The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #169 (May 1983):
“Catacombs”
by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith, Bob Wiacek

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #169

Title: “Catacombs”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1983

Publisher:
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Paul Smith, Bob Wiacek

23 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)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
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
Ariel (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
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
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Generation X (teacher); The Cabal; The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle; X-Men		3,409
Lockheed	alien dragon	Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
Caliban		Horsemen of Apocalypse; Morlocks...  The 198; Watchtower; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Terminators		190
Candy Southern		Archer College; The Defenders (leader)		66
Callisto	mutant supremacist	Gene Nation; Genoshan Excalibur...  Morlocks; X-Cell		164
Masque (Jack MacNaughton)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Morlocks		64
Amanda Sefton	Gypsy/Roma; sorceress	Excalibur; X-Men		117
Tessa Hartley		Excalibur; The Council of the Chosen...  The Hellfire Club; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		238
Sunder (Mark Hallett)		Morlocks		55
Black King (Sebastian Shaw)		The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle		122
The Hellfire Club		[1st app: The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #129 (Jan. 1980)]		191
Morlocks		[mutants living in tunnels under NYC]		415
Plague		Horsemen of Apocalypse; Morlocks		13
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (mentioned)  Nightcrawler points out to Colossus that the X-Men are currently understaffed, with Wolverine in Japan and Cyclops in Alaska.	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)  Nightcrawler points out to Colossus that the X-Men are currently understaffed, with Wolverine in Japan and Cyclops in Alaska.	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
Morlocks (mentioned)  The "Morlocks" who first appear in this issue (and go on to become a major part of the X-Men franchise) are named for the Morlocks from H.G. Wells' novel The Time Machine.	Morlock religion	[live underground English countryside of 802,701 AD]	William Heinemann Ltd.	16

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