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Young X-Men #1 (June 2008):
“Final Genesis”
by Marc Guggenheim, Yanick Paquette, Ray Snyder

Young X-Men #1

Title: “Final Genesis”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 2008

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Marc Guggenheim
Art by: Yanick Paquette, Ray Snyder


29 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.
Dust Dust (Sooraya Qadir) hero
CBR Scale: M Sunni Muslim
Arab; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 102
Rockslide Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Hispanic; New X-Men...  Marvel 82
Blindfold Blindfold (Ruth Aldine) hero
  Xavier Institute; Young X-Men Marvel 66
Wolf Cub Wolf Cub (Nicholas Gleason) hero based on a real person
  Xavier Institute: Paragons squad; Young X-Men Marvel 34
Ink Ink (Eric Gitter) hero
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Young X-Men Marvel 12
Greymalkin Greymalkin (Jonas Greymalkin) hero
CBR Scale: S LGBT
Young X-Men
[ancestor of Charles Xavier]
Marvel 37
White Bishop White Bishop (Donald Pierce) villain
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
The Hellfire Club; The Reavers (leader) Marvel 86
Taliban soldiers Taliban soldiers villain
CBR Scale: D Muslim: Taliban
[soldier] Marvel 1
Leon Nunez Leon Nunez
(details) 
supporting character
  [mutant; can make tattoos that grant super powers] Marvel 6
Young X-Men hero group
  [1st app: Young X-Men #1 (June 2008)] Marvel 24
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe)
(only on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
black; Lady Liberators...  Marvel 5,068
Rogue Rogue (Anna Marie)
(only on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: S Southern Baptist
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men Marvel 3,526
White Queen White Queen (Emma Frost)
(only on cover)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist
Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 3,409
Maximus Lobo Maximus Lobo
(4-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M mutant supremacist
[led Dominant Species, group of werewolf-like mutants] Marvel 9
Bakwa townspeople Bakwa townspeople
(2-panel cameo)
supporting character group
CBR Scale: D Muslim
[1st app: Young X-Men #1 (June 2008)] Marvel 1
Cannonball Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Baptist
Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  Marvel 831
Mirage Mirage (Danielle Moonstar)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism
Mutant Liberation Front; Native American...  Marvel 470
Sunspot Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Academy of Tomorrow; black...  Marvel 574
Magma Magma (Amara Aquilla)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
Hellions; New Hellions...  Marvel 269
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(mentioned & on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers)
(someone disguised or dressed as)
hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier)
(mentioned)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
Magneto Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)
(mentioned)
villain hero scientist
CBR Scale: S Jewish; Gypsy/Roma
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 916
Sabretooth Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
(mentioned)
villain hero
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"
Brotherhood of Mutants; Team X...  Marvel 610
Lockjaw Lockjaw
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
dog; Inhuman Royal Family... 
[teleporting dog; escort to Inhumans Royal Family]
Marvel 257
Hope Summers Hope Summers
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Askani
[first mutant born after M-Day; raised by Cable] Marvel 19
Purifiers Purifiers
(mentioned)
villain group
CBR Scale: D Purifiers: Christian fundamentalist anti-mutant group
[1st app: Marvel Graphic Novel #5 (Nov. 1982)] Marvel 32
Hector
(mentioned)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [Ink's friend] Marvel 1
unnamed aunt
(mentioned)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [mutant Ruth Aldine (Blindfold) lives with aunt] Marvel 1

Excerpts

BELOW: Blindfold has a precognitive dream about the Young X-Men (an as-yet-unformed team).

Blindfold has a precognitive dream about the Young X-Men (an as-yet-unformed team).

Source: Young X-Men #1 (June 2008): "Final Genesis", pg. 2-6. Written by Marc Guggenheim. Art by Ray Snyder, Yanick Paquette. See also: precognition; Blindfold (Ruth Aldine)

BELOW: Wolf Cub threatens Maximus Lobo (a now de-powered former mutant), who once led a group of lupine mutant supremacists.

Wolf Cub threatens Maximus Lobo (a now de-powered former mutant), who once led a group of lupine mutant supremacists.

Source: Young X-Men #1 (June 2008): "Final Genesis", pg. 8, panels 1-2. Written by Marc Guggenheim. Art by Ray Snyder, Yanick Paquette. See also: hate; exclusivism; prejudice; mutant supremacist; Maximus Lobo

BELOW: Radical Muslim "soldiers" of the Taliban attack a village in Afghanistan, but are rebuffed by the Muslim super-hero known as Dust.

Radical Muslim soldiers of the Taliban attack a village in Afghanistan, but are rebuffed by the Muslim super-hero known as Dust.

Source: Young X-Men #1 (June 2008): "Final Genesis", pg. 9-11. Written by Marc Guggenheim. Art by Ray Snyder, Yanick Paquette. See also: violence in the name of religion; Muslim; Dust (Sooraya Qadir); Taliban soldiers

BELOW: Radical Muslim "soldiers" invading an Afghani village are overtly identified as members of the fundamentalist Islamic militia group known as the "Taliban.":

Radical Muslim soldiers invading an Afghani village are overtly identified as members of the fundamentalist Islamic militia group known as the Taliban.

Source: Young X-Men #1 (June 2008): "Final Genesis", pg. 9, panels 1-4. Written by Marc Guggenheim. Art by Ray Snyder, Yanick Paquette. See also: religion identified by name; Muslim; Taliban soldiers

BELOW: Muslim villagers chant "Alla Hu Akbar" after the Muslim super-heroine Dust repels Taliban invaders from their town. Usually transliterated as "Allahu Akbar," this Arabic phrase means "God is great." This expression is commonly known as the "takbir".

Muslim villagers chant Alla Hu Akbar after the Muslim super-heroine Dust repels Taliban invaders from their town. takbir; God is great; Allahu Akbar

Source: Young X-Men #1 (June 2008): "Final Genesis", pg. 11, panels 2-4. Written by Marc Guggenheim. Art by Ray Snyder, Yanick Paquette. See also: God; chant; gratitude to God; Muslim; Dust (Sooraya Qadir); Bakwa townspeople

BELOW: When the fledgling superhero Eric Gitter ("Ink") is first introduced, his foul language, unprovoked attack on police, and theft of a woman's car all demonstrate his manifestly non-religious nature.

When the fledgling superhero Eric Gitter (Ink) is first introduced, his foul language, unprovoked attack on police, and theft of a woman's car all demonstrate his manifestly non-religious nature.

Source: Young X-Men #1 (June 2008): "Final Genesis", pg. 14-15. Written by Marc Guggenheim. Art by Ray Snyder, Yanick Paquette. See also: vulgar language; stealing; manifestly non-religious; Ink (Eric Gitter)

BELOW: Rockslide starts to say that being struck by teammate Dust in her sandstorm form feels almost "sexual." But Dust, a devout Muslim with a clear sense of morality and propriety, firmly warns him not to say finish the sentence.

Rockslide starts to say that being struck by teammate Dust in her sandstorm form feels almost sexual. But Dust, a devout Muslim with a clear sense of morality and propriety, firmly warns him not to say finish the sentence.

Source: Young X-Men #1 (June 2008): "Final Genesis", pg. 3, panels 3-4. Written by Marc Guggenheim. Art by Ray Snyder, Yanick Paquette. See also: purity of thought; sexual morality; Muslim; Dust (Sooraya Qadir); Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro)