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X-Men (vol. 2) #74 (Apr. 1998):
“Rituals”
by Joe Kelly, Carlos Pacheco, Art Thibert

X-Men (vol. 2) #74

Title: “Rituals”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1998

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Joe Kelly
Art by: Carlos Pacheco, Art Thibert


18 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 The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Angel Archangel (Warren Worthington III) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe) hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
black; Lady Liberators...  Marvel 5,068
The Abomination The Abomination (Emil Blonsky) villain
CBR Scale: S Communist atheist
Home Base; KGB...  Marvel 180
Callisto Callisto villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Gene Nation; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 164
Marrow Marrow (Sarah Rushman) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; religious
Cable's Underground (ally); Gene Nation...  Marvel 101
Cecilia Reyes Cecilia Reyes hero
CBR Scale: A Seventh-Day Adventist?
Hispanic; X-Men Marvel 44
Maggott Maggott (Japheth) hero
  black; X-Men Marvel 35
Myra Armstrong supporting character
  [investigated body killed apparently by Maggott's slugs] Marvel 2
Harry supporting character
  [bartender; business owner] Marvel 1
Dark Beast Dark Beast (Henry McCoy)
(cameo)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark Descendants... 
[Henry McCoy from the Age of Apocalypse]
Marvel 116
Harpoon Harpoon (Kodiak Noatak)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: I Inuit
Native American; The Marauders Marvel 19
Colossus Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
(hallucination)
hero
CBR Scale: I Communist atheist (former)
Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Marvel 4,122
Ru'Tai Ru'Tai
(behind the scenes)
villain group
CBR Scale: D alien demons
[alien race] Marvel 6
Mongrels
(behind the scenes)
villain group
CBR Scale: D alien demons
Ru'Tai
[warrior sect of Ru'Tai; dissected, ate humans]
Marvel 6
Gabriel Gabriel
(mentioned)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: D archangel
[1st app: The Books of Magic (vol. 1) #1 (Dec. 1990)] Marvel DC, etc. 64
Hamish
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [murdered in bizarre fashion, maybe by Maggott's slugs] Marvel 2