One-Shot Parody Issue #1 (1986):
“Xmen (pronounced Zhmen -- 1 syllable)”
by Bradd Milke, Charles Truog

22 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) (details)  "Highbeam" is a parody of Cyclops.	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Jean Grey (details)  "Jean Black" is a parody of Jean Grey.	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (details)  "Professor Xavier Angst" is a parody of Professor Charles Xavier.	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (details)  "Mad Maxine, the Human Wolverine" is a parody of Wolverine (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) (details)  "Storm Cloud" is a parody of 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) (details)  "Earthworm" is a parody of Nightcrawler.	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (details)  "Humungus" is a parody of Colossus.	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Kitty Pryde (details)  "Signourney" is a parody of Kitty Pryde.	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (details)  "Hag-Neet-O" is a parody of Magneto.	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Madelyne Pryor (details)  "Mandolyne" is a parody of Madelyne Pryor.		Berzerkers; The Hellfire Club		173
Dark Phoenix (details)  "Black Jean" is a parody of Dark Phoenix.	cosmic entity	The Hellfire Club; X-Men		129
The Watcher (Uatu) (details)  "Looker" is a parody of Uatu, The Watcher.	monotheist / Watcher religion, focusing on non-interference and observation	The Watchers		582
The Hellfire Club (details)  "Brimstone Club" is a parody of the Hellfire Club.		[1st app: The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #129 (Jan. 1980)]		191
Shi'ar (details)  "Shoot'her (and ask questions later)" is a parody of the Shi'ar.	Shi'ar religion	[alien race]		106
Morlocks (details)  "Defective Infected" is a parody of the Morlocks.		[mutants living in tunnels under NYC]		415
X-Men (details)  The Xmen (pronounced Zhmen -- 1 syllable)		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
The New Mutants (details)  "The New Pupils" are a parody of the New Mutants.		[1st app: Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (1982)]		1,022
Bones (Dr. Leonard McCoy) (cameo)		Starfleet; The Enterprise	, etc.	362
The Skipper (Jonas Grumby) (cameo)		U.S. Navy [owner of sailing ship S.S. Minnow]		119
Jessica Fletcher (cameo)		[teacher turned famed mystery writer; solves real murders]		270
Lilandra Neramani (character based on)  "Prince Jimiandrix" is a parody of both Jim Shooter and Lilandra Neramani.	Shi'ar religion	Starjammers [Majestrix (empress) of the Shi'ar Emperium]		170
Jim Shooter (character based on)  "Prince Jimiandrix" is a parody of both Jim Shooter and Lilandra Neramani.		[comic book writer; editor]		2

This publication is also known as: XMen: One-Shot Parody Issue #1 or XMen #1.

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