The X-Men (vol. 1) #43 (Apr. 1968):
“The Torch Is Passed...!”
by Roy Thomas, George Tuska, John Tartaglione

The X-Men (vol. 1) #43

Title: “The Torch Is Passed...!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1968

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: George Tuska, John Tartaglione

Number of Pages: 15

27 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
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Misfits...  The 198		310
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants	mutant supremacist	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #4 (Mar. 1964)]		644
Reverend Brown	Christian (denomination unknown) clergy	[presided at funeral of "Charles Xavier" (really Changeling)]		1
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (flashback cameo)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Goliath (Hank Pym) (flashback cameo)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (flashback cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (flashback cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Hercules (flashback cameo)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
The Avengers (flashback cameo)  Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch lament over their departure from the Avengers. They left that team in order to return to Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (mentioned in text & seen in picture)  X-Men and others attend the funeral of Professor Xavier. Extensive references to Xavier. He is also seen in pictures.	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Changeling (Kevin Sydney) (mentioned in text & seen in picture)  X-Men attend the funeral of Charles Xavier (actually Changeling masquerading as Xavier), who died in the previous issue at the hands of Grotesk.		Factor Three; X-Men		23
Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (mentioned)  Hank (Beast) says he wishes more of Xavier's friends could have attended his funeral. Jean reminds him that Banshee was away on a mission and could not be reached.	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) (mentioned)  Hank says wishes more of Xavier's friends had attended his funeral. Jean reminds him that Xavier's friend, FBI agent Fred Duncan, dare not attend, lest people wonder what their connection was.		[government agency]		250
Warren Worthington Jr. (mentioned)  Angel says it's lucky his parents just sent him his monthly allowance, so the X-Men had enough money to book passage on a cargo ship so they could go after Magneto.	Episcopalian	The Hellfire Club [father of Angel (Warren Worthingon III)]		14
Fred Duncan (mentioned)  Hank says wishes more of Xavier's friends had attended his funeral. Jean reminds him that Xavier's friend, FBI agent Fred Duncan, dare not attend, lest people wonder what their connection was.		FBI [kept original X-Men secret from government for years]		16
Kathryn Worthington (mentioned)  Angel says it's lucky his parents just sent him his monthly allowance, so the X-Men had enough money to book passage on a cargo ship so they could go after Magneto.	Episcopalian	The Hellfire Club [mother of Angel (founding X-Man)]		14
Grotesk (Gor-Tok) (mentioned)  Prof. X (taped message): "And now, I've no time left... for I have just learned the location of the sinister Sub-Human known as Grotesk, and must try to stop him before he destroys the entire planet! If I fail... or if I should perish in my attempt... this brief film will say what I myself could not! And now, farewell, my X-Men!" X-Men attend the funeral of Charles Xavier (actually Changeling), who died in the previous issue at the hands of Grotesk.	Gortokian religion	Gortokian		18

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