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X-Men (vol. 1) #60 (Sep. 1969):
“In the Shadow of... Sauron!”
by Roy Thomas, Neal Adams, Tom Palmer

X-Men (vol. 1) #60

Title: “In the Shadow of... Sauron!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1969

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Neal Adams, Tom Palmer


43 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 Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Phoenix Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Metro College; The Twelve...  Marvel 1,905
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741
Polaris Lorna Dane hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse... 
[studied geophysics in college]
Marvel 464
Sauron Sauron (Karl Lykos) villain
  Brotherhood of Mutants; Savage Land Mutates...  Marvel 100
Banshee Banshee (Sean Cassidy) hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  Marvel 1,340
Havok Havok (Alex Summers) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants... 
[Cyclops' brother]
Marvel 592
NYPD NYPD
(details) 
supporting character group real/historical person
  [police department] Marvel DC 1,396
Xavier Institute Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters supporting character group
  [high school] Marvel 373
Larry Trask Larry Trask villain
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
Federal Council on Mutant Activities
[mutant son of anti-mutant Sentinel inventor]
Marvel 46
pterodactyls pterodactyls
(flashback) 
villain group real/historical person
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[animal species] Mannheim 1
Tanya Anderssen Tanya Anderssen supporting character
  [Sauron's long-time girlfriend since he was young] Marvel 14
X-Men X-Men hero group
  [1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)] Marvel 9,958
Mr. Tindall Mr. Tindall supporting character
  [1st app: X-Men (vol. 1) #59 (Aug. 1969)] Marvel 1
Judge Robert Chalmers Judge Robert Chalmers supporting character villain
  Federal Council on Mutant Activities (founder)
[federal judge]
Marvel 9
Dr. Anderssen Dr. Anderssen
(flashback)
supporting character
  [father of Sauron's girlfriend] Marvel 18
Mr. Lykos Mr. Lykos
(flashback)
supporting character
  [guide; sailor] Marvel 1
Jager Jager
(flashback)
supporting character
CBR Scale: D N.A.
dog Marvel 2
Miss Hodges Miss Hodges supporting character
  [nurse] Marvel 1
Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress
A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 1,624
Quicksilver Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
(cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: I Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  Marvel 944
Vanisher Vanisher (Telford Porter)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Factor Three...  Marvel 90
Blob Blob (Fred J. Dukes)
(cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Marvel 403
Toad Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Misfits...  Marvel 310
Mastermind Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Marvel 140
Unus the Untouchable Unus the Untouchable (Angelo Unuscione)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three Marvel 69
Mesmero Mesmero (Vincent)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
The Demi-Men; Weapon X
[stage hypnotist]
Marvel 54
The Living Monolith Ahmet Abdol
(cameo)
villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Egyptian classical religion:
Cult of the Living Monolith
(leader)
Children of the Sun (leader); The Twelve Marvel 46
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier)
(mentioned) 
hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
Magneto Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)
(mentioned) 
villain hero scientist
CBR Scale: S Jewish; Gypsy/Roma
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 916
Sentinels Sentinels
(mentioned) 
villain group
CBR Scale: D anti-mutant robots
[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)] Marvel 245
The Devil The Devil (Satan)
(mentioned) 
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Devil
[generic Satan/Devil reference or appearance] DC Marvel, etc. 1,024
Changeling Changeling (Kevin Sydney)
(mentioned) 
hero
  Factor Three; X-Men Marvel 23
Warren Worthington Jr. Warren Worthington Jr.
(mentioned) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian
The Hellfire Club
[father of Angel (Warren Worthingon III)]
Marvel 14
Bolivar Trask Bolivar Trask
(mentioned) 
villain scientist
CBR Scale: M anti-mutant
Control
[inventor of Sentinels]
Marvel 5
Pandora Pandora
(mentioned) 
hero deity
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
[1st app: Pandora #1 (Jan. 1997)] Avatar Press 56
J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien
(mentioned) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Catholic
[wrote "Lord of the Rings"] Sirena Film; PBS 15
Kathryn Worthington Kathryn Worthington
(mentioned) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian
The Hellfire Club
[mother of Angel (founding X-Man)]
Marvel 14
Sauron Sauron (Annatar)
(mentioned) 
villain
CBR Scale: D devil; sorcerer
[creator of the One Ring] George Allen & Unwin 23
Dr. Ben Casey Dr. Ben Casey
(mentioned) 
lead character
  [doctor; surgeon] ABC 164
Judge Crater Judge Crater (Joseph Force Crater)
(mentioned) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Methodist
[went missing; was never found] Doubleday 10