Religion and Characters in
X-Men (vol. 2) #189 (Sep. 2006):
“Supernovas: Part 2”
by Mike Carey, Chris Bachalo, Jon Holdredge, Mark Irwin, Jaime Mendoza, Tim Townsend, Al Vey

34 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.
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	The Champions; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Twelve; Secret Defenders; X-Factor; The Defenders; X-Men		1,752
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Team X...  Weapon Plus; First Flight; Weapon X; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Secret Defenders; Alpha Flight; X-Force; X-Men; The Avengers		10,121
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	The Black Lantern Corps; Brotherhood of Mutants...  X-Men		3,526
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	The New Mutants; X-Men...  The Avengers; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Corporation; X-Force		831
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Dark X-Men; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Men; Hellfire Club Inner Circle; Council of the Chosen; Academy of Tomorrow		3,409
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier)	Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)	Academy of Tomorrow; Secret Defenders...  Alpha Flight; X-Men [skier]		284
Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier)	Catholic nun	Alpha Flight; X-Men		211
Valerie Cooper		S.T.A.R.S.; X-Factor (liaison)...  Commission on Superhuman Activities; Sentinel Squad O.N.E. (leader)		253
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
Sentinel Squad O.N.E.	indeterminate	[reference to generic, unnamed O.N.E. Sentinels]		52
Monitor Tiv	Shi'ar religion	Shi'ar [believes in Shi'ar deities Sharra and K'ythri]		1
unnamed Shi'ar spacecraft captain	Atheist	Shi'ar		1
Perro	Social Darwinist	The Children of the Vault ["Perro" is the Spanish word for "Dog"]		5
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
unnamed scientist (4-panel cameo)	indeterminate	S.H.I.E.L.D. [studied Northstar's brainwashing, worked to treat him]		1
Gallagher (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	S.H.I.E.L.D. [worked on de-programming Northstar from Hand influence]		1
Surge (Nori Ashida) (1-panel cameo)		Asian; Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad...  New X-Men; X-Men		151
X-23 (Laura Kinney) (1-panel cameo)	religiously untrained	X-Force; X-Men...  New X-Men; League of Losers		190
Lady Mastermind (Regan Wyngarde) (1-panel cameo)		The Marauders; X-Men...  Hellfire Club		43
unnamed young girl (photo/picture/video)	Catholic	[outside bar visited by Sabretooth and destroyed by Sangre]		3
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (someone disguised or dressed as)	religious	X-Men (founder); The Mutant Underground (founder)...  Brotherhood of Mutants; Illuminati; Genoshan Excalibur; The Twelve		4,999
John Fordyce (business/store name)	indeterminate	[Fordyce Clinic, John Fordyce Hospital named after him]		2
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (mentioned)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Summers Rebellion; The Twelve...  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Factor; X-Men		2,604
Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) (mentioned)		X-Men		55
The Hand (mentioned)	Ninjutsu	[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #174 (Sep. 1981)]		155
K'ythri (mentioned)	Shi'ar deity	[1st app: X-Men (vol. 1) #107 (Oct. 1977)]		7
Sharra (mentioned)	Shi'ar deity	[1st app: X-Men (vol. 1) #107 (Oct. 1977)]		7
Colonel Chambers (mentioned)	indeterminate	S.H.I.E.L.D. [oversaw de-programming Northstar from Hand influence]		1
Pandemic (Richard Palance) (mentioned)		[former friend of Charles Xavier]		7

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