The X-Men (vol. 1) #12 (July 1965):
“The Origin of Professor X!”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, Vince Colletta

The X-Men (vol. 1) #12

Title: “The Origin of Professor X!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1965

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, Vince Colletta

19 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.
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (lead character)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
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
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
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
Juggernaut (Cain Marko)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Brotherhood of Mutants; Excalibur...  Exemplars; The Exiles; X-Men		387
U.S. Army (details)  As young adults, Cain Marko and Charles Xavier enlisted in the U.S. military and fought in the Korean War.		[military unit]		1,801
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Kurt Marko (flashback)		[Juggernaut's father; Charles Xavier's step-father]		17
Cerebro	N.A.	[Xavier's mutant-finding machine, given sentience by Bastion]		9
Sharon Xavier Marko (flashback)		[Charles Xavier's mother]		64
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
unnamed clergyman	Christian (denomination unknown)	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #12 (July 1965)]		1
unnamed X-Mansion staff (flashback)		[butler; maid...]		1
Alamogordo		[nuclear testing facility]		2
Cyttorak (statue)  temple molded in image of Cyttorak	deity	[source of Juggernaut's power]		9
Cyttorak Guardians (behind the scenes)  The Temple of Cyttorak is seen (Charles Xavier and Cain Marko go there), but it is abandoned when they are there. No actual worshippers are seen.; flashback	Cyttorak worshippers	[guardian]		2
Brian Xavier (mentioned)  Charles Xavier tells X-Men many details of his past, including about his father Brian, who died in nuclear bomb test. Flashback to Brian's funeral.		[Charles Xavier's father]		3

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for The X-Men #12 (July 1965) created 25 September 2012. Last modified 14 April 2014.

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