X-Men (vol. 1) #72 (Oct. 1971):
“The Plague of... The Locust!”
by Roy Thomas, Werner Roth, Dick Ayers

X-Men (vol. 1) #72

Title: “The Plague of... The Locust!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1971

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Werner Roth, Dick Ayers

Number of Pages: 20

31 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
The Locust (August Hopper)	vengeance	[scientist; college professor...]		6
police (details)  Marv and some other small-town police were called in by a farmer named Henry after the villainous Locust's giant insects ate his wheat field.		[generic listing]		28
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Ted Roberts		Metro College [Cobalt Man's brother; dated Jean Grey]		9
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
U.S. Coast Guard (details)  Sources differ regarding whether it is the U.S. Coast Guard or the National Guard which shows up in response to Locust's giant insect attack.		[military unit]		10
Metro College		[college/university]		3
National Guard (details)  Sources differ regarding whether it is the U.S. Coast Guard or the National Guard which shows up in response to Locust's giant insect attack.		[military unit]	Champion Film Company	13
insects (details)  The villainous scientist calling himself The Locust creates an army of gigantic insects (including locusts, beetles, wasps) which he used to threaten the world.	N.A.	[animal species]	N.A.	2
beetles (details)  The villainous Dr. August Hopper ("The Locust") uses gigantic insects (including locusts, beetles, wasps) to attack farmers fields.	N.A.	insect	various	2
Ryan Chemicals		[August Hopper (Locust) worked there]		1
Mr. Hamilton		[plant supervisor of Ryan Chemicals Plant; Locust's boss]		1
Cora		[farmer]		1
Henry		[helplessly saw Locust's giant insects eat his wheat field]		1
Marv		[called in by Henry after Locust's insects ate his wheat]		1
locusts (details)  The villainous Dr. August Hopper (dressing as a locust and calling himself The Locust), uses giant locusts to attack farmers fields in upstate New York.	N.A.	insect		1
wasps (details)  The villainous Dr. August Hopper ("The Locust") uses gigantic insects (including locusts, beetles, wasps) to attack farmers fields.	N.A.	insect		1
Bob (cameo)		Metro College [on Metro College campus, recognized Prof. August Hopper]		1
Chuck (cameo)		Metro College [on Metro College campus, recognized Prof. August Hopper]		1
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (1-panel cameo)  A panel shows Johnny Storm and Wyatt Wingfoot at Metro College, but text states it's not them, because they're in the Himalayas. Warren muses that Jean will be attending college w/Human Torch.	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Wyatt Wingfoot (1-panel cameo)  One panel shows Johnny Storm and Wyatt Wingfoot at Metro College. But below them is an arrowed box stating that they are not Storm and Wingfoot, because Johnny Storm and Wingfoot are in the Himalayas.	Native American spirituality (Comanche/Keewazi)	Metro College; Native American...  The Fantastic Four (ally) [former boyfriend of She-Hulk]		112
Count Nefaria (Luchino Nefaria) (behind the scenes)  This issue begins immediately after the X-Men defeated Count Nefaria in the previous issue.		Ani-Men (leader); Lethal Legion (leader)...  Maggia (leader)		61
Elaine Grey (mentioned)  As the issue opens, Jean Grey has read a letter from her parents telling her that she must withdraw from Xavier's school and begin attending Metro College.	Episcopalian	[mother of Jean Grey (Phoenix)]		29
John Grey (mentioned)  As the issue opens, Jean Grey has read a letter from her parents telling her that she must withdraw from Xavier's school and begin attending Metro College.	Episcopalian	[Jean Grey's father]		44
Cerebro (mentioned)  The X-Men wonder if new super-villain Locus is a mutant. Prov. Xavier tells them that he used Cerebro to check and Locus is just a regular human using technology.	N.A.	[Xavier's mutant-finding machine, given sentience by Bastion]		9

This comic was reprinted from: The X-Men (vol. 1) #24 (Sep. 1966): "The Plague of... The Locust!".

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