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Religion and Characters in
Young X-Men #8 (Jan. 2009):
“The Y-Men, Part 1: Outnumbered”
by Mark Guggenheim, Rafa Sandoval, Roger Bonet

Young X-Men #8

Title: “The Y-Men, Part 1: Outnumbered”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Jan 2009

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Mark Guggenheim

Art by: Rafa Sandoval, Roger Bonet


28 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.
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
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
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
unnamed cheetah-spotted gang-banger villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
Y-Men
[gang-banger Leon Nunez gave tattoo-based powers to]
Marvel 2
Jesus villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
Y-Men
[gang-banger Leon Nunez gave tattoo-based powers to]
Marvel 1
The Hellfire Cult villain
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant
[anti-mutant group] Marvel 8
Julio Rodriguez villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
Y-Men Marvel 3
Carlos Rodriguez villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
Y-Men Marvel 2
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers)
(6-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Protestant; mutant supremacist
X-Men; X-Factor  Marvel 2,604
Leon Nunez Leon Nunez
(4-panel cameo)
supporting character
  [mutant; can make tattoos that grant super powers] Marvel 6
Cipher Cipher (Alisa Tager)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  Young X-Men Marvel 5
Maschinenmensch
(photo/picture/video)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[1st app: Metropolis (1927 film)] Universum Film 3
Fay Wray Fay Wray
(photo/picture/video)
real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Latter-day Saint (ethnic only)
[actress] RKO 38
Ann Darrow
(photo/picture/video)
supporting character
    RKO 6
King Kong King Kong
(photo/picture/video)
lead character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[gigantic ape] RKO 40
Mario Mario
(photo/picture/video)
hero
  [Italy] Nintendo 136
Karl Freund Karl Freund
(name seen in illustration (or on screen))
real/historical person
  [Germany] Marvel 3
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(mentioned)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I humanist; believes in God
Avengers; Illuminati  Marvel 4,661
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy)
(mentioned)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 5,233
Colossus Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Communist atheist (former)
X-Men; Acolytes 
[Russia; USSR]
Marvel 4,122
White Bishop White Bishop (Donald Pierce)
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
Hellfire Club; Reavers (leader) Marvel 86
Thea von Harbou Thea von Harbou
(mentioned)
real/historical person
  [Germany] Marvel 2
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Rudolf Klein-Rogge
(mentioned)
real/historical person
  [Germany] Marvel 8
Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm
(mentioned)
real/historical person
  [Germany] Marvel 14