Nightcrawler (vol. 1) #2 (Dec. 1985):
“A Boggie Day in L’un Dun-T’wn”
by Dave Cockrum

Nightcrawler (vol. 1) #2

Title: “A Boggie Day in L’un Dun-T’wn”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1985

Publisher:
Written by: Dave Cockrum
Art by: Dave Cockrum

26 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.
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (lead character)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Magik (Illyana Rasputin)	occult/magick; demonolatry; raised Communist	The Exiles; The New Mutants		450
Lockheed	alien dragon	Excalibur; Pet Avengers...  S.W.O.R.D.; X-Men		248
Shagreen the Sorcerer (Shagreen)	sorcerer; worships Cthuma-Gurath	[humanoid shark]		4
Empty Men	extra-dimensional; worship Cthuma-Gurath	[Shagreen's servants; prepared ritual to sacrifice Sabree]		2
Guardians of Shagreen	N.A.	[serpentine statues, come to life to defend Shagreen]		1
Jinjav Sabree	extra-dimensional	[jinjav (i.e., princess), met and fell for Nightcrawler]		3
Cap'n Long John McGurk	extra-dimensional	Sky Rovers (leader) [pirate, captain of T'ai Javinee]		2
Blackknob	extra-dimensional	Sky Rovers		1
Spikenose	extra-dimensional	Sky Rovers		1
Sky Rovers		[1st app: Nightcrawler (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1985)]		2
Sharmond	extra-dimensional	[ordered to take princess (Jinjav) away from Nightcrawler]		2
Thorfan	extra-dimensional	[ordered to take princess (Jinjav) away from Nightcrawler]		2
The Royal Barge of Bel Amee Anora		[floating sky-galleon]		2
T'ai Javinee		[flying pirate ship (sky-galleon)]		2
Slimey	extra-dimensional	[1st app: Nightcrawler (vol. 1) #2 (Dec. 1985)]		1
Boggies	extra-dimensional	[mischievious imps; resemble Nightcrawler]		1
Bamfs	extra-dimensional	[small blue elf-like beings; resemble Nightcrawler]		34
The King	extra-dimensional	[Sabree's father]		1
Bamf (cameo)	extra-dimensional	Bamf [looks like Nightcrawler; only "named" member of Bamf race]		12
Cthulhu (character based on)  Shagreen worships the dark god Cthuma-Gurath. This god's name is likely an amalgamation of Shuma-Gorath and Cthulhu.	supreme being of the Great Old Ones	[ 1st app: Weird Tales (Feb. 1928): "The Call of Cthulhu"; (comics) The Savage Sword of Conan #52 (May 1980): "Conan the Liberator" ]		22
Shuma-Gorath (character based on)  Shagreen worships the dark god Cthuma-Gurath. This god's name is likely an amalgamation of Shuma-Gorath and Cthulhu.	demon	Old Ones [Chthonic Lord of Chaos]		33
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (mentioned)  Kitty Pryde tells Illyana that she wishes Professor Xavier or some of the X-Men were present, to help them solve the problem with the Danger Room computer that sent Nightcrawler to another dimension.	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Cthuma-Gurath (mentioned)  Shagreen prepares to sacrifice Sabree to the dark god he worships (Cthuma-Gurath), but he is thwarted by Nightcrawler. This god's name is likely an amalgamation of Shuma-Gorath and Cthulhu.	mystic entity invoked	[invoked, worshipped by Shagreen]		1
X-Men (mentioned)  Kitty Pryde tells Illyana that she wishes Professor Xavier or some of the X-Men were present, to help them solve the problem with the Danger Room computer that sent Nightcrawler to another dimension.		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958

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