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Religion and Characters in
X-Men (vol. 2) #202 (Oct. 2007):
“Blinded by the Light, Part 3”
by Mike Carey, Humberto Ramos, Carlos Cuevas

X-Men (vol. 2) #202

Title: “Blinded by the Light, Part 3”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Oct 2007

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Mike Carey

Art by: Humberto Ramos, Carlos Cuevas


47 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 Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: S Protestant; mutant supremacist
X-Men; X-Factor  Marvel 2,604
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 5,233
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Marvel 1,752
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes
atheist; has practiced
Buddhism; skeptical seeker
First Flight; Weapon Plus 
[Canada]
Marvel 8,823
Colossus Colossus (Peter Rasputin) hero
CBR Scale: I Communist atheist (former)
X-Men; Acolytes 
[Russia; USSR]
Marvel 4,122
Kitty Pryde Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
X-Men; Excalibur  Marvel 3,128
Rogue Rogue (Anna Marie) hero
CBR Scale: S Southern Baptist
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Marvel 3,526
Cannonball Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) hero
CBR Scale: S Baptist
New Mutants; X-Force  Marvel 831
White Queen White Queen (Emma Frost) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian (nominal); mutant
supremacist
Council of the Chosen; Hellfire Club Inner Circle  Marvel 3,409
Gambit Gambit (Remy LeBeau) hero
CBR Scale: S Cajun Catholic
X-Men; X-Ternals  Marvel 954
Armor Armor (Hisako Ichiki) hero
  Xavier Institute; X-Men Marvel 132
Prodigy Prodigy (David Alleyne) hero
  Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad Marvel 106
Elixir Elixir (Josh Foley) hero
CBR Scale: S anti-mutant (former)
Reavers; Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad 
[discovered powers while trying to join anti-mutant Reavers]
Marvel 118
Surge Surge (Nori Ashida) hero
  Xavier Institute: New Mutants squad; New X-Men
[Japan]
Marvel 151
Dust Dust (Sooraya Qadir) hero
CBR Scale: M Sunni Muslim
Xavier Institute: Special Class; Xavier Institute: Hellions squad  Marvel 102
Rockslide Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; New X-Men  Marvel 82
Hellion Hellion (Julian Keller) hero
  Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; New X-Men Marvel 44
Mercury Mercury (Cessily Kincaid) hero
  Xavier Institute: Hellions squad; New X-Men Marvel 121
X-23 X-23 (Laura Kinney) hero
CBR Scale: I religiously untrained
New X-Men; League of Losers  Marvel 190
Anole Anole (Victor Borkowski) hero
CBR Scale: M LGBT
Xavier Institute: Alpha squad; Young X-Men Marvel 60
Blindfold Blindfold (Ruth Aldine) hero
  Xavier Institute; Young X-Men Marvel 66
Mystique Mystique (Raven Darkholme) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; manifestly
non-religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force  Marvel 451
Sentinels Sentinels villain
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robots
  Marvel 245
Pixie Pixie (Megan Gwynn) hero
  Xavier Institute: Paragons squad; X-Men Marvel 50
Random Random (Marshall Evan Stone III) villain hero
CBR Scale: U mutant supremacist
X-Factor (ally); Acolytes  Marvel 56
Lady Mastermind Lady Mastermind (Regan Wyngarde) villain hero
  Hellfire Club; X-Men  Marvel 43
Mister Sinister Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex) villain scientist
CBR Scale: M Social Darwinist
Marauders; Nasty Boys 
[England]
Marvel 255
Vertigo Vertigo villain
  Savage Land Mutates; Marauders 
[Savage Land]
Marvel 82
Scalphunter Scalphunter (John Greycrow) villain
CBR Scale: I Native American
Marauders; 198 Marvel 106
Arclight Arclight (Philippa Sontag) villain
  Marauders; 198 
[Mexico]
Marvel 82
Blockbuster Blockbuster (Michael Baer) villain
  Marauders Marvel 24
Prism Prism (Robbie) villain
  Marauders Marvel 33
Riptide Riptide (Janos Quested) villain
  Marauders Marvel 41
Exodus Exodus (Bennet du Paris) villain
CBR Scale: S Catholic (lapsed); mutant
supremacist worshipper of
Magneto
Acolytes; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 102
Tempo Tempo (Heather Tucker) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Mutant Liberation Front; Acolytes  Marvel 43
Unuscione Unuscione (Carmella Unuscione) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist worshipper
of Magneto
Acolytes; Marauders
[daughter of Unus]
Marvel 46
Sunfire Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Shinto
X-Men; Big Hero 6 
[Japan]
Marvel 259
Frenzy Frenzy (Joanna Cargill) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist worshipper
of Magneto
Alliance of Evil; Acolytes  Marvel 44
Sentinel Squad O.N.E. Sentinel Squad O.N.E. supporting character
 indeterminate  Sentinel Squad O.N.E.
[reference to generic, unnamed O.N.E. Sentinels]
Marvel 52
Joni Dhama hero
  Sentinel Squad O.N.E. Marvel 9
Dark Mother (Fiona Knoblach) villain
CBR Scale: D Dark Sisterhood
(pseudo-anarchists)
Dark Sisterhood Marvel 7
War Machine War Machine (Jim Rhodes)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
U.S. Air Force; U.S. Marines  Marvel 389
Bishop Bishop (Lucas Bishop)
(cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S X-Men veneration (lapsed)
Xavier's Security Enforcers; X-Men  Marvel 548
Gateway Gateway
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Australian Aboriginal religion
Reavers (ally); X-Men Marvel 74
Vargas Vargas (Nigel Bennington)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S religious
[Spain. attacked X-Men due to Libris Veratis prophecy] Marvel 19
Dark Sisterhood Dark Sisterhood
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: D Dark Sisterhood
Dark Sisterhood Marvel 11
Destiny Destiny (Irene Adler)
(mentioned)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
HYDRA; Brotherhood of Mutants 
[Austria]
Marvel 127