Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 (July 2008):
“Gone”
by Joss Whedon, John Cassaday

Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1

Title: “Gone”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2008

Publisher:
Written by: Joss Whedon
Art by: John Cassaday

37 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
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	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
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Generation X (teacher); The Cabal; The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle; X-Men		3,409
Armor (Hisako Ichiki)		Asian; X-Men...  Xavier Institute		132
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	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
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Lockheed	alien dragon	Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
Sentry (Bob Reynolds)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Dust (Sooraya Qadir)	Sunni Muslim	Arab; Brotherhood of Mutants...  New X-Men; X-Men; Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; Xavier Institute: Special Class; Young X-Men		102
Anole (Victor Borkowski)	LGBT	Alpha Squadron; Young X-Men		60
Pixie (Megan Gwynn)		X-Men; Xavier Institute: Paragons squad		50
Danger	N.A.	X-Club; X-Men [X-Men's Danger Room, gained self-awareness]		68
Gentle (Nezhno Abidemi)	African primal-indigenous religion: Wakandan Black Panther Cult	black; Xavier Institute [member of Storm's squad]		42
Warpath (James Proudstar)	Native American spirituality (Apache)	Apache; Hellions...  Native American; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Force; X-Men		340
Abigail Brand		S.H.I.E.L.D.; S.W.O.R.D. (leader) [alien-human hybrid]		69
S.W.O.R.D.		S.H.I.E.L.D.		58
Ord	Breakworld religion	[tries to stop prophesied destruction of his world by mutant]		30
Aghanne	radical pacifist; Breakworld religion (heterodox)	[tried to force Colossus to destroy her planet]		5
Wild Sentinels	anti-mutant robots	[result of program for evolving, self sustaining Sentinels]		15
Sydren	alien	S.W.O.R.D.		22
Kruun	Breakworld religion	[sent Retaliator to destroy Earth]		8
The Wild Sentinel	anti-mutant robot	[1st app: New X-Men (vol. 1) #115 (Aug. 2001)]		12
Dafi	Breakworld religion	[1st app: Astonishing X-Men (vol. 3) #19 (Feb. 2006)]		4

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