X-Men (vol. 1) #99 (June 1976):
“Deathstar, Rising!”
by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, Frank Chiaramonte (as Frank Chiara)

X-Men (vol. 1) #99

Title: “Deathstar, Rising!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 1976

Publisher:
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Dave Cockrum, Frank Chiaramonte (as Frank Chiara)

47 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
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Banshee (Sean Cassidy)	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Sentinels	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Michael Flaherty	Catholic	[Banshee's personal lawyer; slain by Black Tom Cassidy]		2
Bolivar Trask (details)  Battling Steven Lang's Mk III Sentinels, Cyclops tells Dr. Corbeau that compared to Trask's Sentinels, "this model's a walking joke."	anti-mutant	Control [inventor of Sentinels]		5
Larry Trask (details)  Battling Steven Lang's Mk III Sentinels, Cyclops tells Dr. Corbeau that compared to Trask's Sentinels, "this model's a walking joke."	anti-mutant	Federal Council on Mutant Activities [mutant son of anti-mutant Sentinel inventor]		46
Cerebro	N.A.	[Xavier's mutant-finding machine, given sentience by Bastion]		9
Dr. Peter Corbeau		[Starcorps/Starcore]		29
Steven Lang	anti-mutant	Phalanx; Project Armageddon (leader) [designed Mark III Sentinels]		26
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Project Armageddon	anti-mutant	[Stephen Lang's govt.-sponsored anti-mutant effort]		2
Sentinels Mk III	anti-mutant robots	Sentinels		12
Starcore		[1st app: The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #148 (Feb. 1972)]		1
Mikhail Kutuzov		[sensor specialist on Starcore space station]		3
Alexander Hilary		[astronaut]		2
Dmitri		[astronaut]		2
Sentinel L-1	anti-mutant robot	Sentinels Mk III; Sentinels		1
Sentinel R-71	anti-mutant robot	Sentinels Mk III; Sentinels		1
Geraldo Rivera (cameo)	Reform Judaism	Hispanic	WABC-TV	120
Roger Grimsby (cameo)	Lutheran	[journalist; TV reporter...]		7
Black Tom Cassidy (Thomas Cassidy) (3-panel cameo)  Appears in shadows in 3 panels.	Catholic (lapsed)	Brotherhood of Mutants		74
X-Sentinels (1-panel cameo, panel 17)  Featured on final page, which is a splash page.	anti-mutant robots	Sentinels Mk III; Sentinels [sentinels designed to look like original X-Men]		2
Cyclops robot (1-panel cameo, pg. 17)  Featured on final page, which is a splash page.	N.A.	Sentinels; X-Sentinels		2
Beast robot (1-panel cameo, pg. 17)  Featured on final page, which is a splash page.	N.A.	Sentinels; X-Sentinels		2
Marvel Girl robot (1-panel cameo, pg. 17)  Featured on final page, which is a splash page.	N.A.	Sentinels; X-Sentinels		2
Angel robot (1-panel cameo, pg. 17)  Featured on final page, which is a splash page.	N.A.	Sentinels; X-Sentinels		2
Iceman robot (1-panel cameo, pg. 17)  Featured on final page, which is a splash page.	N.A.	Sentinels; X-Sentinels		2
Professor X robot (1-panel cameo, pg. 17)  Featured on final page, which is a splash page.	N.A.	Sentinels; X-Sentinels		2
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (robot copy of)  Some Mark III Sentinels appear as "X-Sentinels": Sentinels that masquerade as members of the original X-Men: Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Iceman; Angel; Beast; Professor X.	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (robot copy of)  Some Mark III Sentinels appear as "X-Sentinels": Sentinels that masquerade as members of the original X-Men: Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Iceman; Angel; Beast; Professor X.	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) (robot copy of)  Some Mark III Sentinels appear as "X-Sentinels": Sentinels that masquerade as members of the original X-Men: Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Iceman; Angel; Beast; Professor X.	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
Judge Robert Chalmers (photo/picture/video)		Federal Council on Mutant Activities (founder) [federal judge]		9
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned)  The satellite Steven Lang's Project Armageddon is using is a former SHIELD space station.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Mikhail Rasputin (mentioned)  Colossus refers to his brother "Mikhail," who he describes as an early Russian cosmonaut.	semi-religious	Gene Nation; Morlocks...  The Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Twelve		51
Geronimo (mentioned)  Dr. Peter Corbeau (to Cyclops): "So here goes nothing… Geronimo!"	Native American religion (Apache/Bedonkohe); Dutch Reformed Church (convert)	[medicine man]		36
NASA (mentioned)  Dr. Peter Corbeau uses his connections with NASA to launch a Starcore shuttle into space, in order to take the uncaptured X-Men to the rescue of their teammates who were captured by Sentinels.		[government agency]		75
Der Jarrmachet (mentioned)  Nightcrawler, part of a shuttle crew launching into space, thinks to himself that if his former comrades in Der Jahrmarkt could only see him now, that would show them!		[ 1st app: Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #101 (Late Apr. 1992) ]		8
The United Nations (mentioned)  The X-Men and Dr. Corbeau travel via shuttle to the vast space station Starcore One, which is said to be sponsored by the United Nations.		[1st app: Captain Marvel Adventures #78 (Nov. 1947)]		118
Valhalla Base (mentioned)  To search for the missing X-Men (abducted by Sentinels), Dr. Peter Corbeau hooks Cerebro into NORAD’s Valhalla Mountain main data bank.		NORAD; U.S. Air Force [location of NORAD command center]		3
NORAD (mentioned)  To search for the missing X-Men (abducted by Sentinels), Dr. Peter Corbeau hooks Cerebro into NORAD’s Valhalla Mountain main data bank.		[military unit]		2
Olga Korbut (mentioned)  Nightcrawler: "Eat your heart out, Olga Korbut!" While performing a particularly acrobatic stunt with Colossus, Nightcrawler refers to Russian Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Olga Korbut. Colossus tells him he shouldn't make fun of her.		[gymnast; won 4 gold medals]		9

This publication is also known as: The All-New, All-Different X-Men #99 or The X-Men (vol. 1) #99.

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