The X-Men (vol. 1) #23 (Aug. 1966):
“To Save a City!”
by Roy Thomas, Werner Roth, Dick Ayers

The X-Men (vol. 1) #23

Title: “To Save a City!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1966

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Werner Roth, Dick Ayers

Number of Pages: 20

35 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
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Plantman (Samuel Smithers)		Chain Gang; Crime Wave...  The Thunderbolts		86
Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton)		Crime Wave; Hood's Army...  Initiative; Thunderbolts Army		43
Count Nefaria (Luchino Nefaria)		Ani-Men (leader); Lethal Legion (leader)...  Maggia (leader)		61
U.S. Army		[military unit]		1,801
Unicorn (Milos Masaryk)	Communist Party member	[super soldier]		50
Porcupine (Alex Gentry)		Batroc's Brigade; Crime Wave...  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Maggia		36
security guards (details)  Guards at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. confront the X-Men.		[generic listing]	New Universe	13
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
The Eel (Leopold Stryke)		Crime Wave; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Fellowship of Fear; Serpent Squad		30
Lt. General Fredricks (details)  Unnamed here. Confirmed by The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men.		U.S. Army		8
Colonel Hendershoot (details)  Unnamed here. Confirmed by The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men.		U.S. Army [right-hand man to Lt. General Fredericks]		5
Maggia		[major organized crime org., like Mafia]		128
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
United States Capitol Police		[police department]	, etc.	1
United States Congress		[House of Representatives and Senate]	N.A.	1
politicians		[occupation]		1
Eddie (cameo)		[tried to capture "X-Men"; shocked when they vanished]		1
Charlie (cameo)		[tried to capture "X-Men"; shocked when they vanished]		1
Bill (cameo)		U.S. Army [confronted X-Men (who were being manipulated by Nefaria)]		1
Charlie (cameo)		U.S. Army [confronted X-Men (who were being manipulated by Nefaria)]		1
unnamed firefighter (cameo)		[tries to use ax on Nefaria's dome shield surrounding D.C.]		1
unnamed construction worker (cameo)		[tries to use pneumatic drill on Nefaria's dome around D.C.]		1
DCFD (cameo)  DCFD is not identified by name, but the firefighter who attempts to use his ax to breach Nefaria's dome around Washington, D.C. is presumably a DCFD firefighter.		[firefighter; paramedic]		1
Anthony Hope (behind the scenes)  Cyclops observes that the X-Men's situation is "a prisoner of Zenda," referring to the plot of the Anthony Hope's novel "The Prisoner of Zenda."		[wrote "The Prisoner of Zenda"]
Sentinels (mentioned)  The X-Men tell a guard they have come about the shield surrounding Washington, D.C. The guard saw them battle the Sentinels, so he thinks that if anybody can do something about the shield, it's them.	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245
Elaine Grey (mentioned)  At the very end of this issue, Jean Grey receives a letter from her parents, telling her that they are going to withdraw her from Xavier's school.	Episcopalian	[mother of Jean Grey (Phoenix)]		29
John Grey (mentioned)  At the very end of this issue, Jean Grey receives a letter from her parents, telling her that they are going to withdraw her from Xavier's school.	Episcopalian	[Jean Grey's father]		44
Lyndon B. Johnson (mentioned)	Disciples of Christ	[U.S. President]		211
The Prisoner of Zenda (King Rudolf) (mentioned)  Cyclops observes that the X-Men's situation is "a prisoner of Zenda," referring to the plot of the Anthony Hope's novel "The Prisoner of Zenda."		[king; prisoner]	J. W. Arrowsmith	16

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