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

Dark X-Men #5

Title: “Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Conclusion”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 2010

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Paul Cornell
Art by: 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.
Norman Osborn Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
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
X-Man X-Man (Nate Grey) hero
  Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men Marvel 155
H.A.M.M.E.R. H.A.M.M.E.R.
(4-panel cameo, pg. 21-23)
supporting character group
  [government agency] Marvel 207
H.A.M.M.E.R. Psi-Division
(3-panel cameo, pg. 20, panels 1-3)
supporting character group
CBR Scale: M religious
H.A.M.M.E.R.
[organized as a religious order]
Marvel 2
Moonstone Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 9, 22)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U Buddhist
Dark Avengers; Femizons...  Marvel 235
Victoria Hand Victoria Hand
(2-panel cameo, pg. 20, panels 3-4)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S LGBT; Humanist
Dark Avengers (staff); H.A.M.M.E.R.
[2nd in command under Osborn in H.A.M.M.E.R.]
Marvel 108
Bleaker
(1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 4)
supporting character
  [brought tea to Dark Beast] Marvel 4
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(memory, pg. 9-11)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(memory, pg. 9-10)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(memory, pg. 10-11)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Ares Ares
(memory, pg. 9)
villain hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman deity
Dark Avengers; Olympian... 
[god of war; Gods of Olympus]
Marvel DC 440
Sentry Sentry (Bob Reynolds)
(memory, pg. 9)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S angel
Dark Avengers; The Avengers Marvel 260
The Scorpion Spider-Man (Mac Gargan)
(memory, pg. 9)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Marvel 315
Bullseye Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter)
(memory, pg. 9)
villain
CBR Scale: I Catholic (nominal); nihilist
Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts
[former baseball pitcher]
Marvel 243
Daken Wolverine (Daken Akihiro)
(memory, pg. 9)
villain
CBR Scale: S Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"
Asian; Dark Avengers... 
[son of Wolverine]
Marvel 72
Captain Marvel Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr)
(memory, pg. 9)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Kree religion (former
missionary)
Dark Avengers; Kree
[was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]
Marvel 100
Doctor Octopus Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
(memory, pg. 11)
villain hero scientist
  Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 1,006
Gwen Stacy Gwen Stacy
(memory, pg. 9, panel 1)
supporting character
  [Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend] Marvel 560
Amberson Osborn
(memory, pg. 9-10)
supporting character
  [Norman Osborn's physically abusive father] Marvel 5
Jack Fenner
(mentioned, pg. 4) 
supporting character
  ["possessed" by X-Man] Marvel 2
Alex Jarl
(mentioned, pg. 20, panel 2) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: M religious
H.A.M.M.E.R.
[led HAMMER Psi-Division]
Marvel 2
Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand
(mentioned, pg. 6, panel 1) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[actress; singer] Marvel 211