Nightcrawler (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1985):
“How Much is that Boggie in the Window?”
by Dave Cockrum

Nightcrawler (vol. 1) #1

Title: “How Much is that Boggie in the Window?”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1985

Publisher:
Written by: Dave Cockrum
Art by: Dave Cockrum

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.
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (lead character)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Magik (Illyana Rasputin)	occult/magick; demonolatry; raised Communist	The Exiles; The New Mutants		450
Lockheed	alien dragon	Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Shagreen the Sorcerer (Shagreen)	sorcerer; worships Cthuma-Gurath	[humanoid shark]		4
Empty Men	extra-dimensional; worship Cthuma-Gurath	[Shagreen's servants; prepared ritual to sacrifice Sabree]		2
Jinjav Sabree	extra-dimensional	[jinjav (i.e., princess), met and fell for Nightcrawler]		3
Cap'n Long John McGurk	extra-dimensional	Sky Rovers (leader) [pirate, captain of T'ai Javinee]		2
Meg	extra-dimensional	Sky Rovers		1
Sky Rovers		[1st app: Nightcrawler (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1985)]		2
Sharmond	extra-dimensional	[ordered to take princess (Jinjav) away from Nightcrawler]		2
Thorfan	extra-dimensional	[ordered to take princess (Jinjav) away from Nightcrawler]		2
The Royal Barge of Bel Amee Anora		[floating sky-galleon]		2
unnamed ship's captain	extra-dimensional	[ship's captain]		1
T'ai Javinee		[flying pirate ship (sky-galleon)]		2
The Lord Chamberlain of Bel Amee Anora	extra-dimensional	[offered Nightcrawler gold for rescuing princess]		1
unnamed captain of the guard	extra-dimensional	[guard]		1
Errol Flynn (mentioned)  Nightcrawler refers to one of his favorite movie idols, Errol Flynn, who was famous for starring in swashbuckling pirate movies, the likes of which are an obvious inspiration for this comic story.		[actor]		72
Spock (mentioned)  Nightcrawler: "Maybe if I told everybody I fell in a ricepicker when I was a child... No, it didn't work for Spock either." In the episode "The City on the Edge of Forever," Captain Kirk and Spock travel to 20th century Earth, wherein Kirk has to provide a reason as to why Spock has pointed ears.	Vulcan religion	human; Starfleet...  The Enterprise; Vulcan	, etc.	448
Bandersnatch (mentioned)  Captain Long John McGurk's crew repeatedly refers to Lockheed and Nightcrawler as a Boggie and a Frumious Bandersnitch.	N.A.	[animal species]	Macmillan	2
Boggies (mentioned)  Captain Long John McGurk's crew repeatedly refers to Lockheed and Nightcrawler as a Boggie and a Frumious Bandersnitch.	extra-dimensional	[mischievious imps; resemble Nightcrawler]		1

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Nightcrawler #1 (Nov. 1985) created 22 November 2013. Last modified 3 February 2018.

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