Dark X-Men #5 (May 2010):
“Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Conclusion”
by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk, Jay Leisten

Dark X-Men #5

Title: “Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Conclusion”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 2010

Publisher:
Written by: Paul Cornell
Art by: Leonard Kirk, Jay Leisten

26 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.
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Mystique (Raven Darkholme)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Freedom Force; The Marauders; The Mutant Underground; X-Corps; X-Factor; X-Men; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad		451
Mimic (Calvin Rankin)		Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Excalibur; Metro College; The Exiles; X-Men		169
Dark Beast (Henry McCoy)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark Descendants...  Dark X-Men; Gene Nation; Genoshan Excalibur [Henry McCoy from the Age of Apocalypse]		116
Omega (Michael Pointer)		Dark X-Men; Omega Flight		41
X-Man (Nate Grey)		Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		155
H.A.M.M.E.R. (4-panel cameo, pg. 21-23)		[government agency]		207
H.A.M.M.E.R. Psi-Division (3-panel cameo, pg. 20, panels 1-3)	religious	H.A.M.M.E.R. [organized as a religious order]		2
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (2-panel cameo, pg. 9, 22)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
Victoria Hand (2-panel cameo, pg. 20, panels 3-4)	LGBT; Humanist	Dark Avengers (staff); H.A.M.M.E.R. [2nd in command under Osborn in H.A.M.M.E.R.]		108
Bleaker (1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 4)		[brought tea to Dark Beast]		4
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (memory, pg. 9-11)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (memory, pg. 9-10)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (memory, pg. 10-11)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Ares (memory, pg. 9)	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (memory, pg. 9)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) (memory, pg. 9)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter) (memory, pg. 9)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (memory, pg. 9)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) (memory, pg. 9)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers; Kree [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (memory, pg. 11)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Gwen Stacy (memory, pg. 9, panel 1)		[Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend]		560
Amberson Osborn (memory, pg. 9-10)		[Norman Osborn's physically abusive father]		5
Jack Fenner (mentioned, pg. 4)  Quote: "Tasking hi X-Men with investigating a series of strange occurrences in which humans were falling into a trance-like state... Osborn sends his team to interrogate one of the victims. Upon coming into contact with him..."		["possessed" by X-Man]		2
Alex Jarl (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 2)  Mimic: "Jarl's comatose."	religious	H.A.M.M.E.R. [led HAMMER Psi-Division]		2
Barbra Streisand (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 1)  Quote: "Dark Beast. Mad, bad and dangerous to know. His own song, puts his own lyrics to Streisand."	Jewish	[actress; singer]		211

An alternative form of this story's title is: “Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Part Five”. Webpage for Dark X-Men #5 (May 2010) created 27 June 2010. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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