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

29 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	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Defenders; Avengers; X-Factor; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; X-Factor; The Twelve (mutants); Secret Defenders		1,752
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		3,526
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	New Mutants; X-Force  X-Men; X-Corporation; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Strike; Avengers		831
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Council of the Chosen; Hellfire Club Inner Circle  Generation X (teacher); X-Men; Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men (leader)		3,409
Sabretooth (Victor Creed)	manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"	Weapon Plus; Weapon X  Team X; Marauders; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Factor; X-Men; Horsemen of Apocalypse (Age of Apocalypse); Exiles; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		610
Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar)	Hindu	Omega Prime Sentinels; Genoshan Excalibur  X-Men; Marauders; Acolytes		64
Lady Mastermind (Regan Wyngarde)		Hellfire Club; X-Men  Marauders		43
Sentinel Squad O.N.E.	indeterminate	Sentinel Squad O.N.E. [reference to generic, unnamed O.N.E. Sentinels]		52
unnamed young girl	Catholic	[Mexico. outside bar visited by Sabretooth and destroyed by Sangre]		3
Tomas	indeterminate	[Mexico. arranged escape travel from Mexico for Sabretooth]		1
Aguja	Social Darwinist	Children of the Vault [Ecuador. "Aguja" is the Spanish word for "needle."]		6
Fuego	Social Darwinist	Children of the Vault [Ecuador. "Fuego" is the Spanish word for "fire."]		6
Serafina	Social Darwinist	Children of the Vault [Ecuador. she causes others to believe she is an angel]		7
Sangre	Social Darwinist	Children of the Vault (leader) [Ecuador. "Sangre" is Spanish for "blood"]		7
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers) (only on cover)	Askani (leader)	Clan Chosen; Six Pack  New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; The Twelve (mutants); Cable's Underground (leader); X-Saviours; X-Strike		666
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) (only on cover)	Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)	Alpha Flight; Secret Defenders  X-Men; Academy of Tomorrow [Canada. skier]		284
Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier) (only on cover)	Catholic nun	Alpha Flight; Weapon X  X-Men [Canada]		211
Sulo (4-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[Mexico. his bar was visited by Sabretooth, destroyed by Sangre]		1
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (3-panel cameo)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Mammomax (Maximus Jensen) (2-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; 198		26
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (1-panel cameo)	Communist atheist (former)	X-Men; Acolytes  Excalibur; Weapon X (Exiles) [Russia; USSR]		4,122
Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (mentioned & on cover)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force  X-Factor; X-Corps; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad; X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Marauders; Dark X-Men		451
John Fordyce (behind the scenes)	indeterminate	[Fordyce Clinic, John Fordyce Hospital named after him]		2
SpongeBob SquarePants (toy)	anthropomorphic animal	[sea sponge]		182
Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (mentioned)	Cajun Catholic	X-Men; X-Ternals  Marauders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Weapon X (Exiles)		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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