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Religion and Characters in
Young X-Men #6 (Nov. 2008):
“San Francisco”
by Mark Guggenheim, Ben Oliver

Young X-Men #6

Title: “San Francisco”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Nov 2008

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Mark Guggenheim

Art by: Ben Oliver


27 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 Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: S Protestant; mutant supremacist
X-Men; X-Factor  Marvel 2,604
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 5,233
Cannonball Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) hero
CBR Scale: S Baptist
New Mutants; X-Force  Marvel 831
Mirage Mirage (Danielle Moonstar) hero
CBR Scale: M Native American religion
(Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism
New Mutants; Mutant Liberation Front  Marvel 470
Sunspot Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
New Mutants; Fallen Angels 
[Brazil]
Marvel 574
Magma Magma (Amara Aquilla) hero
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
New Mutants; Hellions  Marvel 269
Dust Dust (Sooraya Qadir) hero
CBR Scale: M Sunni Muslim
Xavier Institute: Special Class; Xavier Institute: Hellions squad  Marvel 102
Rockslide Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; New X-Men  Marvel 82
Anole Anole (Victor Borkowski) hero
CBR Scale: M LGBT
Xavier Institute: Alpha squad; Young X-Men Marvel 60
Blindfold Blindfold (Ruth Aldine) hero
  Xavier Institute; Young X-Men Marvel 66
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
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier)
(cover & 1-panel cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 4,318
Surge Surge (Nori Ashida)
(only on cover)
hero
  Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad; New X-Men
[Japan]
Marvel 151
Pixie Pixie (Megan Gwynn)
(only on cover)
hero
  Xavier Institute: Paragons squad; X-Men Marvel 50
Nightcrawler Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
(7-panel cameo)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)
X-Men; Excalibur 
[Germany]
Marvel 3,788
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(5-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes
atheist; has practiced
Buddhism; skeptical seeker
First Flight; Weapon Plus 
[Canada]
Marvel 8,823
White Queen White Queen (Emma Frost)
(3-panel cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian (nominal); mutant
supremacist
Council of the Chosen; Hellfire Club Inner Circle  Marvel 3,409
Karma Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic; LGBT
New Mutants; 198 
[Vietnam]
Marvel 260
Wolf Cub Wolf Cub (Nicholas Gleason)
(mentioned & on cover)
hero based on a real person
  Xavier Institute: Paragons squad; Young X-Men Marvel 34
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; Defenders  Marvel 1,741
Rogue Rogue (Anna Marie)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: S Southern Baptist
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Marvel 3,526
Skrulls Skrulls
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
  Marvel 344
Mystique Mystique (Raven Darkholme)
(mentioned)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; manifestly
non-religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force  Marvel 451
Sabretooth Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
(mentioned)
villain hero
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious;
future: Evangelical
"born-again Christian"
Weapon Plus; Weapon X  Marvel 610
Mohammed Mohammed
(mentioned)
clergy/religious leader real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Muslim (prophet)
Super Best Friends DC Marvel, etc. 6