X-Men (vol. 1) #97 (Feb. 1976):
“My Brother, My Enemy!”
by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, Sam Grainger

X-Men (vol. 1) #97

Title: “My Brother, My Enemy!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1976

Publisher:
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Dave Cockrum, Sam Grainger

28 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
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Banshee (Sean Cassidy)	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Havok (Alex Summers)	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
Polaris (Lorna Dane)	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
Moira MacTaggert		[Charles Xavier's colleague, girlfriend]		243
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Eric the Red (Davan Shakari)	Shi'ar religious sect: Crystal Claws (leader)	Shi'ar		16
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
John F. Kennedy International Airport		[1st app: Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #55 (July 1964)]		10
Starcore		[1st app: The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #148 (Feb. 1972)]		1
Rio Diablo Research Facility		[Havok, Polaris worked there as geology doctoral candidates]		1
Emperor D'Ken (cameo)  At very end of issue, a mysterious, unidentified figure is seen watching Steven Lang through a monitor, as Lang watches X-Men. It is generally believed that it is D'Ken watching Lang.	Shi'ar religion	[brother of Lilandra, Deathbird]		84
Steven Lang (cameo)	anti-mutant	Phalanx; Project Armageddon (leader) [designed Mark III Sentinels]		26
Reese (cameo)		[flew jet out of JFK when Polaris, Havok attacked X-Men]		1
Clancy (cameo)		[flew jet out of JFK when Polaris, Havok attacked X-Men]		1
TWA (cameo)  A TWA jet (which was fortunately empty at the time) is destroyed by a battle between Eric the Red (and this thralls Havok and Polaris) and the X-Men.		[airline]	D.C. Thomson & Co.	27
Lilandra Neramani (dream)  Not yet named. Face is not shown.	Shi'ar religion	Starjammers [Majestrix (empress) of the Shi'ar Emperium]		170
Shi'ar (dream)  Xavier sees Lilandra and various unnamed Shi'ar and Shi'ar starships in a dream. Also, D'Ken is seen in cameo and Eric the Red (Davan Shakari, another Shi'ar) is featured prominently as main villain.	Shi'ar religion	[alien race]		106
Errol Flynn (someone disguised or dressed as)  When Nightcrawler went to JFK airport to see Prof. Xavier off, Nightcrawler used an image inducer to make himself look like like a regular human, specifically, like Errol Flynn.		[actor]		72
Tony Stark (mentioned)  Prof. Xavier asks Jean Grey to tell Nightcrawler that Tony Stark's image inducer is not a toy, that it is intended to make him look unobtrusive, not like a 1930s movie star (Errol Flynn).	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
sharks (mentioned)  Seeing Prov. Xavier off as he goes on vacation, Jean Grey tells him to stay out of the sun, lest he burn. Xavier jokes that he'll eat and sleep properly and watch out for Great White sharks.	N.A.	[animal species]		2
Krakoa (mentioned)  Polaris reveals (for 1st time) her ability to fly, musing that just as her magnetic powers let her negate gravimetric lines of force to levitate Krakoa, she can do the same for herself.	N.A.	[island made alive by radiation]		6

This publication is also known as: The All-New, All-Different X-Men #97 or The X-Men (vol. 1) #97.

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