X-Factor (vol. 1) #39 (Apr. 1989):
“Ashes to Ashes”
by Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson, Al Milgrom

X-Factor (vol. 1) #39

Title: “Ashes to Ashes”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1989

Publisher:
Written by: Louise Simonson
Art by: Walt Simonson, Al Milgrom

19 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
Marvel Girl (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
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
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		3,526
Havok (Alex Summers)	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)	Anglican	Asian; Excalibur...  S.T.R.I.K.E.; The Exiles; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		772
Dazzler (Alison Blaire)	singing	Academy of Tomorrow; Excalibur...  X-Men		447
Longshot	Mojoworld television worship	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Exiles...  X-Factor Investigations; X-Men		204
Polaris (Lorna Dane)	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
Sabretooth (Victor Creed)	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
Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex)	Social Darwinist	Nasty Boys; The Horsemen of Apocalypse...  The Marauders; Weapon X		255
Malice		The Marauders		52
Madelyne Pryor (cameo)		Berzerkers; The Hellfire Club		173
Gateway (visual reference)	Australian Aboriginal religion	The Reavers (ally); X-Men		74

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