X-Men: Legacy (vol. 1) #208 (Apr. 2008):
“From Genesis to Revelations”
by Mike Carey, John Romita Jr., Scot Eaton, Klaus Janson, etc.

X-Men: Legacy (vol. 1) #208

Title: “From Genesis to Revelations”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 2008

Publisher:
Written by: Mike Carey
Art by: John Romita Jr., Scot Eaton, Klaus Janson, John Dell

52 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.
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (lead character)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Phoenix (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	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)	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
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
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Bishop (Lucas Bishop)	X-Men veneration (lapsed)	black; NYPD...  The Twelve; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Xavier's Security Enforcers		548
Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar)	Hindu	Genoshan Excalibur; Prime Sentinels...  South Asian; The Acolytes; The Marauders; X-Men		64
Exodus (Bennet du Paris)	Catholic (lapsed); mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Acolytes...  The Marauders		102
Frenzy (Joanna Cargill)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	black; Femizons...  The Acolytes; The Alliance of Evil; The Marauders; X-Men		44
Moira MacTaggert		[Charles Xavier's colleague, girlfriend]		243
Amelia Voght	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes		50
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers) (3-panel cameo)	Askani (leader)	Cable's Underground (leader); Clan Chosen...  Six Pack; The New Mutants (leader); The Twelve; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		666
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (2-panel cameo)	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
Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (2-panel cameo)	Cajun Catholic	Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Ternals; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954
White Queen (Emma Frost) (2-panel cameo)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Generation X (teacher); The Cabal; The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle; X-Men		3,409
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Rogue (Anna Marie) (1-panel cameo)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
Mirage (Danielle Moonstar) (1-panel cameo)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	Mutant Liberation Front; Native American...  The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (1-panel 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
Warlock (1-panel cameo)	Technarchy religion (worships The Maker)	Excalibur; Fallen Angels...  Technarch; The New Mutants		241
Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith) (1-panel cameo)		Cable's Underground; Fallen Angels...  Nextwave; The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; X-Terminators		314
Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) (1-panel cameo)	Anglican	Asian; Excalibur...  S.T.R.I.K.E.; The Exiles; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		772
Avalanche (Dominic Szilard Janos Petros) (1-panel cameo)	Greek Orthodox (raised); mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force...  Project: Wideawake; X-Corps		156
Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Freedom Force; The Marauders; The Mutant Underground; X-Corps; X-Factor; X-Men; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad		451
Sentinels (1-panel cameo)	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245
Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Asian; Generation X...  The New Warriors; The X-People (founder); X-Corps; X-Men; X-Ternals		570
Darwin (Armando Munoz) (1-panel cameo)		Hispanic; X-Factor Investigations...  X-Men		52
Shatterstar (Gaveedra-Seven) (1-panel cameo)	Mojoworld televised combat culture	The New Mutants; X-Force		173
Domino (Neena Thurman) (1-panel cameo)	Armajesuits (born into); Catholic (raised)	Cable's Underground; Six Pack...  X-Corporation; X-Force [Domino's mother leads the Armajesuits sect]		314
Feral (Maria Callasantos) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Hispanic; Morlocks...  Mutant Liberation Front; New Hellions; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Force		104
Polaris (Lorna Dane) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
Warpath (James Proudstar) (1-panel cameo)	Native American spirituality (Apache)	Apache; Hellions...  Native American; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Force; X-Men		340
White Bishop (Donald Pierce) (1-panel cameo)	anti-mutant	The Hellfire Club; The Reavers (leader)		86
Vertigo (1-panel cameo)		Femizons; Savage Land Mutates...  The Marauders		82
Scalphunter (John Greycrow) (1-panel cameo)	Native American	Native American; The 198...  The Marauders		106
Tempo (Heather Tucker) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	black; Mutant Liberation Front...  The Acolytes; The Marauders		43
Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) (1-panel cameo)	Shinto	Asian; Big Hero 6...  C-Corps; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Pacific Overlords; The Marauders; The Twelve; X-Corporation; X-Men		259
Pyro (St. John Allerdyce) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (lapsed); mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force		194
Destiny (Irene Adler) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force...  HYDRA		127
Gladiator (Kallark) (1-panel cameo)		Imperial Guard		166
Black King (Sebastian Shaw) (1-panel cameo)		The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle		122
Black Bishop (Harry Leland) (1-panel cameo)		The Inner Circle		22
Stryfe (Nathan Summers (clone) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Liberation Front		111
Hope Summers (1-panel cameo)	Askani	[first mutant born after M-Day; raised by Cable]		19
Starbolt (1-panel cameo)		Imperial Guard		61
Titan (1-panel cameo)		Imperial Guard		30
Malice (mentioned)		The Marauders		52

X-Men: Legacy #208 marks the first issue that this series changed its title from simply X-Men to X-Men: Legacy. Previously, the series was know as X-Men volume 2.

The title change from X-Men to X-Men: Legacy came after the conclusion of the massive "Messiah Complex" crossover event, which was published in all of the main X-Men monthly titles. After Messiah Complex concluded, there was a shake-up in the X-titles. One change was the change in both title and focus of X-Men volume 2.

The X-Men series previously had a focus that was indistinguishable from its companion series, Uncanny X-Men, in that both series focused on the core body of X-Men, or one of two main squads of X-Men. When the series switched over to being X-Men: Legacy, the series began focusing squarely on X-Men founder Charles Xavier as the central character. The series followed his quest to rebuild his memories (shattered during the dramatic conclusion to the Messiah Complex storyline) and revisit key events in X-Men history.

The focus of X-Men: Legacy stayed with Charles Xavier for about a year and a half, until it transitioned to a focus on Rogue as the main character. Many issues featured both Charles Xavier and Rogue prominently, but Xavier was phased out and Rogue locked in as the central character in X-Men: Legacy #226.

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