X-Men (vol. 1) #73 (Dec. 1971):
“The Power and the Pendant!”
by Roy Thomas, Werner Roth, Dick Ayers

X-Men (vol. 1) #73

Title: “The Power and the Pendant!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1971

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Werner Roth, Dick Ayers

38 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
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
NYPD		[police department]		1,396
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Kukulcan (Quetzalcoatl)	Mayan/Aztec/Olmec/Toltec deity	[god of sun, wind, and wisdom]		10
Charlie		[Johnny Storm's friend]		3
El Tigre (Juan Meroz)	Mayan	[became an avatar of Quetzalcoatl]		5
Ted Roberts		Metro College [Cobalt Man's brother; dated Jean Grey]		9
Cerebro	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
Sam		NYPD [escorted Tony Stark to airport; saw many super-hero events]		5
Metro College		[college/university]		3
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (details)  A major New York City art museum is featured in this issue. Although not identified by name, it is quite possibly the Metropolitan Museum of Art.		[largest art museum in U.S.]		1
Ramon Dantas		Hispanic [uses bolas]		2
Toloc	Mayan	Hispanic [uses sword, blow gun]		2
Abercrombie Orphanage		[caught fire; X-Men saved orphans and faculty]		1
Timmy		Abercrombie Orphanage [saved from fire by X-Men; encounters Spider-Man years later]		3
orphans (details)  Many orphans living in the old Abercrombie Orphanage are rescued by the X-Men when their orphanage is on fire.		[child; occupation]		1
unnamed taxi driver		[drove El Tigre & his men from club to hotel, then to museum]		1
John F. Kennedy International Airport (details)  El Tigre and his two minions arrive in New York by helicopter via Kennedy airport.		[1st app: Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #55 (July 1964)]		10
unnamed cab driver (cameo)		[drove El Tigre & his men to hotel when they arrived in NYC]		1
unnamed security guard (cameo)		[mentally forced by El Tigre to hold Cyclops off at gunpoint]		2
unnamed desk clerk (cameo)		[works in hotel X-Men stayed in while investigating El Tigre]		1
unnamed nightclub owner (cameo)		[owns nightclub on 39th St. El Tigre caused riot at]		1
unnamed taxi passenger (cameo)		[El Tigre mentally caused him feel hot, give up his cab]		1
unnamed cabbie (cameo)		[drove the X-Men from hotel to the city museum]		1
firefighters (cameo)  After the X-Men save orphans and orphanage staff from the Abercrombie Orphanage, which was on fire, local firefighter show up. The X-Men leave and let the professionals finish things there.		[occupation]		1
knights (visual reference)  Looking for El Tigre and his men, Beast went into area with medieval armors and weapons. He battled Ramon there. El Tigre used his powers to animate a knight's suit of armor and fight Beast.	Christian (medieval)	[occupation]		10
Neanderthals (statue)  In museum's prehistoric exhibit, Warren (Angel) is almost hit by a spear thrown by Toloc. He rushes to shadowy figure, but it is a Neanderthal wax dummy. His actual opponent is already gone.		[race/ethnicity]
The Locust (August Hopper) (behind the scenes)  This issue begins right after the X-Men's confrontation with the Locust in the previous issue.	vengeance	[scientist; college professor...]		6
John F. Kennedy (mentioned)  El Tigre and his two minions arrive in New York by helicopter via Kennedy airport.	Catholic	[U.S. President]		521
Elaine Grey (mentioned)  While the X-Men drive Jean back to Metro College, Bobby says he wishes her parents didn't take her out of Xavier's to go there. Jean agrees, but she doesn't want to reveal her dual identity to them.	Episcopalian	[mother of Jean Grey (Phoenix)]		29
John Grey (mentioned)  While the X-Men drive Jean back to Metro College, Bobby says he wishes her parents didn't take her out of Xavier's to go there. Jean agrees, but she doesn't want to reveal her dual identity to them.	Episcopalian	[Jean Grey's father]		44
humans (mentioned)  The other X-Men drop Jean Grey off at Metro College. Jean's friend Ted Roberts greets her warmly, helps her with her bags. She thinks she just might adjust to live among normal humans.		[race/ethnicity]

This comic was reprinted from: The X-Men (vol. 1) #25 (Oct. 1966): "The Power and the Pendant!".

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