X-Men (vol. 1) #85 (Dec. 1973):
“We, the Jury...”
by Roy Thomas, Ross Andru, Don Heck

X-Men (vol. 1) #85

Title: “We, the Jury...”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1973

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Ross Andru, Don Heck

29 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
Banshee (Sean Cassidy)	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Vanisher (Telford Porter)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Factor Three...  Fallen Angels; The Enforcers		90
Blob (Fred J. Dukes)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Freedom Force; X-Cell; X-Corps		403
Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Secret Empire		140
Unus the Untouchable (Angelo Unuscione)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three		69
Changeling (Kevin Sydney)		Factor Three; X-Men		23
Mutant Master	Sidri/Siris religion	Factor Three (leader); Sirian		11
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
Arachnoids (details)  Muliple Factor Three arachnoid robots.	N.A.	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #35 (Aug. 1967)]		2
United Airlines (details)  The stewardess on the commercial airplane the X-Men flew to Europe on told them: "I hope you're enjoying flying the friendly skies." This was the tag-line for United Airlines at that time.		[company]		1
unnamed giant robot	N.A.	[guarded Factor Three control room, but was easily defeated]		1
unnamed stewardess		[on flight X-Men took to Europe to rescue Prof. X]		1
Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (photo/picture/video)  Mutant Master views images of the Juggernaut's battle against the X-Men. He ponders how the X-Men were able to defeat this powerful enemy not just once, but twice.	Christian (denomination unknown)	Brotherhood of Mutants; Excalibur...  Exemplars; The Exiles; X-Men		387
Siris (behind the scenes)  Mutant Master, a member of the Siri race, is seen, but it is not yet revealed that he is an alien, and he is seen not in his true Siri form, but masquerading as a human.	alien	[Mutant Master's race]		3
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned)  Mastermind observes that as a member of Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the X-Men defeated him many times. But now, as part of Factor Three, he tells the X-Men he'll be victorious over them.	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
U.S. Army (mentioned)  Mutant Master explains his evil plan to conquer the world: He'll trigger WWIII by bombing Russian officials while simultaneously using deadly gas against top U.S. military officials.		[military unit]		1,801
The Stranger (mentioned)  While the captive X-men are subjected to Factor Three's sham "trial", Mastermind says they may be surprised to see him, but the Stranger's spell, turning him to stone, was only temporary.	pseudo-cosmic entity	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #11 (May 1965)]		188
Communists (mentioned)  Mutant Master explains his evil plan to conquer the world: He'll trigger WWIII by bombing Russian officials while simultaneously using deadly gas against top U.S. military officials.	Communist	[general reference; frequent Cold War-era villains]		242
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (mentioned)  Mastermind observes that as a member of Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the X-Men defeated him many times. But now, as part of Factor Three, he tells the X-Men he'll be victorious over them.	mutant supremacist	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #4 (Mar. 1964)]		644
humans (mentioned)  Mutant Master: "Too long has the inferior species called Homo sapiens held sway on this planet! Now, the time has come for the mutants of the world to rule! But, before this may accomplished, first there must be a total destruction of the power of the human race to resist..." [more] Central to this issue's plot is Factor Three capturing the X-Men and conducting a sham trial, accusing the X-Men of crimes against mutants and siding with regular humans.		[race/ethnicity]
unnamed carnival (mentioned)  While Blob badgers the captive X-Men as part of the sham "trial" conducted by Factor Three, Iceman tells him he should return to the carnival where he belongs. The Blob is unimpressed by Iceman.		[where Blob worked when he first met the X-Men]		3

This comic was reprinted from: The X-Men (vol. 1) #37 (Oct. 1967): "We, the Jury...".

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