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The X-Men (vol. 1) #44 (May 1968):
“The Iceman Cometh!”
by Gary Friedrich, George Tuska, John Verpoorten

The X-Men (vol. 1) #44

Title: “The Iceman Cometh!”

Feature: The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1968

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Gary Friedrich
Art by: George Tuska, John Verpoorten

Number of Pages: 5


11 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.
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier) hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
Madeline Drake Madeline Drake supporting character
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[mother of Iceman] Marvel 13
William Drake William Drake supporting character
CBR Scale: I Catholic
[father of Iceman] Marvel 16
Judy Harmon Judy Harmon supporting character
  [dated Bobby Drake (Iceman)] Marvel 1
X-Men X-Men hero group
  [1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)] Marvel 9,958
Rocky Rhodes Rocky Beasely villain
CBR Scale: U Satanism?
Satan's Saints (leader)
[his gang attacked X-Men after Zelda refused him a date]
Marvel 3
"Bug-Eye" villain
  [high school student] Marvel 1
unnamed bully villain
  [high school student] Marvel 1
unnamed county sheriff
(mentioned) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: S religious/ethical
[confronted young Iceman, Cyclops escaping from his jail] Marvel 2