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Religion and Characters in
Young X-Men #4 (Sep. 2008):
“Extinction Agenda”
by Mark Guggenheim, Yanick Paquette, Ray Snyder

Young X-Men #4

Title: “Extinction Agenda”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Sep 2008

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Mark Guggenheim

Art by: Yanick Paquette, Ray Snyder


25 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.
Cannonball Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) hero
CBR Scale: S Baptist
New Mutants; X-Force  Marvel 831
Sunspot Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
New Mutants; Fallen Angels 
[Brazil]
Marvel 574
Rockslide Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; New X-Men  Marvel 82
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
Hellfire Club; Reavers (leader) Marvel 86
Leon Nunez Leon Nunez supporting character
  [mutant; can make tattoos that grant super powers] Marvel 6
Hellfire Club soldiers Hellfire Club soldiers
(only on cover)
villain
  Hellfire Club Marvel 97
Blindfold Blindfold (Ruth Aldine)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
  Xavier Institute; Young X-Men Marvel 66
Dust Dust (Sooraya Qadir)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Sunni Muslim
Xavier Institute: Special Class; Xavier Institute: Hellions squad  Marvel 102
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier)
(mentioned in text & seen in picture)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 4,318
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy)
(photo/picture/video)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 5,233
Phoenix Phoenix (Jean Grey)
(photo/picture/video)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; X-Factor  Marvel 1,905
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake)
(photo/picture/video)
hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Marvel 1,752
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III)
(photo/picture/video)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; Defenders  Marvel 1,741
Mimic Mimic (Calvin Rankin)
(photo/picture/video)
villain hero
  X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 169
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers)
(someone disguised as)
hero
CBR Scale: S Protestant; mutant supremacist
X-Men; X-Factor  Marvel 2,604
Mirage Mirage (Danielle Moonstar)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: M Native American religion
(Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism
New Mutants; Mutant Liberation Front  Marvel 470
Magma Magma (Amara Aquilla)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
New Mutants; Hellions  Marvel 269
Cipher Cipher (Alisa Tager)
(mentioned)
hero
  Young X-Men Marvel 5
George W. Bush George W. Bush
(mentioned)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian (raised); United
Methodist Church (convert)
[U.S. President] Marvel DC, etc. 789
Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden
(mentioned)
villain clergy/religious leader real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Sunni Muslim (Qutbist
religious leader)
[Saudi Arabia] Marvel 128
Geronimo Geronimo
(mentioned)
real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Native American religion
(Apache/Bedonkohe); Dutch
Reformed Church (convert)
[medicine man] Marvel 36
Britney Spears Britney Spears
(mentioned)
real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Southern Baptist (lapsed)
[singer] Marvel 385