X-Men (vol. 1) #74 (Feb. 1972):
“Holocaust!”
by Roy Thomas, Werner Roth, Dick Ayers

X-Men (vol. 1) #74

Title: “Holocaust!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1972

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

33 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
El Tigre (Juan Meroz) (details)  Also uses the identity "Kukulcan" in this issue.	Mayan	[became an avatar of Quetzalcoatl]		5
Calvin Rankin		Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Excalibur; Metro College; The Exiles; X-Men		169
police (details)  Many local police in the Central American nation of San Rico. Controlled by Juan Meroz/Kukulcan.		[generic listing]		28
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Kukulcan (Quetzalcoatl) (details)  The god Quetzalcoatl (Kukulcan) doesn't physically appear, but his power is manifest through human avatar (Juan Meroz) who posseses his power and calls himself "Kukulcan", or is possessed by the god.	Mayan/Aztec/Olmec/Toltec deity	[god of sun, wind, and wisdom]		10
Mayans	Mayan	[1st app: Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #29 (Oct. 1994)]		1
Ted Roberts		Metro College [Cobalt Man's brother; dated Jean Grey]		9
Cerebro	N.A.	[Xavier's mutant-finding machine, given sentience by Bastion]		9
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Metro College		[college/university]		3
jaguars (details)  In San Rico, Kukulcan mentally compels a jaguar to attack the X-Men. Iceman and Angel fight it and repel it.	N.A.	[animal species]		6
The Metropolitan Museum of Art		[largest art museum in U.S.]		1
Ramon Dantas		Hispanic [uses bolas]		2
Toloc	Mayan	Hispanic [uses sword, blow gun]		2
unnamed security guard		[mentally forced by El Tigre to hold Cyclops off at gunpoint]		2
Manuel		Hispanic [controlled mentally by Kukulcan]		1
caimans (cameo)  In San Rico, the X-Men are in a boat whch crashes in rapids in a river with dangerous caimains. Beast hops on the back of a caiman as a stepping stone to get to shore. He calls it a "croc."	N.A.	[animal species]	Laurentius Salvius	3
Albert (cameo)		[witnessed Kukulcan's solar force sphere zoom across sky]		1
Barney (cameo)		[witnessed Kukulcan's solar force sphere zoom across sky]		1
Juan (cameo)	Mayan	[heard the call of the god Kukulcan]		1
Pedro (cameo)	Mayan	[heard the call of the god Kukulcan]		1
unnamed librarian (cameo)		[told Jean Grey, Ted Roberts, Cal Rankin to be quiet]		1
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (quoted and cited)  Angel (Warren): "How? Like the charge of the Light Brigade?" When Cyclops says that the X-Men will get out of the trap they're in, Warren references the famous poem by Tennyson.	Anglican	[wrote poem "Charge of the Light Brigade"]	Bridge Productions	7
Changeling (Kevin Sydney) (behind the scenes)  Factor Three is an ominous but mostly remote threat behind some of the events in this issue. Although not yet revealed, Kevin Sidney is leading Factor Three's efforts, on behalf of Mutant-Master.		Factor Three; X-Men		23
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (mentioned)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (mentioned)  Warren thinks that he hates to sound like "a poor man's Hawkeye," but he can't get over how Jean (who he pines for) seems to prefer Cyclops over him. Hawkeye had a rep for a big ego and no tact.	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
NYPD (mentioned)  The X-Men leave Ramon and Toloc at the museum in NYC, leaving the two henchmen for the police to deal with, as they pursue the boss, Meroz (Kukulcan).		[police department]		1,396

This comic was reprinted from: The X-Men (vol. 1) #26 (Nov. 1966): "Holocaust!".

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for X-Men #74 (Feb. 1972) created 23 May 2014. Last modified 3 February 2018.

All characters, images, comics and source material © by their respective copyright holders. This page (including original commentary, organization, lists, markup, page layout, etc.) © 2025 by ComicBookReligion.com. All rights reserved. Website built by Database-Genius.com, Database-Design.org. Login...