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:
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 (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
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
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)	Anglican	Asian; Excalibur...  S.T.R.I.K.E.; The Exiles; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		772
Bishop (Lucas Bishop)	X-Men veneration (lapsed)	black; NYPD...  The Twelve; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Xavier's Security Enforcers		548
Sage (Tessa Hartley)		Excalibur; The Council of the Chosen...  The Hellfire Club; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		238
Thunderbird (Neal Shaara)	Hindu	X-Corporation; X-Men		50
Mystique (Raven Darkholme)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Freedom Force; The Marauders; The Mutant Underground; X-Corps; X-Factor; X-Men; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad		451
Destiny (Irene Adler)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force...  HYDRA		127
Action Force		[Spanish armored troopers trained to handle super beings]		4
Vargas (Nigel Bennington)	religious	[attacked X-Men due to Libris Veratis prophecy]		19
Thais		[Thais and Thaiis are twins]		9
Thaiis		[Thais and Thaiis are twins]		9
Maria Pilar Cortes		[Spain's deputy Minister of Defense]		6
Diego Sandoval		[head of Spain's Guardia Civil]		3
Guardia Civil		[elite paramilitary force that captured X-Men]		3
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (cameo)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Jean Grey (cameo)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (cameo)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (cameo)	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
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (cameo)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (cameo)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (cameo)	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) (cameo)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (cameo)	Cajun Catholic	Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Ternals; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for X-Treme X-Men #1 (July 2001) created 2 November 2010. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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