The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #122 (June 1979):
“Cry for the Children!”
by John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Terry Austin

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #122

Title: “Cry for the Children!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 1979

Publisher:
Written by: John Byrne, Chris Claremont
Art by: John Byrne, Terry Austin

56 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
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
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
Power Man (Luke Cage)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Colleen Wing	Bushido	Asian; Heroes for Hire...  Nightwing Restorations		137
Phoenix	cosmic entity	The Hellfire Club; X-Men		129
Bluey (pg. 11-15)		[teen heroin addict; had blue hair]		1
Carter (details, pg. 11-15)  Seen but not yet named. Identified by name many years later during "Operation: Zero Tolerance" storyline.		[heroin addict; reformed and worked at hospital]		2
Phoenix (Jean Grey) (9-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Johnnie (8-panel cameo, pg. 11-13)		[teen heroin addict]		1
Frankie (8-panel cameo, pg. 11-15)		black [teen heroin addict]		1
Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde) (5-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)  Mastermind appears in this issue for the first time in the guise of a handsome European named "Jason Wyngarde," a name later revealed to be his real name.	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Secret Empire		140
Shi'ar (5-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 2-6)	Shi'ar religion	[alien race]		106
Moira MacTaggert (4-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)		[Charles Xavier's colleague, girlfriend]		243
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (3-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 4-6)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Havok (Alex Summers) (3-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox) (3-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)	Episcopalian; Buddhist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Fallen Angels...  X-Corporation; X-Corps; X-Factor		257
Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (3-panel cameo, pg. 16, panels 2-4)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Brotherhood of Mutants; Excalibur...  Exemplars; The Exiles; X-Men		387
Polaris (Lorna Dane) (3-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
Misty Knight (3-panel cameo, pg. 14-15)		black; Heroes for Hire...  Metro College; Nightwing Restorations; NYPD		192
Black Tom Cassidy (Thomas Cassidy) (3-panel cameo, pg. 16, panels 2-4)	Catholic (lapsed)	Brotherhood of Mutants		74
Lilandra Neramani (3-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 4-6)	Shi'ar religion	Starjammers [Majestrix (empress) of the Shi'ar Emperium]		170
Arcade (2-panel cameo, pg. 16-17)	murder as sport	[1st app: Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #65 (Jan. 1978)]		68
Mr. Stuart (2-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 5-6)		[sailor]		2
Edward (2-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 5-6)		[sailor]		2
Mariko Yashida (1-panel cameo, pg. 9, panel 6)	Shinto	Asian [Wolverine's late fiancee]		31
Maelen (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 4)	Shi'ar religion	Shi'ar		2
Miss Locke (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 2)		Asian [Arcade's right-hand woman]		95
Demon (Gene Simmons) (photo/picture/video, pg. 11, panel 4)  Seen on KISS poster in drug den. Other KISS members are NOT pictured on poster.	Jewish	KISS		261
The Flash (Barry Allen) (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 1)  A "Flash" comic (identifiable by logo on cover) can be seen in a comic book rack in a soda shop where Cyclops and Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda. The first letter ("F") is covered up.	Christian (denomination unknown)	Super Friends; The Justice League		1,826
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, 11, panel 0)  Pg. 9: Hulk magazine, Hulk comic can be seen in a magazine rack and comic book rack in soda shop where Cyclops, Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda.; Pg. 11: Hulk comic on floor in drug den.	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 1)  An "Iron Man" comic (identifiable by the logo on the cover) can be seen in a comic book rack in a soda shop where Cyclops and Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda.	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 1)  A "Ms. Marvel" comic (identifiable by the logo on the cover) can be seen in a comic book rack in a soda shop where Cyclops and Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda.	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 1)  A "Spider-Woman" comic (identifiable by the logo on the cover) can be seen in a comic book rack in a soda shop where Cyclops and Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda.	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		353
Shang-Chi (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 1)  A "Master of Kung Fu" comic (identifiable by the logo on the cover) can be seen in a comic book rack in a soda shop where Cyclops and Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda.	Taoist monk	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; MI-6; Secret Avengers; The Avengers		313
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 1)  A "Captain Marvel" comic (identifiable by the logo on the cover) can be seen in a comic book rack in a soda shop where Cyclops and Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda.	Kree religion	Kree [former captain of Kree star fleet]		142
Howard the Duck (Howard T. Duck) (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 1)  A "Howard the Duck" comic (identifiable by the logo on the cover) can be seen in a comic book rack in a soda shop where Cyclops and Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda.	Catholic (raised)	Daydreamers; Duckworlder...  duck; The Defenders		105
Tarzan (John Clayton) (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 1)  A "Tarzan" comic (identifiable by the logo on the cover) can be seen in a comic book rack in a soda shop where Cyclops and Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda.		[1st app: All-Story Magazine (1912)]	, etc.	1,406
Dracula (Vlad Tepes) (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 1)  A "Dracula" comic (identifiable by the logo on the cover) can be seen in a comic book rack in a soda shop where Cyclops and Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda.	Romanian Orthodox; Catholic convert; vampire lord	[ 1st app: (Marvel, mentioned) Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #30 (Sep. 1964): "The Dreaded Diablo!"; (seen) The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 1972): "Dracula" ]		1,363
The Avengers (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 1)  An "Avengers" comic (identifiable by the logo on the cover) can be seen in a comic book rack in a soda shop where Cyclops and Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda.		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
The Invaders (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 1)  An "Invaders" comic (identifiable by the logo on the cover) can be seen in a comic book rack in a soda shop where Cyclops and Colleen Wing are drinking ice cream soda.		[WWII-era super-team]		281
God (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 3)  Storm (contemplating plight of teen heroin addicts): "Is there nothing we can do?" Luke Cage: "We're super-heros, Ororo, not God. We can save humanity from Doc Doom or Galactus-- but not from itself."	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Wolverine (speaking to Cyclops about Colossus): "He's been frettin' ever sine we tussled with Magneto*-- worryin' about not pullin' his own weight." editorial footnote: "*X-Men #112 and 113 --Rog"	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 3)  Storm (contemplating plight of teen heroin addicts): "Is there nothing we can do?" Luke Cage: "We're super-heros, Ororo, not God. We can save humanity from Doc Doom or Galactus-- but not from itself."	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Galactus (Galan) (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 3)  Storm (contemplating plight of teen heroin addicts): "Is there nothing we can do?" Luke Cage: "We're super-heros, Ororo, not God. We can save humanity from Doc Doom or Galactus-- but not from itself."	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
The Hellfire Club (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3)  Mastermind (thinking): "Ah, yes! She's attracted to me-- and why not, when in so many ways, I'm the man of her dreams. Soon she will love me. And then she will belong-- mind and body and soul-- to the Hellfire Club."		[1st app: The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #129 (Jan. 1980)]		191
The Living Monolith (Ahmet Abdol) (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 6)  Cyclops (to Colleen Wing): "I'll be ready in a minute. I'm looking forward to taking the day off -- especialy after that crazy fight with the Living Monolith.*" editorial footnote: "*In Power Man/Iron Fist #57. Now on sale --Rog."	Egyptian classical religion: Cult of the Living Monolith (leader)	Children of the Sun (leader); The Twelve		46
King Tut (Tutankhamum) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Cyclops: "Colleen, Am I... stuffy?" Colleen Wing: "Like King Tut's tomb, Sport."	Egyptian classical religion	[Akhenaten's son; murdered by Horemheb]		20
David Munroe (mentioned, pg. 10-11)  Storm (thinking): "In my father's tales, this [Harlem] was a magical place... the neighborhood was full of music--jazz, Papa said, played hot and loud... Yes, I was born here... This is where my father met my mother. Where they fell in love. Where they were happy. Had they stayed, they might have lived." Storm visits the apartment her parents lived in when she was born in New York City.	Muslim	[Storm's father]		17
N'Dare Munroe (mentioned, pg. 10-11)  Storm (thinking): "In my father's tales, this [Harlem] was a magical place... Yes, I was born here... This is where my father met my mother. Where they fell in love. Where they were happy. Had they stayed, they might have lived." Storm visits the apartment her parents lived in when she was born in New York City.	African primal-indigenous religion (priestess)	[Storm's mother]		17
Angus MacWhirter (mentioned, pg. 7, panels 5-6)  Mr. Stuart (yelling into Angus' shop): "Angus! Angus MacWhirter!" Mr. Stuart (to Edward): "Och, we're wastin' our time, Edward. MacWhirter is na' here he's na' been seen in these parts since Christmas Day." Edward: "D'ye think anything's happened to him, Mr. Stu'rt?" Mr. Stuart: "I dunno, lad. But we'd best notify the police--just in case."		[sailed boat at Muir Isle; killed by Proteus]		17
Dr. Joyce Brothers (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 2)  Wolverine: "I did pretty good with Petey, if I do say so myself. Ya think I'll ever replace Dr. Joyce Brothers?" Cyclops: "Could be. But first you're going to replace 'Mr. Fix-It.' I want the press cycled into the repair shop, and the main control panel rewired."	Jewish	[columnist; psychologist]		135
Mr. Fix-It (Peter Whittall) (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 2)  Wolverine: "I did pretty good with Petey, if I do say so myself. Ya think I'll ever replace Dr. Joyce Brothers?" Cyclops: "Could be. But first you're going to replace 'Mr. Fix-It.' I want the press cycled into the repair shop, and the main control panel rewired."		[repairman; TV performer]	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	500

