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Religion and Characters in
What If? Astonishing X-Men #1 (Feb. 2010):
“What If Danger Became a Bride of Ultron?”
by Matteo Casali, Mike Getty

What If? Astonishing X-Men #1

Title: “What If Danger Became a Bride of Ultron?”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Feb 2010

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Matteo Casali

Art by: Mike Getty


16 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.
Danger Danger
(lead character)
supporting character villain hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
X-Men
[X-Men's Danger Room, gained self-awareness]
Marvel 68
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: S Protestant; mutant supremacist
X-Men; X-Factor  Marvel 2,604
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 5,233
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier) hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 4,318
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes
atheist; has practiced
Buddhism; skeptical seeker
First Flight; Weapon Plus 
[Canada]
Marvel 8,823
Colossus Colossus (Peter Rasputin) hero
CBR Scale: I Communist atheist (former)
X-Men; Acolytes 
[Russia; USSR]
Marvel 4,122
White Queen White Queen (Emma Frost) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian (nominal); mutant
supremacist
Council of the Chosen; Hellfire Club Inner Circle  Marvel 3,409
Sentinels Sentinels villain
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robots
  Marvel 245
Ultron Ultron villain
  Lethal Legion; Masters of Evil Marvel 459
Jocasta Jocasta
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
Avengers; Initiative: Mavericks  Marvel 142
The Watcher The Watcher (Uatu)
(cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S monotheist / Watcher religion,
focusing on non-interference
and observation
  Marvel 582
Sister Grimm Sister Grimm (Nico Minoru)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic (lapsed); former
atheist; occult / Goth
Runaways Marvel 90
Princess Powerful Princess Powerful (Molly Hayes)
(cameo)
hero
  Runaways Marvel 88
Talkback Talkback (Chase Stein)
(cameo)
hero
  Runaways Marvel 89
Arsenic Arsenic (Gertrude Yorkes)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish (agnostic)
Runaways Marvel 50
Victor Mancha Victor Mancha
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S super-religious,
super-logical; mother was
devout Christian
Runaways Marvel 65