X-Men (vol. 2) #5 (Feb. 1992):
“Blowback”
by Jim Lee, John Byrne, Scott Williams, Art Thibert, etc.

X-Men (vol. 2) #5

Title: “Blowback”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1992

Publisher:
Written by: Jim Lee, John Byrne
Art by: Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Art Thibert, Bob Wiacek, Joe Rubinstein

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.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Psyche (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Archangel (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
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
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
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	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
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Banshee (Sean Cassidy)	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
Gambit (Remy LeBeau)	Cajun Catholic	Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Ternals; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954
Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)	Anglican	Asian; Excalibur...  S.T.R.I.K.E.; The Exiles; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		772
Fenris (Andreas von Strucker)	Nazi / white supremacist	Initiative; The Assembly of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; The Upstarts		128
Jubilee (Jubilation Lee)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Asian; Generation X...  The New Warriors; The X-People (founder); X-Corps; X-Men; X-Ternals		570
Forge (Jonathon Silvercloud)	Native American shamanism (Cheyenne)	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Native American...  The Mutant Underground; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Factor; X-Men		394
Omega Red (Arkady Rossovich)	Communist	KGB; Republican Guard...  The Upstarts		98
Fenris (Andrea von Strucker)	Nazi / white supremacist	The Assembly of Evil; The Upstarts		55
The Hand	Ninjutsu	[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #174 (Sep. 1981)]		155
Matsu'o Tsurayaba	Ninjutsu; Death Touch Cult (leader)	Asian; The Hand...  The Upstarts; Yakuza [wrested control of Yakuza]		35
Maverick (Christoph Nord)	Catholic (lapsed)	Cell Six; CIA...  Team X; Weapon Plus; Weapon X		88
Dr. Abraham B. Cornelius		The Hand		15
Janice Hollenbeck		[connected to Omega Red; killed by Sabretooth]		5
Dazzler (Alison Blaire) (cameo)	singing	Academy of Tomorrow; Excalibur...  X-Men		447
Longshot (cameo)	Mojoworld television worship	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Exiles...  X-Factor Investigations; X-Men		204
Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (cameo)	manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"	Brotherhood of Mutants; Team X...  The Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Factor; X-Men		610
Spiral (Rita Wayword) (cameo)		Freedom Force		115
Lila Cheney (cameo)		X-Ternals [leader of her own rock band]		82
Mojo (cameo)	alien	Spineless One		88

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