X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #7 (Nov. 2009):
“Past Is Prologue”
by Chris Claremont, Steve Scott, Al Vey

X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #7

Title: “Past Is Prologue”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Steve Scott, Al Vey

42 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.
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
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
James Howlett / Logan (flashback)	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
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
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
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Nazis (flashback)	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Dum Dum Dugan (flashback)	Catholic	Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		555
Gabriel Jones (flashback)  NOT identified by name in this issue, bu Jones is the black member of the Howler team seen in this issue. Also seen in photo Tommy Juniper had in his helicopter.	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		125
Junior Juniper (flashback)		The Howling Commandos; U.S. Air Force [based on Jerry Lewis; had cancer; joined Howling Commandos]		6
U.S. Army (flashback)		[military unit]		1,801
Reb Ralston (flashback)  NOT identified by name in this issue. Seen in photo Tommy Juniper had in his helicopter. Possibly one of Fury's soldier's in flashback, but not entirely clear if that's the case.		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos...  V-Battalion		22
Izzy Cohen (flashback)  NOT identified by name in this issue. Seen in photo Tommy Juniper had in his helicopter. Possibly one of Fury's soldier's in flashback, but not entirely clear if that's the case.	Jewish	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		76
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Dino Manelli (flashback)  NOT identified by name in this issue. Seen in photo Tommy Juniper had in his helicopter. Possibly one of Fury's soldier's in flashback, but not entirely clear if that's the case.		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		81
Pinky Pinkerton (flashback)  NOT identified by name in this issue. Clearly seen in photo Tommy Juniper had in his helicopter. Possibly one of Fury's soldier's in flashback, but not entirely clear if that's the case.	Jewish; LGBT	Deadly Dozen; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos [based on actor David Niven]		76
Eric Koenig (flashback)  NOT identified by name in this issue. Seen in photo Tommy Juniper had in his helicopter. Possibly one of Fury's soldier's in flashback, but not entirely clear if that's the case.	Nazi (former)	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		35
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
The Howling Commandos (flashback)		[military unit]		351
Agent Wallace (pg. 1, 3-4, 19)		S.H.I.E.L.D. [killed by Sentinel during SHIELD op in Andes Mountains]		1
Dietrich Trask (8-panel cameo, pg. 16-18)  flashback	Nazi	[created long-range DNA detection tech (Sentinel precursor)]		1
Agent Tommy Juniper (7-panel cameo, pg. 1-4, 19)		S.H.I.E.L.D. [killed by Sentinel during SHIELD op in Andes Mountains]		1
Ruben (7-panel cameo, pg. 2, 5-6, 8, 10)		S.H.I.E.L.D. [assisted Nick Fury when he worked out of X-Mansion]		1
Luis (6-panel cameo, pg. 1, 3)		S.H.I.E.L.D. [killed by Sentinel during SHIELD op in Andes Mountains]		1
Sentinels (1-panel cameo, pg. 22)  splash page	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245
Master Mold (behind the scenes, pg. 22)  A very large Sentinel appears on story's final page. Some sources identify this as Master Mold, but it may simply be a generic Master Mold-like Sentinel, or just a very large Sentinel.	anti-mutant robot	[mutant hunter]		41
Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (mentioned, pg. 16, panel 3)  Logan: "Looks like Raven's intel was right on the money. One crazy factory -- complete with mad scientist."	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
Adolf Hitler (mentioned, pg. 13, 15, 18)  (pg. 13) Nick Fury: "You know anything about the target?" Logan: "Only that it's one of Hitler's special projects. They tested it against the Russians not long ago. Stalin called FDR an' Churchill..." (pg. 15) Fury (narrating flashback): "Impressive size--like Hitler was tryin' t'make a statement about Germany beating out the Depression..."	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
Josef Stalin (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Nick Fury: "You know anything about the target?" Logan: "Only that it's one of Hitler's special projects. They tested it against the Russians not long ago. Stalin called FDR an' Churchill personally, screaming for help."	Communist	Lethal Legion [former leader of Russia]		342
Buck Rogers (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 2)  Nick Fury: "What is all this?" Logan: "Got no real idea. But building these gadgets cost a lot of lives. Consider this the kind'a stuff you see in Buck Rogers--only it's real."		[1st app: Amazing Stories (Aug. 1928)]	Amazing Stories; National Newspaper Service, etc.	140
Franklin D. Roosevelt (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Nick Fury: "You know anything about the target?" Logan: "Only that it's one of Hitler's special projects. They tested it against the Russians not long ago. Stalin called FDR an' Churchill personally, screaming for help."	Episcopalian	[U.S. President]		422
Winston Churchill (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Nick Fury: "You know anything about the target?" Logan: "Only that it's one of Hitler's special projects. They tested it against the Russians not long ago. Stalin called FDR an' Churchill personally, screaming for help."	Anglican	[politician]		456
Bolivar Trask (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 1)  Beast: "Scott, tell me--what do you recall about Larry Trask?" Cyclops: "Mutant son of Bolivar -- who in turn created the Sentinels. Which as you recall ended up being immolated on the surface of the sun."	anti-mutant	Control [inventor of Sentinels]		5
Larry Trask (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 1)  Beast: "Scott, tell me--what do you recall about Larry Trask?" Cyclops: "Mutant son of Bolivar -- who in turn created the Sentinels. Which as you recall ended up being immolated on the surface of the sun."	anti-mutant	Federal Council on Mutant Activities [mutant son of anti-mutant Sentinel inventor]		46
Dwight D. Eisenhower (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 3)  Dum-Dum Dugan: "So what's with the limeys?" Nick Fury: "Behave, Dum-Dum. We're onna same side, remember? Maybe Ike figured we could use some help this time. You gonna argue with a four-star general?" Dugan: "Sergeant, I try not to argue with you"	Jehovah's Witnesses; Presbyterian (convert)	[general; U.S. President]		262
Excalibur (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Cyclops: "Nightcrawler-- You're team leader. you did a good job leading Excalibur, let's see you do the same here..."		[1st app: Excalibur Special Edition #1 (1987)]		614
The Home Depot (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 3)  Nick Fury: "Why're we depending on three guys on the ground, people? S.H.I.E.L.D.'s got more hardware than Home Depot, what is it telling us?" Ruben (SHIELD agent): "This is a weird neighborhood, Colonel. Weather and topography makes it hard to get effective intel, from the air or from orbit..."		[home improvement, construction supplies retailer]		1

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