X-Men (vol. 3) #1 (Sep. 2010):
“Curse of the Mutants: Part One”
by Victor Gischler, Paco Medina, Juan Vlasco

X-Men (vol. 3) #1

Title: “Curse of the Mutants: Part One”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 2010

Publisher:
Written by: Victor Gischler
Art by: Paco Medina, Juan Vlasco

26 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
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
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
Pixie (Megan Gwynn)		X-Men; Xavier Institute: Paragons squad		50
Jubilee (Jubilation Lee)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Asian; Generation X...  The New Warriors; The X-People (founder); X-Corps; X-Men; X-Ternals		570
Doctor Nemesis (Dr. James Bradley)	Nazi	Battle-Axis (leader); X-Club		21
Dr. Kavita Rao	Hindu	South Asian; X-Club [developed "cure": medical means to neutralize mutant powers]		62
vampires	vampire	[ 1st app: (DC) New Fun #6 (Oct. 1935): "The Vampire Master"; (Marvel) Marvel Mystery Comics #35 (Sep. 1942): "The Banquet of Blood" ]		1,801
Alyssa	vampire (Siren sect leader)	[1st app: The Death of Dracula #1 (Aug. 2010)]		7
Bradley Dominic	vampire (Mystikos Sect)	[1st app: The Death of Dracula #1 (Aug. 2010)]		7
Lisa	vampire	[became vampire when infected by "suicide bomber" vampire]		1
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (only on cover)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Rogue (Anna Marie) (only on cover)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (only on cover)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
White Queen (Emma Frost) (only on cover)	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
Aqueos Sect (9-panel cameo, pg. 9, 13)	vampire (Aqueos Sect)	[vampire sect that lives underwater]		11
unnamed Aqueos Sect vampire (9-panel cameo, pg. 9, 13)	vampire (Aqueos Sect)	[came ashore in San Francisco; helped recruit new vampires]		1
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (3-panel cameo, pg. 14, panels 1, 3-4)	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
Uncle Morty (2-panel cameo, pg. 4, 13)	vampire	[bystander victim of vampire suicide bomber in Union Square]		1
Xarus (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 4)	vampire	[beheaded Dracula (his father); united vampire sects]		8
Norman Osborn (mentioned, pg. 1)  Quote: "Things have been rough on the X-Men. They lived through Norman Osborn's Dark Reign, a near-genocide at the hands of Bastion and many other catastrophes..."	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Dracula (Vlad Tepes) (mentioned, pg. 14, 23)  [page 23] Cyclops: "Bring in your team, Logan. Time for the X-Men to hold a war council. We've got ourselves a Dracula problem."	Romanian Orthodox; Catholic convert; vampire lord	[ 1st app: (Marvel, mentioned) Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #30 (Sep. 1964): "The Dreaded Diablo!"; (seen) The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 1972): "Dracula" ]		1,363
Bastion (Sebastion Gilberti) (mentioned, pg. 1)  Quote: "Things have been rough on the X-Men. They lived through Norman Osborn's Dark Reign, a near-genocide at the hands of Bastion and many other catastrophes..."	anti-mutant A.I.	Friends of Humanity; Humanity's Last Stand...  Operation: Zero Tolerance; Purifiers [mystical fusion of Master Mold and Nimrod]		95
Saul (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 3)  Uncle Morty: "SoI says to Saul, 'Saul, if you invest in that stock, kiss your money goodbye.'"		[friend of Uncle Morty (vampire suicide bomber victim)]		1
al-Qaeda (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 2)  Wolverine: "Hell. Just when things were looking up. Al Qaeda in San Francisco." Cyclops: "This doesn't feel right. Something tells me this isn't the usual Jihad." Pixie: "It's not." [It was a suicide bombing attack by vampires.]	Muslim (Sunni)	[terrorist]		13
Clint Eastwood (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  tourist (standing on Fisherman's Wharf, looking at Alcatraz): "They say nobody ever escaped from there." other tourist: "Clint Eastwood did."	Protestant (raised); Transcendental Meditation	[actor; film director]		289

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