The X-Men (vol. 1) #48 (Sep. 1968):
“Beware Computo Commander of the Robot Hive!”
by Arnold Drake, Don Heck, Werner Roth, John Verpoorten

The X-Men (vol. 1) #48

Title: “Beware Computo Commander of the Robot Hive!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1968

Publisher:
Written by: Arnold Drake
Art by: Don Heck, Werner Roth, John Verpoorten

Number of Pages: 15

28 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) (lead character)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (lead character)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Computo	N.A.	Cybertrons		2
Quasimodo (Quasi-Motivational Destruct Organism)	N.A.	[former computer]		9
X-Men (details)  At the time this story takes place, the X-Men have been officially disbanded by the X-Men. X-Men members Cyclops and Marvel Girl, having gone off on their own (or as a pair, really), are featured.		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Cybertrons	N.A.	[military unit; warrior]		1
Cybertron 19-B	N.A.	Cybertrons		1
Cybertron 78	N.A.	Cybertrons		1
Cybertron 114	N.A.	Cybertrons		1
Carlo		[photographer]		1
Candy		[business owner]		1
Mr. Dane		[business owner]		1
Candy's Studio		[as a model, Jean Grey did photo shoot there]		1
models		[occupation]		1
unnamed radio engineer		[worked briefly with radio personality Scott Summers]		1
movers (details)  Movers in a moving truck were bringing a powerful new radio transmitter to radio station Scott Summers was working at it. They were confronted by Cybertron robots intent on stealing the transmitter.		[occupation]		1
Apex Sand and Gravel Co., Inc.		[company]		1
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (mentioned)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (mentioned)	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) (mentioned)	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) (mentioned)  Jean Grey thinks back about Prof. Xavier's recent death. Later, Cyclops asks Jean if she can use the new mental powers Prof. Xavier helped her develop to track somebody by their mental pattern.	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
United States Marine Corps (mentioned)  Scott Summers, seeing the much-older photo studio co-owner hit on Scott's girlfriend Jean, says he knew she'd need help, but didn't think she'd need the whole U.S. Marines.		[military unit]		323
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) (mentioned)  The X-Men have been disbanded, following orders from Agent Fred Duncan of the FBI.		[government agency]		250
Elaine Grey (mentioned)  Jean Grey thinks about how, now that the X-Men have disbanded, her new career as a model is mainly an excuse to her folks to continue remaining away from home. So now, she has lot two families.	Episcopalian	[mother of Jean Grey (Phoenix)]		29
John Grey (mentioned)  Jean Grey thinks about how, now that the X-Men have disbanded, her new career as a model is mainly an excuse to her folks to continue remaining away from home. So now, she has lot two families.	Episcopalian	[Jean Grey's father]		44
rabbits (mentioned)  When Scott strongly tells the older photo studio owner who was hitting on Scott's girlfriend Jean Grey to back off, a model watching says it's like loading a plane with H-bombs to go rabbit hunting.	N.A.	[animal species]		100
Lee Marvin (mentioned)  When Scott strongly tells the older photo studio owner who was hitting on Scott's girlfriend Jean to back off, a model asks what's a "Lee Marvin" type like him doing lowering the boom on Mr. Dane?		[actor]		66
The Chocolate Covered Ashcan (mentioned)  Jean Grey (to Scott Summers): "And you get your hands on the very latest pop recording, like this new group--the Chocolate Covered Ashcan."		[new pop group; Jean Grey looked at their new LP]		1

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