The X-Men (vol. 1) #8 (Nov. 1964):
“The Uncanny Threat of... Unus, the Untouchable!”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Chic Stone

The X-Men (vol. 1) #8

Title: “The Uncanny Threat of... Unus, the Untouchable!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1964

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, Chic Stone

Number of Pages: 20

25 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
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
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
Unus the Untouchable (Angelo Unuscione)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three		69
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Secret Empire		140
bank robbers		[occupation]	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises , etc.	1
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Charlie (details)  In this issue, Charlie is part of a gang of bank robbers/thieves who confront Unus the Untouchable.		[criminal; thief]		4
Cerebro	N.A.	[Xavier's mutant-finding machine, given sentience by Bastion]		9
Maxie Shiffman		[Spider-Man's former agent]		13
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Tommy		[rescued from water tower by Beast; Jack Hazzard's nephew]		2
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants	mutant supremacist	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #4 (Mar. 1964)]		644
humans (details)  For the first time ever in the X-Men series, a group of humans attack mutants (Hank and Bobby) for being mutants. Hank decides to quit the X-Men due to the hatred humans have toward mutants.		[race/ethnicity]
Tommy's father (cameo)		[his son was rescued by Beast from top of water tower]		1
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (mentioned)  Unus asks Mastermind if he can join the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Unus says due to recent failures of Namor and Blob, Unus must first prove his loyalty before receiving membership.	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards) (mentioned)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned)  Many references to Magneto (Unus tries to join Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and Mastermind follows Magneto's orders for testing him before he can join). But Magneto does not actually appear.	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Blob (Fred J. Dukes) (mentioned)  Unus asks Mastermind if he can join the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Unus says due to recent failures of Namor and Blob, Unus must first prove his loyalty before receiving membership.	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Freedom Force; X-Cell; X-Corps		403
Lucifer (mentioned)  Professor Xavier tells Cyclops that he can't help him deal with Beast wanting to quit the X-Men. Then Xavier continues his search for Lucifer, which is the reason he is away.	Quistalian initiate of the Arcana	Quist		9
Zelda Kurtzberg (mentioned)  Hank and Bobby were heading back to Coffee A Go-Go, the shop where they met Zelda, but didn't get there because they rescued a boy and were attaacked by an anti-mutant mob, so they fled home.		[Iceman's former girlfriend]		14
Coffee A Go-Go (mentioned)  Hank and Bobby were heading back to Coffee A Go-Go, the shop where they met Zelda, but didn't get there because they rescued a boy and were attaacked by an anti-mutant mob, so they fled home.		[coffee shop original X-Men hung out at]		10

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