X-Men: Black Sun #1 (Nov. 2000):
“First Spell: Skin the Cat!”
by Chris Claremont, Tom Derenick, Sean Parsons

X-Men: Black Sun #1

Title: “First Spell: Skin the Cat!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 2000

Publisher:
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Tom Derenick, Sean Parsons

13 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.
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
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Banshee (Sean Cassidy)	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)	Shinto	Asian; Big Hero 6...  C-Corps; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Pacific Overlords; The Marauders; The Twelve; X-Corporation; X-Men		259
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Magik (Amanda Sefton)	Gypsy/Roma; sorceress	Excalibur; X-Men		117
demons	demon	[generic unnamed demons]		2,000
Belasco	sorcerer; worshipped Elder Gods; degenerated into demon	[kidnapped Illyana Rasputin to Limbo]		36
Ru'Tai	alien demons	[alien race]		6
N'Garai	demons	[alien race]		17
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (only on cover)	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
Thunderbird (John Proudstar) (only on cover)	Native American spirituality (Apache)	Apache; Native American...  X-Men		40

This publication is also known as: Black Sun: X-Men #1. The words "The New X-Men" appear prominently on the cover at the bottom, but the title and issue number on the cover are clearly X-Men: Black Sun #1.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for X-Men: Black Sun #1 (Nov. 2000) created 24 November 2010. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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