X-Men (vol. 2) #89 (June 1999):
“Yesterday’s News”
by Alan Davis, Terry Kavanagh, Mark Farmer

X-Men (vol. 2) #89

Title: “Yesterday’s News”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 1999

Publisher:
Written by: Alan Davis, Terry Kavanagh
Art by: Alan Davis, Mark Farmer

47 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.
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
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
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Gambit (Remy LeBeau)	Cajun Catholic	Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Ternals; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954
Marrow (Sarah Rushman)	mutant supremacist; religious	Cable's Underground (ally); Gene Nation...  Morlocks; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Weapon X; X-Cell; X-Men		101
Skrulls	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Galactus (Galan)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Nova (Frankie Raye)		Heralds of Galactus; The Fantastic Four (ally)		131
J. Jonah Jameson (photo/picture/video)	hates Spider-Man	[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (someone disguised or dressed as)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) (someone disguised or dressed as)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (someone disguised or dressed as)	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) (someone disguised or dressed as)	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
Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Psyche (Danielle Moonstar) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	Mutant Liberation Front; Native American...  The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Vision (someone disguised or dressed as)	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
White Queen (Emma Frost) (someone disguised or dressed as)	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
Havok (Alex Summers) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Brotherhood of Mutants; Excalibur...  Exemplars; The Exiles; X-Men		387
Polaris (Lorna Dane) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Kree religion	Kree [former captain of Kree star fleet]		142
Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Shinto	Asian; Big Hero 6...  C-Corps; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Pacific Overlords; The Marauders; The Twelve; X-Corporation; X-Men		259
Blob (Fred J. Dukes) (someone disguised or dressed as)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Freedom Force; X-Cell; X-Corps		403
Toad (Mortimer Toynbee) (someone disguised or dressed as)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Misfits...  The 198		310
Callisto (someone disguised or dressed as)	mutant supremacist	Gene Nation; Genoshan Excalibur...  Morlocks; X-Cell		164
Thunderbird (John Proudstar) (someone disguised or dressed as)	Native American spirituality (Apache)	Apache; Native American...  X-Men		40
Adam Warlock (someone disguised or dressed as)		Guardians of the Galaxy; Infinity Watch (founder) [savior of worlds]		294
Mesmero (Vincent) (someone disguised or dressed as)	mutant supremacist	The Demi-Men; Weapon X [stage hypnotist]		54
Shi'ar (mentioned)	Shi'ar religion	[alien race]		106
Steven Lang (mentioned)	anti-mutant	Phalanx; Project Armageddon (leader) [designed Mark III Sentinels]		26
Ejulp (mentioned)	Trion worship	[1st app: The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #368 (May 1999)]		4

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