character group
  [high school] Marvel 373
Dino Manelli Dino Manelli
(flashback) 
hero
  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos Marvel 81
Pinky Pinkerton Pinky Pinkerton
(flashback) 
hero based on a real person
CBR Scale: U Jewish; LGBT
Deadly Dozen; S.H.I.E.L.D.... 
[based on actor David Niven]
Marvel 76
Eric Koenig Eric Koenig
(flashback) 
hero
CBR Scale: S Nazi (former)
S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos Marvel 35
X-Men X-Men hero group
  [1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)] Marvel 9,958
The Howling Commandos The Howling Commandos
(flashback)
hero group
  [military unit] Marvel 351
Agent Wallace
(pg. 1, 3-4, 19)
supporting character
  S.H.I.E.L.D.
[killed by Sentinel during SHIELD op in Andes Mountains]
Marvel 1
Dietrich Trask
(8-panel cameo, pg. 16-18) 
villain scientist
CBR Scale: M Nazi
[created long-range DNA detection tech (Sentinel precursor)] Marvel 1
Agent Tommy Juniper
(7-panel cameo, pg. 1-4, 19)
supporting character
  S.H.I.E.L.D.
[killed by Sentinel during SHIELD op in Andes Mountains]
Marvel 1
Ruben
(7-panel cameo, pg. 2, 5-6, 8, 10)
supporting character
  S.H.I.E.L.D.
[assisted Nick Fury when he worked out of X-Mansion]
Marvel 1
Luis
(6-panel cameo, pg. 1, 3)
supporting character
  S.H.I.E.L.D.
[killed by Sentinel during SHIELD op in Andes Mountains]
Marvel 1
Sentinels Sentinels
(1-panel cameo, pg. 22) 
villain group
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robots
[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)] Marvel 245
Master Mold Master Mold
(behind the scenes, pg. 22) 
villain
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robot
[mutant hunter] Marvel 41
Mystique Mystique (Raven Darkholme)
(mentioned, pg. 16, panel 3) 
villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 451
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler
(mentioned, pg. 13, 15, 18) 
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)] Shochiku Kinema 1,593
Josef Stalin
(mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3) 
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Communist
Lethal Legion
[former leader of Russia]
Marvel 342
Buck Rogers Buck Rogers
(mentioned, pg. 18, panel 2) 
hero
  [1st app: Amazing Stories (Aug. 1928)] Amazing Stories; National Newspaper Service, etc. 140
Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
(mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
[U.S. President] DC Marvel 422
Winston Churchill Winston Churchill
(mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Anglican
[politician] Marvel Image 456
Bolivar Trask Bolivar Trask
(mentioned, pg. 7, panel 1) 
villain scientist
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
Control
[inventor of Sentinels]
Marvel 5
Larry Trask Larry Trask
(mentioned, pg. 7, panel 1) 
villain
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
Federal Council on Mutant Activities
[mutant son of anti-mutant Sentinel inventor]
Marvel 46
Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower
(mentioned, pg. 12, panel 3) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jehovah's Witnesses; Presbyterian (convert)
[general; U.S. President] Marvel 262
Excalibur Excalibur
(mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1) 
hero group
  [1st app: Excalibur Special Edition #1 (1987)] Marvel 614
The Home Depot The Home Depot
(mentioned, pg. 2, panel 3) 
supporting character group real/historical person
  [home improvement, construction supplies retailer] Marvel 1