X-Men (vol. 1) #76 (June 1972):
“The Wail of the Banshee!”
by Roy Thomas, Werner Roth, Dick Ayers

X-Men (vol. 1) #76

Title: “The Wail of the Banshee!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 1972

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

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.
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
Banshee (Sean Cassidy)	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Mimic (Calvin Rankin)		Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Excalibur; Metro College; The Exiles; X-Men		169
Ogre (Brian Dunlap)		Factor Three; The Thunderbolts		15
NYPD		[police department]		1,396
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
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
Factor Three		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #28 (Jan. 1967)]		44
Mrs. von Brahmin		[customer at Mr. Jones' art gallery when Banshee robbed it]		1
Mr. Jones		[owns NYC art gallery on corner of E. 57th St. & 5th Ave.]		1
unnamed janitor		[half-deaf; saw Banshee steal tobacco; told police]		1
O'Neil Tobacco Shop		[on corner of Broadway & 44th St.; robbed by Banshee]		1
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
007 (James Bond) (behind the scenes)  According to this issue's writer Roy Thomas, the villainous group Factor Three, introduced in this story, was inspired by early James Bond movies.		[spy]	Jonathan Cape	168
Mutant Master (behind the scenes)	Sidri/Siris religion	Factor Three (leader); Sirian		11
O'Neil (business/store name)		[owns O'Neil Tobacco Shop, on corner of Broadway & 44th St.]		1
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned)  Prof. Xavier and Cyclops check Cerebro's recordings, seeing mutant activity recorded at high levels (from Banshee). They note that not even Magneto made Cerebro react so strongly.	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Ralph Roberts (mentioned)  In Central Park, Ted Roberts broods about a letter he got from home. He talks to Jean Grey. Ted tells Jean about his successful brother Ralph. Ted feels like he is always in Ralph's shadow.		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)		9

This comic was reprinted from: The X-Men (vol. 1) #28 (Jan. 1967): "The Wail of the Banshee!".

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