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

X-Men (vol. 2) #188

Title: “Supernovas: Part 1”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 2006

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Mike Carey
Art by: 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 Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Rogue Rogue (Anna Marie) hero
CBR Scale: S Southern Baptist
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men Marvel 3,526
Cannonball Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) hero
CBR Scale: S Baptist
Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  Marvel 831
White Queen White Queen (Emma Frost) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist
Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 3,409
Sabretooth Sabretooth (Victor Creed) villain hero
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"
Brotherhood of Mutants; Team X...  Marvel 610
Omega Sentinel Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar) hero
CBR Scale: I Hindu
Genoshan Excalibur; Prime Sentinels...  Marvel 64
Lady Mastermind Lady Mastermind (Regan Wyngarde) villain hero
  The Hellfire Club; The Marauders...  Marvel 43
Sentinel Squad O.N.E. Sentinel Squad O.N.E. supporting character group
 indeterminate  [reference to generic, unnamed O.N.E. Sentinels] Marvel 52
unnamed young girl unnamed young girl supporting character
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[outside bar visited by Sabretooth and destroyed by Sangre] Marvel 3
Tomas Tomas supporting character
 indeterminate  [arranged escape travel from Mexico for Sabretooth] Marvel 1
Aguja Aguja villain
CBR Scale: S Social Darwinist
The Children of the Vault
["Aguja" is the Spanish word for "needle."]
Marvel 6
Fuego Fuego villain
CBR Scale: S Social Darwinist
The Children of the Vault
["Fuego" is the Spanish word for "fire."]
Marvel 6
Serafina Serafina villain
CBR Scale: S Social Darwinist
The Children of the Vault
[she causes others to believe she is an angel]
Marvel 7
Sangre Sangre villain
CBR Scale: M Social Darwinist
The Children of the Vault (leader)
["Sangre" is Spanish for "blood"]
Marvel 7
The Children of the Vault The Children of the Vault villain group
  [powerful, super-evolved humans] Marvel 49
Cable Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers)
(only on cover)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Askani (leader)
Cable's Underground (leader); Clan Chosen...  Marvel 666
Northstar Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier)
(only on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)
Academy of Tomorrow; Alpha Flight... 
[skier]
Marvel 284
Aurora Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier)
(only on cover)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic nun
Alpha Flight; Weapon X...  Marvel 211
Sulo Sulo
(4-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [his bar was visited by Sabretooth, destroyed by Sangre] Marvel 1
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier)
(3-panel cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
Mammomax Mammomax (Maximus Jensen)
(2-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; The 198 Marvel 26
Colossus Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Communist atheist (former)
Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Marvel 4,122
Mystique Mystique (Raven Darkholme)
(mentioned & on cover)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 451
John Fordyce John Fordyce
(behind the scenes)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [Fordyce Clinic, John Fordyce Hospital named after him] Marvel 2
SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants
(toy)
lead character
CBR Scale: I anthropomorphic animal
sponge
[sea sponge]
Nickelodeon 182
Gambit Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: S Cajun Catholic
Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Marvel 954
Bastion Bastion (Sebastion Gilberti)
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant A.I.
Friends of Humanity; Humanity's Last Stand... 
[mystical fusion of Master Mold and Nimrod]
Marvel 95
Pandemic Pandemic (Richard Palance)
(mentioned)
villain scientist
  [former friend of Charles Xavier] Marvel 7