The X-Men (vol. 1) #49 (Oct. 1968):
“Who Dares Defy the Demi-Men?”
by Arnold Drake, Don Heck, Werner Roth, John Tartaglione

The X-Men (vol. 1) #49

Title: “Who Dares Defy the Demi-Men?”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1968

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

Number of Pages: 15

16 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
Lorna Dane	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
Mesmero (Vincent)	mutant supremacist	The Demi-Men; Weapon X [stage hypnotist]		54
Cerebro (details)  Full-size regular Cerebro and a mini-Cerebro unit are featured.	N.A.	[Xavier's mutant-finding machine, given sentience by Bastion]		9
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
The Demi-Men	mutant supremacist/Magneto worship	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #49 (Oct. 1968)]		2
mutants (details)  Various mutants, mostly with latent mutant powers, are gathered to San Francisco by Mesmero. They form the "Demi-Men," who follow Mesmero and essentially worship Magneto and Lorna Dane ("the M-II").		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (cameo)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Magneto (robot) (behind the scenes)  Magneto is referred to extensively in this issue, as Mesmero and his Demi-Men followers follow (and even worship) Magneto. But the "Magneto" they know is actually the Magneto robot.	N.A.	The Demi-Men		5
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (mentioned)  Many references to Professor Xavier, particularly in Angel's recollections of his (supposedly) dead teacher.	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) (mentioned)  Although the X-Men have disbanded a team, following orders from the FBI, Angel nevertheless returns to the X-Mansion.		[government agency]		250
The Avengers (mentioned)  The Avengers are mentiond as the group that Warren (Angel) borrowed a jet from. Warren uses the jet to pick up other X-Men (Scott and Jean), and they fly to San Francisco to confront Mesmero.		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100

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