X-Men (vol. 1) #65 (Feb. 1970):
“Before I’d Be Slave...”
by Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, Tom Palmer

X-Men (vol. 1) #65

Title: “Before I’d Be Slave...”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1970

Publisher:
Written by: Denny O'Neil
Art by: Neal Adams, Tom Palmer

25 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
Havok (Alex Summers)	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
Lorna Dane	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Changeling (Kevin Sydney) (flashback)		Factor Three; X-Men		23
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Z'Nox monster	N.A.	[giant reptilian biped]		2
Z'Nox (details)  Various Z'Nox warriors are featured, and also an unnamed Z'Nox monster.	alien	[amoral, cruel, decadent reptillian alien race]		12
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Dr. Theodore Norton		[astronomer]		1
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (cameo)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (cameo)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff) (cameo)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		531
The Fantastic Four (cameo)		[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)]		100
David Brinkley (cameo)	Presbyterian	[news anchor]		72
Chet Huntley (cameo)		[news anchor]		73
Nick Fury (voice only)	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) (behind the scenes)  As this issue opens, the X-Men return home to New York, following their battle with Sunfire in Washington, D.C.	Shinto	Asian; Big Hero 6...  C-Corps; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Pacific Overlords; The Marauders; The Twelve; X-Corporation; X-Men		259
Grotesk (Gor-Tok) (mentioned)  Prof. Xavier reveals himself to other X-Men, explaining how he is alive: Changeling took his place, and when he sacrificed his life in battle with Grotesk, it was Changeling (not Xavier) who died.	Gortokian religion	Gortokian		18

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