X-Men (vol. 2) #1 (Oct. 1991):
“And the Best Is Yet to Come”
by Jim Lee, Scott Williams

X-Men (vol. 2) #1

Title: “And the Best Is Yet to Come”

Medium: pin-up illustration

Publication date: Oct. 1991

Publisher:
Art by: Jim Lee, Scott Williams

Number of Pages: 4

33 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
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Archangel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
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
Storm (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
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
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
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)	Presbyterian	Excalibur; The New Mutants...  X-Factor; X-Force		576
Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith)		Cable's Underground; Fallen Angels...  Nextwave; The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; X-Terminators		314
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)	Anglican (nominal); mystical	Excalibur		365
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers)	Askani (leader)	Cable's Underground (leader); Clan Chosen...  Six Pack; The New Mutants (leader); The Twelve; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		666
Gambit (Remy LeBeau)	Cajun Catholic	Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Ternals; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954
Havok (Alex Summers)	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
Lockheed	alien dragon	Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox)	Episcopalian; Buddhist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Fallen Angels...  X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Factor		257
Strong Guy (Guido Carosella)	Catholic (lapsed)	X-Factor; X-Ternals		233
Shatterstar (Gaveedra-Seven)	Mojoworld televised combat culture	The New Mutants; X-Force		173
Domino (Neena Thurman)	Armajesuits (born into); Catholic (raised)	Cable's Underground; Six Pack...  X-Corporation; X-Force [Domino's mother leads the Armajesuits sect]		314
Feral (Maria Callasantos)	mutant supremacist	Hispanic; Morlocks...  Mutant Liberation Front; New Hellions; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Force		104
Polaris (Lorna Dane)	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
Warpath (James Proudstar)	Native American spirituality (Apache)	Apache; Hellions...  Native American; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Force; X-Men		340
Phoenix (Rachel Grey)	Episcopalian (born); future self: founder of Askani religion	Excalibur; Starjammers...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		358
Meggan	Gypsy/Roma	Excalibur		225
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
X-Factor		[1st app: X-Factor (vol. 1) #1 (Feb. 1986)]		115
X-Force		[1st app: The New Mutants (vol. 1) #100 (Apr. 1991)]		1,076
Excalibur		[1st app: Excalibur Special Edition #1 (1987)]		614

Fold-out illustration including almost every current member of every X-Men related team at that time.

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