Many names can be seen in the form of graffiti and other scrawled writing walls in the Harlem neighborhood Storm visits (pages 10-15), particularly in the drug den which was the apartment she lived in as an infant. Many of these names are names of Marvel writers, artists, editors, etc., particularly those who have worked on the X-Men series. These names (in the form seen in the graffiti) include: Kinky Klaus Janson '78, Piggy, Lupe, BB, Jan, Frank, Chris '76, Grogie, Cheap Charlie, Bonnie, Mark Gruenwald, Mary Jo Duffy, Salicrup, Jim Shooter, Bobby Wiacek, Creem Corn, Shogun, High Society, Crazy Leg, Orz, Susan, Byrne, Bill, Austin, Scag City, Marv Wolfman, Lamont Johnson, Len + Glynis, Dick, M. Zeck, 60 Grand, Milgrom, Crapola Fred, Long Sam, Leialoha, Jive turkey, Piglet, Bad Bad ?, Phil '68, Dick, B. Mantlo, Randy, Marty, Ed + Rita, Dickie McKenzie, Roger, Higgins, Kimak, Lola, Wood Tank, Capotts, Franz Listz Fan Club, Schnoppsey, Marshall, Grand Central, Steve + Terry E., Funky Archie Goodwin, Johnny B, Rathole Joe, Abel, Frank, The Sharks, The Colletta Mob, Layton '73, Ed Mantels, Marty Klug, Dave + Paty, Hanigan, Whizzard.

Interestingly enough, artist John Byrne made a concerted effort to keep track of where the graffiti was. The scene in which Storm confronts heroin addicts in her old apartment takes place in an enclosed space over many pages. Often the same walls were glimpsed in multiple panels, and the same graffiti can be seen in the same position, seen from different angles, in more than one panel.

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