Religion and Characters in
Dark X-Men #3 (Mar. 2010):
“Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Part Three”
by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk, Jay Leisten

21 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.
Iron Patriot (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
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
X-Man (Nate Grey)		X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants		155
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Warhawks (leader); Mighty Avengers  Dark Avengers [Greece. god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Masters of Evil; Femizons  Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers		235
Hawkeye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers [former baseball pitcher]		243
Daken (Daken Akihiro)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
H.A.M.M.E.R.		H.A.M.M.E.R.		207
Venom (Mac Gargan) (7-panel cameo, pg. 4, 6, 20)	manifestly non-religious	Masters of Evil; Sinister Twelve  Spider-Man Revenge League; Thunderbolts; Initiative; Dark Avengers		315
Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (5-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)	angel	Avengers; New Avengers  Mighty Avengers; Dark Avengers		260
Bleaker (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 1)		[brought tea to Dark Beast]		4
Jean Grey (someone disguised as)  Mystique appears half in her regular form and half wearing Jean Grey's face and hair, but only on the cover of this issue.	Episcopalian	X-Men; X-Factor  The Twelve (mutants)		1,905
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3)  X-Man (Nathan Grey, speaking to Sentry): "They called us 'X-Man and the Sentry'. We fought the Brood, Galactus, the rogue Thor-- the Void--"	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 1)  Quote: "Daken. Son of Wolverine."	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
Galactus (Galan) (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3)  X-Man (Nathan Grey, speaking to Sentry): "They called us 'X-Man and the Sentry'. We fought the Brood, Galactus, the rogue Thor-- the Void--"	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
The Brood (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3)  X-Man (Nathan Grey, speaking to Sentry): "They called us 'X-Man and the Sentry'. We fought the Brood, Galactus, the rogue Thor-- the Void--"	alien	[1st app: Uncanny X-Men #155 (Mar. 1982)]		90
Jack Fenner (mentioned, pg. 1)  Quote: "Tasking his X-Men with investigating a series of strange occurrences in which humans were falling into a trance-like state... Osborn sends his team to interrogate one of the victims. Upon coming into contact with him..."		["possessed" by X-Man]		2
H.A.M.M.E.R. Psi-Division (mentioned, pg. 1)  Quote: "In search of a means for tracking Nate, the Dark X-Men visit the psychics at the H.A.M.M.E.R. Psi-Division... just in time to witness Nate siphoning their psychic power, augmenting his own, and using it to learn just what Norman Osborn has done..."	religious	H.A.M.M.E.R. [organized as a religious order]		2

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