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	X-Men; X-Factor...  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve; Summers Rebellion		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	The Avengers; X-Men...  The Defenders; X-Factor; Brotherhood of Mutants; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		5,233
Jean Grey	Episcopalian	X-Men; X-Factor...  Metro College; The Twelve		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	The Champions; X-Men...  The Defenders; X-Factor; Secret Defenders; The Twelve; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends		1,752
Archangel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	The Champions; X-Men...  The Defenders; X-Factor; X-Force; Secret Defenders; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club; X-Saviours; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Renegades; St. Joe's Preparatory School		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	X-Men (founder); Genoshan Excalibur...  Brotherhood of Mutants; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; Illuminati		4,999
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	The Avengers; X-Men...  X-Force; Alpha Flight; Secret Defenders; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Weapon X; First Flight; Weapon Plus; Team X; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; The Canadian Army		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four...  X-Men; Lady Liberators; Weapon X (Exiles); The Twelve; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; black		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Men; Excalibur...  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	X-Men; Excalibur...  Weapon X (Exiles); The Acolytes		4,122
Kitty Pryde	Jewish	S.H.I.E.L.D.; X-Men...  Excalibur; The Exiles		3,128
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants		3,526
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	The Avengers; X-Men...  The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Corporation; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)	Presbyterian	X-Factor; The New Mutants...  X-Force; Excalibur		576
Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith)		X-Men; The New Mutants...  X-Force; Cable's Underground; Fallen Angels; X-Terminators; Nextwave		314
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)	Anglican (nominal); mystical	Excalibur		365
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers)	Askani (leader)	X-Men; The New Mutants (leader)...  X-Force; The Twelve; Cable's Underground (leader); Clan Chosen; Six Pack; X-Saviours		666
Gambit (Remy LeBeau)	Cajun Catholic	X-Men; Weapon X (Exiles)...  The Marauders; X-Ternals; Horsemen of Apocalypse; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954
Havok (Alex Summers)	Catholic (lapsed)	Magistrates; X-Men...  X-Factor; Brotherhood of Mutants; Academy of Tomorrow; Dark Descendants; Starjammers; Old Landon College [Cyclops' brother]		592
Lockheed	alien dragon	S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men...  Excalibur; Pet Avengers		248
Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox)	Episcopalian; Buddhist	X-Factor; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  X-Corporation; X-Corps; Fallen Angels		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)	X-Force; X-Corporation...  Cable's Underground; Six Pack [Domino's mother leads the Armajesuits sect]		314
Feral (Maria Callasantos)	mutant supremacist	Morlocks; The New Mutants...  X-Force; X-Corporation; X-Corps; Mutant Liberation Front; New Hellions; Hispanic		104
Polaris (Lorna Dane)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; X-Factor...  The Acolytes; Academy of Tomorrow; The Twelve; Starjammers; Horsemen of Apocalypse [studied geophysics in college]		464
Warpath (James Proudstar)	Native American spirituality (Apache)	X-Men; The New Mutants...  X-Force; Hellions; X-Corporation; X-Corps; Native American; Apache		340
Phoenix (Rachel Grey)	Episcopalian (born); future self: founder of Askani religion	X-Men; Excalibur...  Starjammers; 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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