Dark X-Men #2 (Feb. 2010):
“Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Part Two”
by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk, Jay Leisten

Dark X-Men #2

Title: “Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Part Two”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 2010

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

43 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.
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
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
H.A.M.M.E.R.		[government agency]		207
X-Man (Nate Grey)		Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		155
H.A.M.M.E.R. Psi-Division	religious	H.A.M.M.E.R. [organized as a religious order]		2
Alex Jarl	religious	H.A.M.M.E.R. [led HAMMER Psi-Division]		2
Jack Fenner (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 6)		["possessed" by X-Man]		2
Bleaker (1-panel cameo, pg. 10, panel 1)		[brought tea to Dark Beast]		4
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 6, 22)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 21, panel 1)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 22, panels 1-2)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 6, 23)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 22-23)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)	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
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Vision (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)	Anglican (nominal); mystical	Excalibur		365
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
Hercules (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Captain America (Bucky Barnes) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Ares (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter) (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers; Kree [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
X-23 (Laura Kinney) (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	religiously untrained	League of Losers; New X-Men...  X-Force; X-Men		190
Skrulls (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Sentinels (photo/picture/video, pg. 6, panel 3)	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Inhuman religion	Illuminati; Inhuman Royal Family...  Inhumans; Inhuman		505
Jean Grey (someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 1-4)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (visual reference, pg. 22, panel 2)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  X-Man (Nathan Grey): "You have to know... That man standing there-- That's not the real Henry McCoy!"	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Norman Osborn: "They're going to build statues of you. Xavier, Summers, they lived for this moment. but I got it."	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Destiny (Irene Adler) (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 2)  Mystique (to Mimic, about his premonitions of the future): "Someone I cared for very much used to live under exactly the burden you do now. I wish she was here to give you lessons!"	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force...  HYDRA		127

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