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X-Treme X-Men #1 (July 2001):
“Now, It Begins!”
by Chris Claremont, Salvador Larroca

X-Treme X-Men #1

Title: “Now, It Begins!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2001

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Salvador Larroca


26 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
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe) hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
black; Lady Liberators...  Marvel 5,068
Rogue Rogue (Anna Marie) hero
CBR Scale: S Southern Baptist
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men Marvel 3,526
Psylocke Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) hero
CBR Scale: I Anglican
Asian; Excalibur...  Marvel UK Marvel 772
Bishop Bishop (Lucas Bishop) villain hero
CBR Scale: S X-Men veneration (lapsed)
black; NYPD...  Marvel 548
Sage Sage (Tessa Hartley) hero
  Excalibur; The Council of the Chosen...  Marvel 238
Thunderbird Thunderbird (Neal Shaara) hero
CBR Scale: S Hindu
X-Corporation; X-Men Marvel 50
Mystique Mystique (Raven Darkholme) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 451
Destiny Destiny (Irene Adler) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force...  Marvel 127
Action Force Action Force supporting character villain group
  [Spanish armored troopers trained to handle super beings] Marvel 4
Vargas Vargas (Nigel Bennington) villain
CBR Scale: S religious
[attacked X-Men due to Libris Veratis prophecy] Marvel 19
Thais Thais villain
  [Thais and Thaiis are twins] Marvel 9
Thaiis Thaiis villain
  [Thais and Thaiis are twins] Marvel 9
Maria Pilar Cortes Maria Pilar Cortes supporting character
  [Spain's deputy Minister of Defense] Marvel 6
Diego Sandoval supporting character
  [head of Spain's Guardia Civil] Marvel 3
Guardia Civil Guardia Civil supporting character group
  [elite paramilitary force that captured X-Men] Marvel 3
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
Phoenix Jean Grey
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Metro College; The Twelve...  Marvel 1,905
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Nightcrawler Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
(cameo)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)
Excalibur; Neyaphem...  Marvel 4,345
Colossus Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Communist atheist (former)
Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Marvel 4,122
Banshee Banshee (Sean Cassidy)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  Marvel 1,340
Kitty Pryde Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 3,128
Gambit Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Cajun Catholic
Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Marvel 954