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Dark X-Men #2 (Feb. 2010):
“Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Part Two”
by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk, Jay Leisten

Dark X-Men #2

Title: “Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Part Two”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 2010

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Paul Cornell
Art by: Leonard Kirk, Jay Leisten


43 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.
Mystique Mystique (Raven Darkholme) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 451
Mimic Mimic (Calvin Rankin) villain hero
  Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 169
Dark Beast Dark Beast (Henry McCoy) villain scientist
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark Descendants... 
[Henry McCoy from the Age of Apocalypse]
Marvel 116
Omega Omega (Michael Pointer) hero
  Dark X-Men; Omega Flight Marvel 41
Norman Osborn Norman Osborn villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
H.A.M.M.E.R. H.A.M.M.E.R. supporting character group
  [government agency] Marvel 207
X-Man X-Man (Nate Grey) hero
  Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men Marvel 155
H.A.M.M.E.R. Psi-Division supporting character group
CBR Scale: M religious
H.A.M.M.E.R.
[organized as a religious order]
Marvel 2
Alex Jarl supporting character
CBR Scale: M religious
H.A.M.M.E.R.
[led HAMMER Psi-Division]
Marvel 2
Jack Fenner
(1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 6)
supporting character
  ["possessed" by X-Man] Marvel 2
Bleaker
(1-panel cameo, pg. 10, panel 1)
supporting character
  [brought tea to Dark Beast] Marvel 4
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(photo/video (2 panels), pg. 6, 22)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(photo/video (2 panels), pg. 21, panel 1)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(photo/video (2 panels), pg. 22, panels 1-2)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers)
(photo/video (2 panels), pg. 6, 23)
hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
Sentry Sentry (Bob Reynolds)
(photo/video (2 panels), pg. 22-23)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S angel
Dark Avengers; The Avengers Marvel 260
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
Doctor Strange Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D occult
Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Marvel 1,687
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  Marvel 5,017
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)
hero
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress
A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 1,624
Vision Vision
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)
hero
CBR Scale: MCBR Scale: I synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)
A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Marvel 1,393
She-Hulk She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)
hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown) - nominal
Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 952
Captain Britain Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)
hero
CBR Scale: I Anglican (nominal); mystical
Excalibur Marvel UK Marvel 365
Iron Fist Iron Fist (Danny Rand)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)
hero
CBR Scale: M Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism
Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 672
Hercules Hercules
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)
hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman classical religion
Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  DC Marvel 1,029
Winter Soldier Captain America (Bucky Barnes)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)
hero
CBR Scale: U Protestant (nominal)
Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  Marvel Timely 395
Ares Ares
(photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)
villain hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman deity
Dark Avengers; Olympian... 
[god of war; Gods of Olympus]
Marvel DC 440
Moonstone Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U Buddhist
Dark Avengers; Femizons...  Marvel 235
The Scorpion Spider-Man (Mac Gargan)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Marvel 315
Bullseye Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)
villain
CBR Scale: I Catholic (nominal); nihilist
Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts
[former baseball pitcher]
Marvel 243
Daken Wolverine (Daken Akihiro)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)
villain
CBR Scale: S Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"
Asian; Dark Avengers... 
[son of Wolverine]
Marvel 72
Captain Marvel Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Kree religion (former
missionary)
Dark Avengers; Kree
[was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]
Marvel 100
X-23 X-23 (Laura Kinney)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)
hero
CBR Scale: I religiously untrained
League of Losers; New X-Men...  Marvel 190
Skrulls Skrulls
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)
villain group
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
[alien race] Marvel 344
Sentinels Sentinels
(photo/picture/video, pg. 6, panel 3)
villain group
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robots
[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)] Marvel 245
Black Bolt Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)
hero
CBR Scale: M Inhuman religion
Illuminati; Inhuman Royal Family...  Marvel 505
Phoenix Jean Grey
(someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 1-4)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Metro College; The Twelve...  Marvel 1,905
Doctor Octopus Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
(visual reference, pg. 22, panel 2)
villain hero scientist
  Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 1,006
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy)
(mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1) 
hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier)
(mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2) 
hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
Destiny Destiny (Irene Adler)
(mentioned, pg. 20, panel 2) 
villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force...  Marvel 127