X-Men (vol. 2) #17 (Feb. 1993):
“Waiting for the Ripening”
by Fabian Nicieza, Andy Kubert, Mark Pennington

X-Men (vol. 2) #17

Title: “Waiting for the Ripening”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1993

Publisher:
Written by: Fabian Nicieza
Art by: Andy Kubert, Mark Pennington

27 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	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
Gambit (Remy LeBeau)	Cajun Catholic	Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Ternals; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954
Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)	Anglican	Asian; Excalibur...  S.T.R.I.K.E.; The Exiles; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		772
Jubilee (Jubilation Lee)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Asian; Generation X...  The New Warriors; The X-People (founder); X-Corps; X-Men; X-Ternals		570
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Magik (Illyana Rasputin)	occult/magick; demonolatry; raised Communist	The Exiles; The New Mutants		450
Warpath (James Proudstar)	Native American spirituality (Apache)	Apache; Hellions...  Native American; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Force; X-Men		340
Revanche (Kwannon)	Ninjutsu	Asian; The Hand...  X-Men [mind/body switched with Psylocke]		30
Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna)	Communist Party member; Christian (denomination unknown)	Exiles (Russian); Republican Guard...  Siberforce; The Champions; The People's Protectorate; The Soviet Super-Soldiers; Winter Guard; X-Corporation		116
Flagwatch #133	Communist	KGB		1
General Fyodr Sheltov	Communist	KGB; The People's Protectorate (liaison)		4
Soul Skinner		[1st app: X-Men (vol. 2) #17 (Feb. 1993)]		4
Alexandra Rasputin	Russian Orthodox; Communist	[mother of Colossus, Magik, Mikhail]		4
Nikolai Rasputin	Russian Orthodox; Communist	[father of Colossus, Magik, Mikhail]		6
Blind Faith (Father Alexi Garnoff) (cameo)	Catholic priest	Exiles (Russian); Siberforce...  The Soviet Super-Soldiers		9
Omega Red (Arkady Rossovich) (cameo)	Communist	KGB; Republican Guard...  The Upstarts		98
Alexi Vazhin (cameo)	Communist	KGB [Russia's mutant affairs chief; helped train Rick Mason]		16
Presence (Sergei Krylov) (vision)	Communist	[ 1st app: (cameo) Defenders (vol. 1) #51 (Sep. 1977); (full) Defenders (vol. 1) #52 (Oct. 1977) ]		29
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers) (dream)	Askani (leader)	Cable's Underground (leader); Clan Chosen...  Six Pack; The New Mutants (leader); The Twelve; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		666
Stryfe (Nathan Summers (clone) (dream)	mutant supremacist	Mutant Liberation Front		111

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