X-Men (vol. 1) #81 (Apr. 1973):
“Into the Crimson Cosmos!”
by Roy Thomas, Werner Roth, John Tartaglione

X-Men (vol. 1) #81

Title: “Into the Crimson Cosmos!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1973

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Werner Roth, John Tartaglione

26 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
Juggernaut (Cain Marko)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Brotherhood of Mutants; Excalibur...  Exemplars; The Exiles; X-Men		387
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
The Ancient One (bTsaan Saa) (flashback)	Tibetan Buddhism; Order of the Ancient Ones; occult; spirit	Asian [belonged to an unnamed order of sorcerers]		93
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
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
Factor Three		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #28 (Jan. 1967)]		44
National Guard		[military unit]	Champion Film Company	13
The Outcast (Xorak)	demon	[created by Cytorrak to guard his temple]		4
Metro Aircraft		[company]		1
security guards (cameo)  The Juggernaut goes to Metro Aircraft Plant in New York City to steal an airplane. Security guards there scramble to flee from him.		[generic listing]	New Universe	13
police (cameo)		[generic listing]		28
Korean army (cameo)  Dr. Strange transports Jean Grey (Marvel Girl), Cyclops to Korea. They see Korean soldiers afraid to go near Temple of Cyttorak. Their commander orders them onward, but Jean blocks their path.	Maoist Communist	[military unit]		1
Changeling (Kevin Sydney) (behind the scenes)  Factor Three is an ominous but mostly remote threat behind some of the events in this issue. Although not yet revealed, Kevin Sidney is leading Factor Three's efforts, on behalf of Mutant-Master.		Factor Three; X-Men		23
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned)  Iceman: "Just the three of us... against a joker with the power to knock down a mountain! Whatever happened to the weak villains... like Magneto and the Sentinels?"	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Sentinels (mentioned)  Iceman: "Just the three of us... against a joker with the power to knock down a mountain! Whatever happened to the weak villains... like Magneto and the Sentinels?"	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245
Dormammu (mentioned)	Faltine energy being; extra-dimensional mystic entity/powerful magic user	The Cabal		170
Hoggoth (mentioned)	mystic deity	Vishanti		5
Cyttorak (mentioned)  Many references throughout story to the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak, temple of Cyttorak, realm of Cyttorak, etc.	deity	[source of Juggernaut's power]		9
Umar (mentioned)  Indirect mention.	Faltine; mystical/occult	Faltine [ruler of Dark Dimension; Clea's mother; Dormammu's sister]		54

This comic was reprinted from: The X-Men (vol. 1) #33 (June 1967): "Into the Crimson Cosmos!".

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