Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #402 (Feb. 2002):
“Utility of Myth”
by Joe Casey, Ron Garney, Mark Morales

Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #402

Title: “Utility of Myth”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 2002

Publisher:
Written by: Joe Casey
Art by: Ron Garney, Mark Morales

34 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.
Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (lead character)	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
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
Archangel (Warren Worthington III)	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
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Chamber (Jonothon Starsmore)	Anglican	Generation X; The New Warriors...  Weapon X; X-Men		196
Stacy X (Miranda Leevald)		The New Warriors; X-Men		58
X-Corps		[1st app: Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #401 (Jan. 2002)]		37
Avalanche (Dominic Szilard Janos Petros)	Greek Orthodox (raised); mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force...  Project: Wideawake; X-Corps		156
Surge (Raven Darkholme) (details)  Throughout this issue, Mystique is disguised as a new mutant named "Surge," a member of the "Bastard Squad" that is the tactical strike force of X-Corps. Her true identity is not yet revealed.	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
Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox)	Episcopalian; Buddhist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Fallen Angels...  X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Factor		257
Blob (Fred J. Dukes)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Freedom Force; X-Cell; X-Corps		403
Fever Pitch	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Gene Nation...  Morlocks; The 198; X-Corps		27
Abyss (Nils Styger)	Nihilist	Neyaphem; The Horsemen of Apocalypse...  X-Cell [son of Azazel (Satan-like mutant)]		17
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
mutants (details)  (pg. 2) Iceman: "'X-Corps'...?" Archangel: "Sean... we're here to take part in the G8 economic summit. This year they're discussing the rising mutant condition. I'm here to speak on our behalf. But I won't lie to you. What you've set up here... is a concern for us." Banshee: "I don't see how. We're all working towards the same goals." Extensive references.		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
Acculturation Resistance Movement	anti-mutant	[activist; militia]		2
The European Commission (pg. 19-20)		[government agency]		1
Sunpyre (Leyu Yoshida) (3-panel cameo, pg. 18, panels 2-3. 5)	Shinto	Asian; X-Corps...  X-Men		8
Mastermind (Martinique Jason) (1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 1)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Corps		11
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (mentioned, pg. 3-4, 20)  (pg. 3) Banshee: "I'm protecting the dream, Kurt. You remember the dream, don't yeh? In so many ways, I've sought to serve that dream. What Charles Xavier espoused, I've carried with me always, through every incarnation I've taken part in ...so much has happened. The school annex closing. Charles going public..."	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 4)  Leyu Yoshida: "...legacy virus. I suppose it was eliminated from his cells when the cure went airborne last year..." Banshee: "Poor Peter... giving his life to elminate a mutant plague brought upon us not by a human enemy.... but by another mutant. He was a good soldier... And a good friend."	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
A.I.M. (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 2)  Nightcrawler: "How did you amass this equipment so quickly?! The cost alone--" Banshee: "...a few secret Swiss bank accounts, seized and frozen by Interpol years ago. I even uncovered a forgotten Factor Three account. Throw in a few sympathetic venture capitalists and an abandoned A.I.M. facility, and we're in business."	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
Sentinels (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 5)  Leyu Yoshida: "We came across some computer records that connected Styger-- or, at least, his alias, Abyss-- to the old Mutant Underground as well as a Genoshan scientist named Renee Majcomb. Perhaps she died in the Sentinel massacre..."	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245
Moira MacTaggert (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  Banshee: "...so much has happened. The school annex closing. Charles going public... and Moira now gone. My lady love."		[Charles Xavier's colleague, girlfriend]		243
Stryfe (Nathan Summers (clone) (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 4)  Leyu Yoshida: "...legacy virus. I suppose it was eliminated from his cells when the cure went airborne last year..." Banshee: "Poor Peter... giving his life to elminate a mutant plague brought upon us not by a human enemy.... but by another mutant." Stryfe was the mutant villain who unleashed the Legacy Virus.	mutant supremacist	Mutant Liberation Front		111
Xavier Institute (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2)  Banshee: "...so much has happened. The school annex closing. Charles going public..."		[high school]		373
Renee Majcomb (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 5)  Leyu Yoshida: "We came across some computer records that connected Styger-- or, at least, his alias, Abyss-- to the old Mutant Underground as well as a Genoshan scientist named Renee Majcomb. Perhaps she died in the Sentinel massacre..."	mutophile	The Mutant Underground		13
Interpol (mentioned, pg. 5, 13)  (pg. 5) Banshee: "Yeh all know my history. Interpol. The X-Men. A teacher to young mutants..." (pg. 13) Nightcrawler: "How did you amass this equipment so quickly?! The cost alone--" Banshee: "...a few secret Swiss bank accounts, seized and frozen by Interpol years ago..."		[police force]		12
Massachusetts Academy (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 4)  Stacy X: "You know this Irish cop...?" Chamber: "He was headmaster at the school I went to. He's a good man. I never figured on this..."		[founded by Emma Frost; former Hellions HQ, Generation X]		111
The Mutant Underground (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 5)  Leyu Yoshida: "We came across some computer records that connected Styger-- or, at least, his alias, Abyss-- to the old Mutant Underground as well as a Genoshan scientist named Renee Majcomb. Perhaps she died in the Sentinel massacre..."	mutophile	[covert group w/ safehouses; dedicated to protecting mutants]		6
NASA (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 2)  Avalanche: "Ground Control to Major Tom... You've got the coordinates... as exact as you're gonna get." Quoting the song "Space Oddity." The phrase "Ground Control" presumably refers to the NASA crew on Earth who communicate with astronaut Major Tom.		[government agency]		75
Factor Three (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 2)  Nightcrawler: "How did you amass this equipment so quickly?! The cost alone--" Banshee: "...a few secret Swiss bank accounts, seized and frozen by Interpol years ago. I even uncovered a forgotten Factor Three account."		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #28 (Jan. 1967)]		44
Major Tom (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 2)  Avalanche: "Ground Control to Major Tom... You've got the coordinates... as exact as you're gonna get."		[astronaut]	Philips Records	6
Worthington Industries (mentioned, pg. 19, panel 3)  unnamed Italian President of the European Commission: "Gentlemen, would you please welcome the Chairman Emeritus of Worthington Industries in the U.S... Mister Warren Worthington."		[company]		10

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