Religion and Characters in
Dark X-Men #2 (Feb. 2010):
“Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Part Two”
by Paul Cornell, 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; Freedom Force  X-Factor; X-Corps; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad; X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Marauders; Dark X-Men		451
Mimic (Calvin Rankin)		X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Excalibur; Exiles; Dark X-Men		169
Dark Beast (Henry McCoy)	mutant supremacist	X-Men; Genoshan Excalibur  Gene Nation; Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark Descendants; Dark X-Men [Henry McCoy from the Age of Apocalypse]		116
Omega (Michael Pointer)		Omega Flight; Dark X-Men		41
Norman Osborn	manifestly non-religious	Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader)  Thunderbolts (leader); Dark Avengers (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Dark X-Men (founder) [Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]		417
H.A.M.M.E.R.		H.A.M.M.E.R.		207
X-Man (Nate Grey)		X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants		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	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Secret Defenders  Avengers; New Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		9,358
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 21, panel 1)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 22, panel 1-2)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 6, 23)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 22-23)	angel	Avengers; New Avengers  Mighty Avengers; Dark Avengers		260
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	humanist; believes in God	Avengers; Illuminati  Fantastic Five		4,661
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates		1,624
Vision (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Catholic (temporary); synthezoid	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,393
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Avengers; Heroes for Hire  Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway; Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)	Anglican (nominal); mystical	Excalibur [England]		365
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders  New Avengers		672
Hercules (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Avengers; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Heroes for Hire; Renegades; Mighty Avengers [Greece]		1,029
Captain America (Bucky Barnes) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)	Protestant (nominal)	Liberty Legion; Kid Commandos  All-Winners Squad; Invaders; Young Allies (Marvel); New Avengers		395
Ares (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Mighty Avengers  Dark Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	Buddhist	Masters of Evil; Femizons  Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers		235
Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	manifestly non-religious	Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Spider-Man Revenge League; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers		315
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter) (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; 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 [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
X-23 (Laura Kinney) (photo/picture/video, pg. 23, panel 1)	religiously untrained	New X-Men; League of Losers  X-Force		190
Skrulls (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 2)	Skrull religion			344
Sentinels (photo/picture/video, pg. 6, panel 3)	anti-mutant robots			245
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (photo/picture/video, pg. 22, panel 1)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans  Illuminati [Attilan]		505
Jean Grey (someone disguised as, pg. 1-4)	Episcopalian	X-Men; X-Factor  The Twelve (mutants)		1,905
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (visual reference, pg. 22, panel 2)		Sinister Six; 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	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Defenders; Avengers; X-Factor; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		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	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
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	HYDRA; Brotherhood of Mutants  Freedom Force; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy [Austria]		127

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