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The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #247 (Aug. 1989):
“The Light That Failed”
by Chris Claremont, Marc Silvestri, Dan Green

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #247

Title: “The Light That Failed”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1989

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Marc Silvestri, Dan Green


22 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.
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe) hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
black; Lady Liberators...  Marvel 5,068
Colossus Colossus (Peter Rasputin) hero
CBR Scale: I Communist atheist (former)
Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Marvel 4,122
Rogue Rogue (Anna Marie) hero
CBR Scale: S Southern Baptist
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men Marvel 3,526
Havok Havok (Alex Summers) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants... 
[Cyclops' brother]
Marvel 592
Psylocke Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) hero
CBR Scale: I Anglican
Asian; Excalibur...  Marvel UK Marvel 772
Dazzler Dazzler (Alison Blaire) hero
CBR Scale: M singing
Academy of Tomorrow; Excalibur...  Marvel 447
Longshot Longshot hero
CBR Scale: S Mojoworld television worship
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Exiles...  Marvel 204
Jubilee Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
Asian; Generation X...  Marvel 570
Gateway Gateway hero
CBR Scale: M Australian Aboriginal religion
The Reavers (ally); X-Men Marvel 74
Tessa Hartley hero
  Excalibur; The Council of the Chosen...  Marvel 238
Black King Black King (Sebastian Shaw) villain
  The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle Marvel 122
Senator Robert Kelly Senator Robert Kelly supporting character villain
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant activist; (AoA)
mutant-human peace activist
Project: Wideawake Marvel 84
Master Mold Master Mold villain
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robot
[mutant hunter] Marvel 41
Sharon Kelly supporting character
  The Hellfire Club
[Senator Edward Kelly's wife]
Marvel 3
Nimrod Master Mold villain
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robot
[advanced Sentinel from future] Marvel 62
White Bishop White Bishop (Donald Pierce)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
The Hellfire Club; The Reavers (leader) Marvel 86
Lady Deathstrike Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama)
(cameo)
villain
  Asian; The Reavers...  Marvel 138
The Reavers The Reavers
(cameo)
villain group
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
[gang; mercenary] Marvel 69
Nanny
(cameo)
villain scientist
  The Right Marvel 10
Orphan-Maker Orphan-Maker (Peter)
(cameo)
villain
  [warrior] Marvel 6
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(photo/picture/video)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Lila Cheney Lila Cheney
(photo/picture/video)
hero
  X-Ternals
[leader of her own rock band]
Marvel 82