X-Men (vol. 2) #205 (Jan. 2008):
“Messiah Complex: Chapter Five”
by Mike Carey, Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend

X-Men (vol. 2) #205

Title: “Messiah Complex: Chapter Five”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 2008

Publisher:
Written by: Mike Carey
Art by: Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend

49 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.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
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
Angel (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
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	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
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
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Generation X (teacher); The Cabal; The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle; X-Men		3,409
Bishop (Lucas Bishop)	X-Men veneration (lapsed)	black; NYPD...  The Twelve; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Xavier's Security Enforcers		548
Gambit (Remy LeBeau)	Cajun Catholic	Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Ternals; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954
Armor (Hisako Ichiki)		Asian; X-Men...  Xavier Institute		132
Surge (Nori Ashida)		Asian; New X-Men...  X-Men; Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad		151
Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro)	Catholic	Hispanic; New X-Men...  X-Men; Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; Young X-Men		82
Hellion (Julian Keller)		New X-Men; X-Men...  Xavier Institute: Hellions squad		44
Mercury (Cessily Kincaid)		New X-Men; X-Men...  Xavier Institute: Hellions squad		121
X-23 (Laura Kinney)	religiously untrained	League of Losers; New X-Men...  X-Force; X-Men		190
Anole (Victor Borkowski)	LGBT	Alpha Squadron; Young X-Men		60
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
Pixie (Megan Gwynn)		X-Men; Xavier Institute: Paragons squad		50
Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox)	Episcopalian; Buddhist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Fallen Angels...  X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Factor		257
Layla Miller	Objectivist	Summers Rebellion; X-Factor Investigations		67
Random (Marshall Evan Stone III)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark Descendants...  The Acolytes; The Marauders; X-Factor (ally)		56
Lady Mastermind (Regan Wyngarde)		The Hellfire Club; The Marauders...  X-Men		43
Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex)	Social Darwinist	Nasty Boys; The Horsemen of Apocalypse...  The Marauders; Weapon X		255
Vertigo		Femizons; Savage Land Mutates...  The Marauders		82
Scalphunter (John Greycrow)	Native American	Native American; The 198...  The Marauders		106
Malice		The Marauders		52
Arclight (Philippa Sontag)		Femizons; The 198...  The Marauders		82
Harpoon (Kodiak Noatak)	Inuit	Native American; The Marauders		19
Riptide (Janos Quested)		The Marauders		41
Scrambler (Kim Il Sung)		Asian; The 198...  The Marauders		46
Exodus (Bennet du Paris)	Catholic (lapsed); mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Acolytes...  The Marauders		102
Tempo (Heather Tucker)	mutant supremacist	black; Mutant Liberation Front...  The Acolytes; The Marauders		43
Unuscione (Carmella Unuscione)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	Hispanic; The Acolytes...  The Marauders [daughter of Unus]		46
Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)	Shinto	Asian; Big Hero 6...  C-Corps; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Pacific Overlords; The Marauders; The Twelve; X-Corporation; X-Men		259
Frenzy (Joanna Cargill)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	black; Femizons...  The Acolytes; The Alliance of Evil; The Marauders; X-Men		44
Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama)		Asian; The Reavers...  The Thunderbolts		138
The Reavers	anti-mutant	[gang; mercenary]		69
Sentinel Squad O.N.E.	indeterminate	[reference to generic, unnamed O.N.E. Sentinels]		52
Amelia Voght	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes		50
Purifiers	Purifiers: Christian fundamentalist anti-mutant group	[1st app: Marvel Graphic Novel #5 (Nov. 1982)]		32
Rictor (Julio Esteban Richter) (cameo)	LGBT	Hispanic; The New Mutants...  Weapon P.R.I.M.E.; X-Corporation; X-Factor Investigations; X-Force; X-Terminators		211
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers) (cameo)	Askani (leader)	Cable's Underground (leader); Clan Chosen...  Six Pack; The New Mutants (leader); The Twelve; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		666
Sentinels (cameo)	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245
Hope Summers (cameo)	Askani	[first mutant born after M-Day; raised by Cable]		19
Lex Lexington (cameo)		Sentinel Squad O.N.E. (leader)		25
Jake Slayton (cameo)		Sentinel Squad O.N.E.		10
Rogue (Anna Marie) (only on cover)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526

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