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X-Factor (vol. 1) #133 (Apr. 1997):
“Down Under”
by Howard Mackie, Jeff Matsuda, Art Thibert

X-Factor (vol. 1) #133

Title: “Down Under”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1997

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Howard Mackie
Art by: Jeff Matsuda, Art Thibert


15 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.
Havok Havok (Alex Summers) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants... 
[Cyclops' brother]
Marvel 592
Mystique Mystique (Raven Darkholme) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 451
Multiple Man Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian; Buddhist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Fallen Angels...  Marvel 257
Strong Guy Strong Guy (Guido Carosella) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
X-Factor; X-Ternals Marvel 233
Valerie Cooper Valerie Cooper supporting character
  Commission on Superhuman Activities; S.T.A.R.S....  Marvel 253
Polaris Polaris (Lorna Dane) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse... 
[studied geophysics in college]
Marvel 464
Sabretooth Sabretooth (Victor Creed) villain hero
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious; future: Evangelical "born-again Christian"
Brotherhood of Mutants; Team X...  Marvel 610
Forge Forge (Jonathon Silvercloud) hero
CBR Scale: M Native American shamanism
(Cheyenne)
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Native American...  Marvel 394
Wild Child Wild Child (Kyle Gibney) villain hero
  Alpha Flight; Gamma Flight...  Marvel 172
Shard Shard (Shard Bishop) hero
  black; X-Factor...  Marvel 58
Dark Beast Dark Beast (Henry McCoy) villain scientist
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark Descendants... 
[Henry McCoy from the Age of Apocalypse]
Marvel 116
Fatale Fatale (Pamela Greenwood) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
black; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 38
General Bowser General Bowser supporting character villain
  [was Valerie Cooper's superior and thorn in her side] Marvel 8
Trevor Chase Trevor Chase supporting character
  [young mutant beaten by Friends of Humanity] Marvel 3
Haven Haven (Radha Dastoor)
(cameo)
villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Hindu / Zoroastrian
[gave birth to reincarnation of Adversary] Marvel 12

Eric Battle was credited as the penciler for this issue (X-Factor #133), but the letter column in the next issue explained that Jeff Matsuda was the actual artist who did the pencils.