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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: Marvel
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 Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Phoenix Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Metro College; The Twelve...  Marvel 1,905
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier) hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
Plantman Plantman (Samuel Smithers) villain hero
  Chain Gang; Crime Wave...  Marvel 86
Scarecrow Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton) villain hero
  Crime Wave; Hood's Army...  Marvel 43
Count Nefaria Count Nefaria (Luchino Nefaria) villain
  Ani-Men (leader); Lethal Legion (leader)...  Marvel 61
U.S. Army U.S. Army supporting character group real/historical person
  [military unit] Marvel DC 1,801
Unicorn Unicorn (Milos Masaryk) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Communist Party member
[super soldier] Marvel 50
Porcupine Porcupine (Alex Gentry) villain
  Batroc's Brigade; Crime Wave...  Marvel 36
security guards security guards
(details) 
supporting character group real/historical person
  [generic listing] Marvel New Universe 13
Xavier Institute Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters supporting character group
  [high school] Marvel 373
The Eel The Eel (Leopold Stryke) villain
  Crime Wave; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Marvel 30
Lt. General Fredricks Lt. General Fredricks
(details) 
supporting character
  U.S. Army Marvel 8
Colonel Hendershoot Colonel Hendershoot
(details) 
supporting character
  U.S. Army
[right-hand man to Lt. General Fredericks]
Marvel 5
Maggia Maggia villain group
  [major organized crime org., like Mafia] Marvel 128
X-Men X-Men hero group
  [1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)] Marvel 9,958
United States Capitol Police United States Capitol Police supporting character group real/historical person
  [police department] Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures, etc. 1
United States Congress United States Congress supporting character group real/historical person
  [House of Representatives and Senate] N.A. 1
politicians politicians supporting character group real/historical person
  [occupation] Marvel 1
Eddie Eddie
(cameo)
supporting character
  [tried to capture "X-Men"; shocked when they vanished] Marvel 1
Charlie Charlie
(cameo)
supporting character
  [tried to capture "X-Men"; shocked when they vanished] Marvel 1
Bill
(cameo)
supporting character
  U.S. Army
[confronted X-Men (who were being manipulated by Nefaria)]
Marvel 1
Charlie
(cameo)
supporting character
  U.S. Army
[confronted X-Men (who were being manipulated by Nefaria)]
Marvel 1
unnamed firefighter
(cameo)
supporting character
  [tries to use ax on Nefaria's dome shield surrounding D.C.] Marvel 1
unnamed construction worker
(cameo)
supporting character
  [tries to use pneumatic drill on Nefaria's dome around D.C.] Marvel 1
DCFD DCFD
(cameo) 
supporting character group real/historical person
  [firefighter; paramedic] Marvel 1
Anthony Hope Anthony Hope
(behind the scenes) 
real/historical person
  [wrote "The Prisoner of Zenda"] Marvel
Sentinels Sentinels
(mentioned) 
villain group
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robots
[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)] Marvel 245
Elaine Grey Elaine Grey
(mentioned) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
[mother of Jean Grey (Phoenix)] Marvel 29
John Grey John Grey
(mentioned) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian
[Jean Grey's father] Marvel 44
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson
(mentioned)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Disciples of Christ
[U.S. President] DC 211
The Prisoner of Zenda The Prisoner of Zenda (King Rudolf)
(mentioned) 
supporting character
  [king; prisoner] J. W. Arrowsmith 16