X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #2 (Aug. 2009):
“Comes the Father!”
by Chris Claremont, Tom Grummett, Cory Hamscher

X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #2

Title: “Comes the Father!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Tom Grummett, Cory Hamscher

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.
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
Jean Grey	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
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
Storm (Ororo Munroe (clone) (details)  The "Storm" who appears as a major character in this issue is later revealed to be a bio-synthetic clone, later known as "Perfect Storm."		black; The Consortium...  X-Men [evil clone of Storm]		15
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
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
NYPD		[police department]		1,396
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Ahmed (6-panel cameo, pg. 1-2)	Muslim	black; NYPD [discovered Wolverine's skeleton in Central Park]		1
Gary (6-panel cameo, pg. 1-2)		NYPD [discovered Wolverine's skeleton in Central Park]		1
Gabriel Jones Jr. (5-panel cameo, pg. 9-10)		black; S.H.I.E.L.D. [son of famed Howler/Nick Fury ally Gabe Jones]		1
Morelli (3-panel cameo, pg. 10, panels 2-4)		S.H.I.E.L.D. [Lil' Ro tried to tell him about death of Wolverine]		1
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) (2-panel cameo, pg. 20-21)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Lil' 'Ro (Ororo Munroe) (1-panel cameo, pg. 10, panel 2)  De-aged Storm (known as "Lil' 'Ro") appears in 1 panel. Also, the "Storm" who appears as a major character in this issue is later revealed to be a bio-synthetic clone.	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
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (corpse)	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
The Consortium (behind the scenes)  Although it is not yet revealed, the woman who appears here as "Storm" is actually a clone, infiltrating the X-Men on behalf of the Consortium, which explains some of her odd behavior.	anti-mutant	[mysterious group against X-Men and all mutants]		15
Allah (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Ahmed (upon finding Wolverine's skeleton): "Allah have mercy!"	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Gabriel Jones (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 2)  Gabe Jones Jr.: "But I'll follow your lead, Nick-- just like my daddy* did before me." footnote: "*Gabe Sr. fought in World War II with Nick!"	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		125
Mohammed (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 4)  Ahmed (upon seeing the sky light up): "--by the Prophet!?!"	Muslim (prophet)	Super Best Friends	, etc.	6
Fabian Cortez (mentioned, pg. 5, 13)  (pg. 5) Charles Xavier: "We were discussing the Cortez mission, when suddenly, she [Jean Grey] screamed..." (pg. 13) Storm (clone, thinking): "When the X-Men were attacked by Fabian Cortez in Spain, Rogue absorbed my powers..."	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes; The Upstarts		70
The Avengers (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 4)  Nightcrawler: "Professor, if we're under attack, perhaps we should call for help." Beast: "X-Men are scattered across the globe, Charles.... but my I.D.'s still good with the Avengers."		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
Gary's son (mentioned, pg. 1, panels 2-3)  Gary: "My kid loves Latin, can you believe that?" Ahmed: "Bedrock foundation of European languages." Gary: "That's what he said. But in sixth grade?" Ahmed: "Hey, man, I can't even understand the math kids study these days. Makes you start to feel old, y'know--"		[6th grader; loves Latin]		1

An alternative form of this story's title is: “Love--and Loss! Part 2: Comes the Father!”. Webpage for X-Men Forever #2 (Aug. 2009) created 21 November 2013. Last modified 3 February 2018.

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