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New X-Men (vol. 2) #13 (July 2005):
“Into the Light”
by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, Michael Ryan, Rick Ketcham

New X-Men (vol. 2) #13

Title: “Into the Light”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2005

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir
Art by: Michael Ryan, Rick Ketcham


46 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.
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe) hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
black; Lady Liberators...  Marvel 5,068
Kitty Pryde Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 3,128
Mirage Mirage (Danielle Moonstar) hero
CBR Scale: M Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism
Mutant Liberation Front; Native American...  Marvel 470
Wolfsbane Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) hero
CBR Scale: M Presbyterian
Excalibur; The New Mutants...  Marvel 576
Karma Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh) hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic; LGBT
Academy of Tomorrow; Asian...  Marvel 260
Gambit Gambit (Remy LeBeau) hero
CBR Scale: S Cajun Catholic
Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Marvel 954
White Queen White Queen (Emma Frost) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist
Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 3,409
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188
Northstar Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)
Academy of Tomorrow; Alpha Flight... 
[skier]
Marvel 284
Sasquatch Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Jewish
Alpha Flight; Omega Flight Marvel 327
Icarus Icarus (Joshua Guthrie) hero
CBR Scale: I Baptist
Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad Marvel 21
Wind Dancer Wind Dancer (Sofia Mantega) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Hellions; Hispanic...  Marvel 75
Wallflower Wallflower (Laurie Collins) hero
  Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad Marvel 53
Prodigy Prodigy (David Alleyne) hero
  black; Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad Marvel 106
Elixir Elixir (Josh Foley) hero
CBR Scale: S anti-mutant (former)
The Reavers; X-Force... 
[discovered powers while trying to join anti-mutant Reavers]
Marvel 118
Wither Wither (Kevin Ford) hero
  Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad Marvel 49
Surge Surge (Nori Ashida) hero
  Asian; New X-Men...  Marvel 151
Tag Tag (Brian Cruz) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
black; Xavier Institute: Hellions squad Marvel 38
Dust Dust (Sooraya Qadir) hero
CBR Scale: M Sunni Muslim
Arab; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 102
Rockslide Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Hispanic; New X-Men...  Marvel 82
Hellion Hellion (Julian Keller) hero
  New X-Men; X-Men...  Marvel 44
Mercury Mercury (Cessily Kincaid) hero
  New X-Men; X-Men...  Marvel 121
Anole Anole (Victor Borkowski) hero
CBR Scale: M LGBT
Alpha Squadron; Young X-Men Marvel 60
Loa Loa (Alani Ryan) hero
CBR Scale: S Polynesian traditional
religion
Alpha Squadron; Polynesian Marvel 50
Indra Indra (Paras Gavaskar) supporting character
CBR Scale: M Jain
Alpha Squadron; South Asian Marvel 54
Polaris Polaris (Lorna Dane) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse... 
[studied geophysics in college]
Marvel 464
Network Network (Sarah Vale) hero
  Alpha Squadron Marvel 4
Kidogo Kidogo (Lazaro Kotikash) supporting character
CBR Scale: M Maasai
Alpha Squadron Marvel 6
Rubbermaid Rubbermaid (Andrea Margulies) supporting character
  Alpha Squadron Marvel 5
Alpha Squadron Alpha Squadron supporting character group
  Xavier Institute Marvel 14
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Falcon Falcon (Sam Wilson)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Baptist
black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  Marvel 531
Elektra Elektra (Elektra Natchios)
(cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: I Greek Orthodox; Ninjutsu
Code Red; The Hand Marvel 331
Trance Trance (Hope Abbott)
(cameo)
hero
  Xavier Institute: Paragons squad Marvel 50
Match Match (Ben Hammil)
(cameo)
hero
  Xavier Institute: Paragons squad (leader) Marvel 21
Preview Preview (Jessie Vale)
(cameo)
supporting character
  Xavier Institute: Paragons squad Marvel 3
D.J. D.J. (Mark Sheppard)
(cameo)
supporting character
  Xavier Institute: Paragons squad Marvel 7
Dryad (Callie Betto)
(cameo)
supporting character
  Xavier Institute: Corsairs squad Marvel 12
Parvati Gavaskar Parvati Gavaskar
(cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jain
Xavier Institute
[sister of Indra (Paras Gavaskar)]
Marvel 1
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(behind the scenes)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
HYDRA
(behind the scenes)
villain group
CBR Scale: S HYDRA
[largest worldwide subversive organization] Marvel 283
The Hand The Hand
(behind the scenes)
villain group
CBR Scale: D Ninjutsu
[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #174 (Sep. 1981)] Marvel 155

Cover of New X-Men: Academy X #13
Cover artist signature, New X-Men: Academy X #13
Cover Date: July 2005
Publisher: Marvel

Story 1:
Into the Light
Pages: 22

Credits (as printed)
Writers: Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir
Pencils: Michael Ryan
Inks: Rick Ketcham
Colors: Pete Pantazis
Letters: Dave Sharpe
Assistant Editor: Sean Ryan
Associate Editor: Nick Lowe
Editor: Mike Marts
Editor in Chief: Joe Quesada
Publisher: Dan Buckley

Cover
Cover Price: $2.99
Cover Artist(s): Michael Ryan

Cover Blurb(s): [none]
Featured on Cover: Wind Dancer (Sofia Mantega), Hellion (Julian Keller), Northstar (statue)

Letter column: no
Detail from cover of New X-Men: Academy X #13