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Nightcrawler (vol. 1) #4 (Feb. 1986):
“The Wizard of Oops!”
by Dave Cockrum, Joe Rubinstein

Nightcrawler (vol. 1) #4

Title: “The Wizard of Oops!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1986

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Dave Cockrum
Art by: Dave Cockrum, Joe Rubinstein


24 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 Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
(lead character)
hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)
Excalibur; Neyaphem...  Marvel 4,345
Kitty Pryde Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)
(details) 
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 3,128
Magik Magik (Illyana Rasputin) hero
CBR Scale: S occult/magick; demonolatry; raised Communist
The Exiles; The New Mutants Marvel 450
Lockheed Lockheed
(details) 
hero
CBR Scale: I alien dragon
Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  Marvel 248
Xavier Institute Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters supporting character group
  [high school] Marvel 373
Shagreen the Sorcerer (Shagreen) villain
CBR Scale: M sorcerer; worships Cthuma-Gurath
[humanoid shark] Marvel 4
Dark Bamf villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[collective form of all male bamfs, controlled by Shagreen] Marvel 2
Jinjav Sabree supporting character
CBR Scale: I extra-dimensional
[jinjav (i.e., princess), met and fell for Nightcrawler] Marvel 3
X-Men X-Men hero group
  [1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)] Marvel 9,958
Bamfs supporting character group
CBR Scale: D extra-dimensional
[small blue elf-like beings; resemble Nightcrawler] Marvel 34
Bamf supporting character
CBR Scale: D extra-dimensional
Bamf
[looks like Nightcrawler; only "named" member of Bamf race]
Marvel 12
The Fiend-With-No-Name (Mean) hero
CBR Scale: I extra-dimensional
[alternative dimension version of Wolverine] Marvel 6
Cretacious Sam villain
CBR Scale: D anthropomorphic animal
Tyrannosaurus Rex
[T-rex dressed as a cowboy]
Marvel 1
pterodactyls pterodactyls
(cameo) 
villain group real/historical person
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[animal species] Mannheim 1
Sehv the Oracle
(cameo)
supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: I extra-dimensional oracle
[1st app: Bizarre Adventures #27 (July 1981)] Marvel 2
Hermione
(cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I extra-dimensional
[1st app: Bizarre Adventures #27 (July 1981)] Marvel 2
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(alternative reality version) 
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
Storm Storm (Ororo Munroe)
(alternative reality version) 
hero
CBR Scale: M Goddess worship
black; Lady Liberators...  Marvel 5,068
Colossus Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
(alternative reality version) 
hero
CBR Scale: I Communist atheist (former)
Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Marvel 4,122
Vanisher Vanisher (Telford Porter)
(mentioned) 
villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Factor Three...  Marvel 90
Mister Mxyzptlk Mister Mxyzptlk
(mentioned) 
villain
  Maximums
[Imp from the 5th Dimension]
DC 199
Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred
(mentioned) 
villain
CBR Scale: D Muslim; demonolatry; occult (creator of Necronomicon)
[crimelord] Horace L. Lawson 17
The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz (Oscar Diggs)
(mentioned) 
supporting character
  [con artist; stage magician] George M. Hill Company 123
Boggies
(mentioned) 
supporting character group
CBR Scale: D extra-dimensional
[mischievious imps; resemble Nightcrawler] Marvel 1