X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #Alpha (July 2009):
“New Dawn, New Day!”
by Chris Claremont, Tom Grummett, Cory Hamscher

X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #Alpha

Title: “New Dawn, New Day!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2009

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

34 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	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
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
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) (details)  Storm in "X-Men Forever" will later be revealed to be a clone, but that is not known yet. It's not completely clear when the clone replaced the real Storm. Storm may be a clone throughout this story.	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
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
Lockheed	alien dragon	Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		Xavier Institute
Storm (Ororo Munroe (clone) (details)  A mysterious hooded figure, later revealed to be a clone of Storm, is seen menacingly looking at Wolverine's fallen form. She may be the Storm who appears throughout the issue.		black; The Consortium...  X-Men [evil clone of Storm]		15
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (cameo)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (cameo)	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
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (cameo)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (cameo)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Danielle Moonstar (cameo)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	Mutant Liberation Front; Native American...  The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) (cameo)	Presbyterian	Excalibur; The New Mutants...  X-Factor; X-Force		576
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (cameo)	Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; black...  Fallen Angels; Mutant Liberation Front; The Avengers; The Hellfire Club; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Ternals; Young X-Men (teacher)		574
Cypher (Doug Ramsey) (cameo)	Latter-day Saint	Academy of Tomorrow; The New Mutants		113
Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith) (cameo)		Cable's Underground; Fallen Angels...  Nextwave; The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; X-Terminators		314
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (flashback cameo)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Sentinels (cameo)	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245
Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Asian; Generation X...  The New Warriors; The X-People (founder); X-Corps; X-Men; X-Ternals		570
Siryn (Theresa Cassidy) (cameo)	Catholic	Fallen Angels; X-Corporation...  X-Factor Investigations; X-Force; X-Men		162
Forge (Jonathon Silvercloud) (cameo)	Native American shamanism (Cheyenne)	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Native American...  The Mutant Underground; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Factor; X-Men		394
Warpath (James Proudstar) (cameo)	Native American spirituality (Apache)	Apache; Hellions...  Native American; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Force; X-Men		340
Master Mold (cameo)	anti-mutant robot	[mutant hunter]		41
X-Force (cameo)  Boom Boom, Cannonball, Sunspot, Siryn		[1st app: The New Mutants (vol. 1) #100 (Apr. 1991)]		1,076
unnamed blonde boy (cameo)		[child]		1
S.H.I.E.L.D. (behind the scenes)  Nick Fury meets with Professor Xavier and tells him that from here on out, the X-Men will be under government supervision (specifically: Fury's direction, in his capacity as director of SHIELD).		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Excalibur (mentioned)  Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde have been away with Excalibur for a long time. Now reunited with the X-Men in New York, Kurt wonders if it is time to return permanently.		[1st app: Excalibur Special Edition #1 (1987)]		614

This publication is also known as: X-Men Forever: Alpha #1; X-Men Forever #0 or X-Men Forever: Alpha #α. The actual issue "number" on the cover is "ALPHA."

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