The X-Men (vol. 1) #47 (Aug. 1968):
“The Warlock Wears Three Faces!”
by Gary Friedrich, Arnold Drake, Don Heck, Werner Roth, etc.

The X-Men (vol. 1) #47

Title: “The Warlock Wears Three Faces!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1968

Publisher:
Written by: Gary Friedrich, Arnold Drake
Art by: Don Heck, Werner Roth, John Tartaglione

Number of Pages: 15

15 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.
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (lead character)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (lead character)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Maha Yogi (details)  Merlin Demonspawn, who the X-Men battled previously as "The Warlock", appears as stage magician "Maha Yogi." Beast and Iceman recognize he is Warlock, though, and defeat him.	primal-indigenous; Arthurian; occult/sorcerer	[born 10,000 years ago]		37
Vera Cantor		[long-time girlfriend of Hank McCoy (Beast)]		45
Zelda Kurtzberg		[Iceman's former girlfriend]		14
X-Men (details)  The X-Men have been officially disbanded. But X-Men Beast and Iceman star in this issue, and (although not with them) fellow X-Men Cyclops, Marvel Girl and Angel make cameo appearances.		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Coffee A Go-Go		[coffee shop original X-Men hung out at]		10
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (flashback cameo)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (flashback cameo)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (flashback cameo)	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
Bernard the Poet (Bernard) (cameo)	Zen beatnik	[latent mutant, alters perceptions of others]		8
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (mentioned)  As this story opens, Beast and Iceman are depressed about the recent death of Professor Xavier and the even more recent disbanding of the X-Men by order of Agent Duncan of the FBI.	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) (mentioned)  This story opens as the X-Men have been disbanded as a team (at the request of the FBI, at the end of the previous issue). [More references to FBI.]		[government agency]		250
Fred Duncan (mentioned)  As this story opens, Beast and Iceman are depressed about the recent death of Professor Xavier and the even more recent disbanding of the X-Men by order of Agent Duncan of the FBI. [more]		FBI [kept original X-Men secret from government for years]		16
The Copacabana (mentioned)  Beast and Iceman secretly change into their X-Men costumes and battle Warlock. Their dates Zelda and Vera are mad that they were missing, but forgive them when they say they'll take them to the Copa.		[famed nightclub]		1

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