Religion and Characters in
X-Men (vol. 2) #188 (Sep. 2006):
“Supernovas: Part 1”
by Mike Carey, Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend, Jaime Mendoza

30 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.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Summers Rebellion; The Twelve...  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Factor; X-Men		2,604
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian	X-Club; Academy of Tomorrow...  Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Factor; The Defenders; X-Men; The Avengers		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; The Twelve...  Secret Defenders; X-Factor; The Defenders; X-Men; The Champions		1,752
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men...  The Black Lantern Corps		3,526
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Academy of Tomorrow...  X-Corporation; X-Force; The New Mutants; X-Men; The Avengers		831
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Council of the Chosen; Academy of Tomorrow...  Dark X-Men; Generation X (teacher); X-Men; Hellfire Club Inner Circle		3,409
Sabretooth (Victor Creed)	manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"	The Horsemen of Apocalypse; Team X...  Weapon Plus; The Marauders; Weapon X; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Factor; X-Men		610
Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar)	Hindu	The Acolytes; The Marauders...  Genoshan Excalibur; X-Men; Prime Sentinels		64
Lady Mastermind (Regan Wyngarde)		The Marauders; X-Men...  Hellfire Club		43
Sentinel Squad O.N.E.	indeterminate	[reference to generic, unnamed O.N.E. Sentinels]		52
unnamed young girl	Catholic	[outside bar visited by Sabretooth and destroyed by Sangre]		3
Tomas	indeterminate	[arranged escape travel from Mexico for Sabretooth]		1
Aguja	Social Darwinist	The Children of the Vault ["Aguja" is the Spanish word for "needle."]		6
Fuego	Social Darwinist	The Children of the Vault ["Fuego" is the Spanish word for "fire."]		6
Serafina	Social Darwinist	The Children of the Vault [she causes others to believe she is an angel]		7
Sangre	Social Darwinist	The Children of the Vault (leader) ["Sangre" is Spanish for "blood"]		7
The Children of the Vault		[powerful, super-evolved humans]		49
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers) (only on cover)	Askani (leader)	Clan Chosen; Cable's Underground (leader)...  The Twelve; X-Force; The New Mutants (leader); X-Men; X-Saviours; Six Pack		666
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) (only on cover)	Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)	X-Men; Academy of Tomorrow...  Secret Defenders; Alpha Flight [skier]		284
Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier) (only on cover)	Catholic nun	Alpha Flight; X-Men		211
Sulo (4-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[his bar was visited by Sabretooth, destroyed by Sangre]		1
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (3-panel cameo)	religious	Illuminati; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Twelve; X-Men (founder); The Mutant Underground (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants		4,999
Mammomax (Maximus Jensen) (2-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	The 198; Brotherhood of Mutants		26
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (1-panel cameo)	Communist atheist (former)	The Acolytes; Weapon X (Exiles)...  Excalibur; X-Men		4,122
Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (mentioned & on cover)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	The Marauders; Dark X-Men...  X-Corps; The Mutant Underground; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Factor; X-Men; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad; Freedom Force		451
John Fordyce (behind the scenes)	indeterminate	[Fordyce Clinic, John Fordyce Hospital named after him]		2
SpongeBob SquarePants (toy)	anthropomorphic animal	sponge [sea sponge]		182
Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (mentioned)	Cajun Catholic	X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  X-Ternals; The Marauders; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		954
Bastion (Sebastion Gilberti) (mentioned)	anti-mutant A.I.	Humanity's Last Stand; Operation: Zero Tolerance...  Friends of Humanity; Purifiers [mystical fusion of Master Mold and Nimrod]		95
Pandemic (Richard Palance) (mentioned)		[former friend of Charles Xavier]		7

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