Religion and Characters in
Dark X-Men #5 (May 2010):
“Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Conclusion”
by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk, Jay Leisten

26 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.
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R.; Dark X-Men; The Thunderbolts [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
Mystique (Raven Darkholme)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Freedom Force; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad  X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants; The Marauders; X-Corps; X-Factor; The Mutant Underground; Dark X-Men		451
Mimic (Calvin Rankin)		Exiles; Brotherhood of Mutants  X-Men; Dark X-Men; Excalibur		169
Dark Beast (Henry McCoy)	mutant supremacist	Gene Nation; Dark Descendants  Dark X-Men; Genoshan Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutants [Henry McCoy from the Age of Apocalypse]		116
Omega (Michael Pointer)		Omega Flight; Dark X-Men		41
X-Man (Nate Grey)		Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		155
H.A.M.M.E.R. (4-panel cameo, pg. 21-23)		[federal agent]		207
H.A.M.M.E.R. Psi-Division (3-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1-3)	religious	H.A.M.M.E.R. [organized as a religious order]		2
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (2-panel cameo, pg. 9, 22)	Buddhist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers  Femizons; The Masters of Evil		235
Victoria Hand (2-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 3-4)	LGBT; Humanist	Dark Avengers (staff); H.A.M.M.E.R. [2nd in command under Osborn in H.A.M.M.E.R.]		108
Bleaker (1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 4)		[brought tea to Dark Beast]		4
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (memory, pg. 9-11)	Protestant	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Weapon X (Exiles)  The Avengers; Secret Defenders		9,358
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (memory, pg. 9-10)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Redeemers  Ultimates; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Invaders		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (memory, pg. 10-11)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Illuminati; Ultimates  Force Works; Weapon X (Exiles); The Avengers		5,673
Ares (memory, pg. 9)	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Dark Avengers  The Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (memory, pg. 9)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) (memory, pg. 9)	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League  Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers; The Masters of Evil		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter) (memory, pg. 9)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (memory, pg. 9)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) (memory, pg. 9)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (memory, pg. 11)		Sinister Six; Thunderbolts Army  The Masters of Evil		1,006
Gwen Stacy (memory, pg. 9, panel 1)		[Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend]		560
Amberson Osborn (memory, pg. 9-10)		[Norman Osborn's physically abusive father]		5
Jack Fenner (mentioned, pg. 4)  Quote: "Tasking hi X-Men with investigating a series of strange occurrences in which humans were falling into a trance-like state... Osborn sends his team to interrogate one of the victims. Upon coming into contact with him..."		["possessed" by X-Man]		2
Alex Jarl (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 2)  Mimic: "Jarl's comatose."	religious	H.A.M.M.E.R. [led HAMMER Psi-Division]		2
Barbra Streisand (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 1)  Quote: "Dark Beast. Mad, bad and dangerous to know. His own song, puts his own lyrics to Streisand."	Jewish	[singer; actress]		211

An alternative form of this story's title is: “Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Part Five”. Webpage for Dark X-Men #5 (May 2010) created 27 June 2010. Last modified 25 April 2013.
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