X-Men (vol. 1) #84 (Oct. 1973):
“Mekano Lives!”
by Roy Thomas, Ross Andru, George Roussos (as George Bell)

X-Men (vol. 1) #84

Title: “Mekano Lives!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1973

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Ross Andru, George Roussos (as George Bell)

30 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
NYPD		[police department]		1,396
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
Charlie		NYPD [escorted Tony Stark to airport; saw many super-hero events]		11
Sam		NYPD [escorted Tony Stark to airport; saw many super-hero events]		5
Mekano (Tom Regal)		[tried to destroy father's library to get attention]		9
Factor Three		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #28 (Jan. 1967)]		44
construction workers		[occupation]		1
Mr. Regal	religious/ethical	[Mekano's father]		1
Miss King		[welfare case worker; didn't help X-Men when they needed $]		1
unnamed burglars		[broke into X-Mansion; easily defeated by Beast]		1
Bill		NYPD		1
unnamed foreman		[didn't hire X-men because they weren't union members]		1
Master (Kevin Sydney) (cameo)		Factor Three; X-Men		23
Curtis (voice only)  Warren (Angel) talks to Curtis on the phone.		[butler]		1
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (mentioned)  Numerous references to Professor Xavier, as the X-Men make plans to rescue the Professor from Factor Three.	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (mentioned)  As this issue opens, the X-Men have at last discovered that Factor Three is in Europe, along with the abducted Professor X and probably the captured Banshee, who had been searching for them.	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Norton McCoy (mentioned)	Episcopalian	[Beast's father]		12
Edna McCoy (mentioned)	Episcopalian	[Beast's mother]		12
Ernest Hemingway (mentioned)  Mekano attacks the Memorial Library (owned by his father), venting anger towards "pencil-pusher of days past." In his anger, Mekano specifically refers to authors Shakespeare, Zola and Hemingway.	Congregationalist (raised); Catholic (convert)	[met time-travelling Wolverine]	, etc.	41
Warren Worthington Jr. (mentioned)  Warren calls home to ask his parents for money (so the X-Men can fly to Europe and rescue Prof. X from Factor Three), but the butler explains they're out of reach - on a Caribbean Cruise.	Episcopalian	The Hellfire Club [father of Angel (Warren Worthingon III)]		14
William Shakespeare (mentioned)  Mekano attacks the Memorial Library (owned by his father), venting anger towards "pencil-pusher of days past." In his anger, Mekano specifically refers to authors Shakespeare, Zola and Hemingway.	Catholic/Anglican	[actor; poet...]		83
Kathryn Worthington (mentioned)  Warren calls home to ask his parents for money (so the X-Men can fly to Europe and rescue Prof. X from Factor Three), but the butler explains they're out of reach - on a Caribbean Cruise.	Episcopalian	The Hellfire Club [mother of Angel (founding X-Man)]		14
Émile Zola (mentioned)  Mekano attacks the Memorial Library (owned by his father), venting anger towards "pencil-pusher of days past." In his anger, Mekano specifically refers to authors Shakespeare, Zola and Hemingway.	Catholic	[important contributor to naturalism]	Wereldbibliotheek	21

This comic was reprinted from: The X-Men (vol. 1) #36 (Sep. 1967): "Mekano Lives!".

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