X-Men (vol. 1) #64 (Jan. 1970):
“The Coming of Sunfire!”
by Roy Thomas, Don Heck, Tom Palmer

X-Men (vol. 1) #64

Title: “The Coming of Sunfire!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1970

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Don Heck, Tom Palmer

18 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
Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)	Shinto	Asian; Big Hero 6...  C-Corps; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Pacific Overlords; The Marauders; The Twelve; X-Corporation; X-Men		259
Cerebro (details)  mini-Cerebro	N.A.	[Xavier's mutant-finding machine, given sentience by Bastion]		9
Saburo Yoshida	Shinto	[diplomat]		1
Tomo Yoshida	Shinto; Japanese Imperialist	[Sunfire's uncle; has manipulated his nephew]		3
insects (details, pg. 1)  Sunfire: "Ants! This is land of ants... of smug and smirking insects! But soon, they shall know the ominous tread of Sunfire!" Sunfire debuts in New York City, standing on a tall building, belittling Americans below.	N.A.	[animal species]	N.A.	2
The United Nations (details)  United Nations headquarters in NYC is one of the major settings in this issue. There is a major gifting ceremony there attended by diplomats, etc.		[1st app: Captain Marvel Adventures #78 (Nov. 1947)]		118
United States Capitol Police		[police department]	, etc.	1
John F. Kennedy International Airport		[1st app: Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #55 (July 1964)]		10
Bill		[pilot]		1
Fred		[pilot]		1
United States Congress (behind the scenes)  In Washington, D.C., Sunfire attacks the Capitol Building, which is defended by the X-Men.		[House of Representatives and Senate]	N.A.	1
ants (mentioned, pg. 1)  Sunfire: "Ants! This is land of ants... of smug and smirking insects! But soon, they shall know the ominous tread of Sunfire!" Sunfire debuts in New York City, standing on a tall building, belittling Americans below.	N.A.	[animal species]	various	50
Mrs. Yashida (mentioned)  Sunfire (thinking): "...my father... has dwelt too long among the Americans, and has forgotten the evil they did... both to our homeland... and to my mother!" Sunfire: "I remember well the scenes I never saw... the searing atomic blast... that it made a hopeless invalid of my mother many miles from the center of the city...!" Multiple references to Sunfire's mother.	Shinto	[got radiation poisoning from Hiroshima atomic bombing]		1

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