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Religion and Characters in
X-Men (vol. 2) #86 (Mar. 1999):
“Thanks for the Memories”
by Alan Davis, Fabian Nicieza, Mark Farmer

X-Men (vol. 2) #86

Title: “Thanks for the Memories”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Mar 1999

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Alan Davis, Fabian Nicieza

Art by: Alan Davis, Mark Farmer


41 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.
Joseph Joseph
(lead character)
hero
  X-Men; Acolytes Marvel 57
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier) hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 4,318
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
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe) hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
X-Men; Morlocks  Marvel 5,068
Nightcrawler Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)
X-Men; Excalibur 
[Germany]
Marvel 3,788
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
Gambit Gambit (Remy LeBeau) hero
CBR Scale: S Cajun Catholic
X-Men; X-Ternals  Marvel 954
Marrow Marrow (Sarah Rushman) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist; religious
Morlocks; Gene Nation  Marvel 101
Magneto Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) villain hero scientist
CBR Scale: S Jewish; Gypsy/Roma
Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men 
[Foe of: X-Men (arch-enemy)]
Marvel 916
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. supporting character
  S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel 1,188
Unuscione Unuscione (Carmella Unuscione) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist worshipper
of Magneto
Acolytes; Marauders
[daughter of Unus]
Marvel 46
Frenzy Frenzy (Joanna Cargill) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist worshipper
of Magneto
Alliance of Evil; Acolytes  Marvel 44
Gabrielle Haller Gabrielle Haller supporting character
CBR Scale: M Jewish
[mother of Charles Xavier's son David] Marvel 36
Katu (Katu Kath) villain
CBR Scale: D Inuit; mutant supremacist
worshipper of Magneto
Acolytes Marvel 14
Mellencamp (Seamus Mellencamp) villain
CBR Scale: D mutant supremacist worshipper
of Magneto
Acolytes Marvel 13
Neophyte (Simon Hall) villain
CBR Scale: M mutant supremacist worshipper
of Magneto
Acolytes
[Germany]
Marvel 14
Scanner Scanner (Sarah Ryall) villain
CBR Scale: M mutant supremacist worshipper
of Magneto
Acolytes Marvel 45
Kamal (Kamal el Alaqui) villain
CBR Scale: M mutant supremacist worshipper
of Magneto
Acolytes Marvel 15
Static Static (Gianna Carina Esperanza) villain
CBR Scale: M mutant supremacist worshipper
of Magneto
Acolytes Marvel 3
Vindaloo (Venkat Katregadda) villain
CBR Scale: M mutant supremacist worshipper
of Magneto
Acolytes Marvel 6
Astra (Beth Al-Reraph) villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants Marvel 10
Ferris villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[servant] Marvel 10
Alda Huxley supporting character scientist
  [Genosha. U.N. rep. to Genosha; expert in mutant sociopolitics] Marvel 16
Agent Geller supporting character
  [briefed Dr. Alda Huxley about Magneto situation] Marvel 1
Ambassador Grigorev supporting character
  [United Nations delegate; vocal during Magneto crisis] Marvel 1
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Protestant; mutant supremacist
X-Men; X-Factor  Marvel 2,604
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy)
(cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 5,233
Phoenix Jean Grey
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; X-Factor  Marvel 1,905
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Marvel 1,752
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
X-Men; Defenders  Marvel 1,741
Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half
Jewish; sorceress
Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  Marvel 1,624
Quicksilver Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
(cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: I Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half
Jewish; sometimes mutant
supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers 
[Transia]
Marvel 944
Bishop Bishop (Lucas Bishop)
(cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S X-Men veneration (lapsed)
Xavier's Security Enforcers; X-Men  Marvel 548
Exodus Exodus (Bennet du Paris)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S Catholic (lapsed); mutant
supremacist worshipper of
Magneto
Acolytes; Brotherhood of Mutants  Marvel 102
Toad Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Misfits 
[England]
Marvel 310
Mastermind Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three  Marvel 140
Cecilia Reyes Cecilia Reyes
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: A Seventh-Day Adventist?
X-Men Marvel 44
Maggott Maggott (Japheth)
(cameo)
hero
  X-Men
[South Africa]
Marvel 35
Holocaust Holocaust (Nemesis)
(cameo)
villain
  Horsemen of Apocalypse (Age of Apocalypse); Exiles
[was caretaker of a quarter of Apocalypse's nation]
Marvel 29