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	Defenders; Academy of Tomorrow  X-Club; X-Factor; The Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends  The Twelve (mutants); Secret Defenders; X-Men; X-Factor; The Champions		1,752
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Team X; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force; Weapon X; The Avengers; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders [Canada]		8,823
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Brotherhood of Mutants  X-Men		3,526
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Academy of Tomorrow  X-Strike; X-Corporation; The New Mutants; The Avengers; X-Force; X-Men		831
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Council of the Chosen; Academy of Tomorrow  Dark X-Men; Generation X; X-Men; Hellfire Club Inner Circle		3,409
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier)	Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)	Academy of Tomorrow; Alpha Flight  Secret Defenders; X-Men [Canada. skier]		284
Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier)	Catholic nun	X-Men; Alpha Flight [Canada]		211
Valerie Cooper		S.T.A.R.S.; X-Factor  Sentinel Squad O.N.E.; Commission on Superhuman Activities		253
Sabretooth (Victor Creed)	manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"	Weapon Plus; Team X  Horsemen of Apocalypse (Age of Apocalypse); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Weapon X; Brotherhood of Mutants; The Marauders; X-Men; The Exiles; X-Factor		610
Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar)	Hindu	X-Men; The Acolytes  Genoshan Excalibur; Prime Sentinels; The Marauders		64
Sentinel Squad O.N.E.	indeterminate	[reference to generic, unnamed O.N.E. Sentinels]		52
Monitor Tiv	Shi'ar religion	[believes in Shi'ar deities Sharra and K'ythri]		1
unnamed Shi'ar spacecraft captain	Atheist	[starship commander]		1
Perro	Social Darwinist	The Children of the Vault [Ecuador. "Perro" is the Spanish word for "Dog"]		5
Aguja	Social Darwinist	The Children of the Vault [Ecuador. "Aguja" is the Spanish word for "needle."]		6
Fuego	Social Darwinist	The Children of the Vault [Ecuador. "Fuego" is the Spanish word for "fire."]		6
Serafina	Social Darwinist	The Children of the Vault [Ecuador. she causes others to believe she is an angel]		7
Sangre	Social Darwinist	The Children of the Vault [Ecuador. "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)		Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad; New X-Men  X-Men [Japan]		151
X-23 (Laura Kinney) (1-panel cameo)	religiously untrained	New X-Men; League of Losers  X-Men; X-Force		190
Lady Mastermind (Regan Wyngarde) (1-panel cameo)		X-Men; The Marauders  Hellfire Club		43
unnamed young girl (photo/picture/video)	Catholic	[Mexico. outside bar visited by Sabretooth and destroyed by Sangre]		3
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (someone disguised as)	religious	The Twelve (mutants); Illuminati  Genoshan Excalibur; X-Men; The Mutant Underground; Brotherhood of Mutants		4,318
John Fordyce (business/store name)	indeterminate	[Fordyce Clinic, John Fordyce Hospital named after him]		2
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (mentioned)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants)  Summers Rebellion; X-Men; X-Factor		2,604
Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) (mentioned)		X-Men		55
The Hand (mentioned)	Ninjutsu			155
K'ythri (mentioned)	Shi'ar deity	[ 1st app: (named) [4812]; (pictured as statue) Starjammers #1 ]		7
Sharra (mentioned)	Shi'ar deity	[ 1st app: (named) [4812]; (pictured as statue) Starjammers #1 ]		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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